“Haken, as in bacon” as their web page so eloquently pronounces their name. A London sextet that in only six short years have quickly rose through the ranks from a support act to selling out small clubs around London to getting picked up by Inside Out for the release of their third and arguably best album to date The Mountain. So who are they? we hear you whisper… They’re still the little guys but the future is bright, very bright. Their career has been like climbing a mountain, an analogy that would influence the upcoming album title but the summit is near, the light is getting brighter but is this the first of many peaks? We catch Charlie Griffiths at his home in the UK just weeks prior to the release of The Mountain to learn more.Continue reading
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Heaven Shall Burn – Veto
Heaven Shall Burn have been on the radar for quite some time and after having only gave them the ‘look-in’ recently and more out of curiosity than anything you can immediately understand all the hype surrounding the quintet. The Heaven Shall Burn blend of metalcore / Scandanavian style death metal might not be the most inspiring but there’s a feeling they’ve never actually went out of their way to reinvent the wheel. Where these Germans stand out is their sheer brutality and high intensity deliverance.Continue reading
Dark Tranquility – Construct
Instigators of the Gothenburg melodic death metal movement alongside bands such as At The Gates and In Flames you have to say one thing about Dark Tranquility… they’re consistent. Maintaining their blueprint but yet opening new doors along the way, and in over two decades the band haven’t strayed far from the path, but rather, encompassed new ground pulling in new ideas, flair and at times genius.Continue reading