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Iggor Cavalera (Cavalera, ex-Sepultura) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death) Team Up for a Split Record

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Two legends of the extreme metal scene – Iggor Cavalera (Cavalera / ex-Sepultura / Petbrick) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death / Dark Sky Burial) – have joined forces for a split record. Each artist contributes one track of dark ambient, industrial strength noise, and heavy synth-laden electronics; Iggor Cavalera’s “Neon Gods” and Shane Embury’s “Own Your Darkness.” The record is out March 21st via the Cold Spring label and distribution company. Keep reading to find out more.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Colossloth – Plague Alone

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In the world of Ambient Industrial music, the UK has some rather notable exponents. It’s a proud standard, maintained by – among others – ‘Wooly’ Woolaston, the sole member of Leicestershire’s magnificently-named Colossloth. His fifth album Plague Alone (Cold Spring Records) was devised prior to the heinous virus presently shrouding the world and in retrospect seems strangely prophetic rather than historical or imaginary. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Khost – Buried Steel

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Those who’ve known me for some time will have had their ears blunted by my constant praise for Birmingham, UK Industrial Doom duo Khost. Equal parts sampled violence, malevolent strings and vocal apocalypse, beautiful Eastern lamentations often deflect from that harsh path and create a nuance flavoured by the likes of VAST and Moby. Their fourth album Buried Steel (Cold Spring Records) sees a band now truly at ease with its style, happy to have edgy two-minute psalms populating a set in the knowledge that they serve a purpose for the whole.

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