Gavin Brown 72 articles

Metal loving music journalist, loves going to see gigs, listening to and reviewing albums and interviewing bands.

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Gig review: Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Necrot, Blood Incantation @ Decibel Tour 2019 @ PlayStation Theater, New York, March 7th 2019

The Decibel tour is always a must see event when it tours around the US every year, previous incarnations have seen the legendary likes of...

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Review: King Diamond ”Songs for the Dead Live” [Metal Blade Records]

Whether it’s with Mercyful Fate or with his own solo venture, King Diamond has always commanded ultimate respect in the metal world and as the...

Interview: Jari Kuuisto of Carnal Forge

Swedish thrashers Carnal Forge have recently released their brutal new album Gun To Mouth Salvation and their precise blend of thrash with crucial melodic death...

Interview: Hecate Enthroned

Your new album Embrace Of The Godless Aeon is now. How did the creation and recording of the album go? Andy: It all went really...

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Review: Skull Pit “Skull Pit” [Metal Blade records]

When the meeting of metal kinds between Exumer vocalist Mem V. Stein and Church Of Misery mainman Tatsu Mikami colliding in a new band named...

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Review: Integrity / Krieg

Integrity / Krieg Relapse records Integrity have always had an intensity about their metallic hardcore onslaught that is defiantly unrelenting and this has been the...

Interview: Lee Harrison of Monstrosity

Masters of Florida death metal, Monstrosity blast back after a long absence with their crushing new album The Passage Of Existence, their first since 2007s...

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Review: Carpathian Forest ”Likeim”

Carpathian Forest- ”Likeim” (Indie Records) Carpathian Forest blast back after not releasing any new material over the past decade with this filthy taster of material...

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Review: Ommadon “End Times”

Ommadon End Times Dry Cough Records / At War With False Noise / DGRecords / Medusa Crush Recordings Like a supremely dark and intimidating cloud,...

Interview: Aaron of YOB

Your new and eighth album Our Raw Heart is out soon. How did the creation and recording of the album go? About halfway through 2016...

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Review: Ghoul “Ill Bill“

Ghoul – ”Ill Bill” (Tankcrimes) Creepsylvania horror metal band Ghoul team up with Brooklyn rap master Ill Bill for this split release that sees both artists...

Interview: Matt Harvey of GRUESOME

Short but informative interview with GRUESOME‘s vocalist / guitarist Matt Harvey. Your new album Twisted Prayers is out soon. How did the recording of the...

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Review: Napalm Death “Coded Smears And More Uncommon Slurs”

Napalm Death “Coded Smears And More Uncommon Slurs” Century Media records When the name Napalm Death comes up when talking about extreme music you are...

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Review: WHIPSTRIKER “Merciless Artillery”

WHIPSTRIKER “Merciless Artillery” Hells Headbangers records Over the past decade, Brazil’s Whipstriker have released a prodigious amount of material that would make the vast majority...

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Review: Windhand & Satan’s Satyrs Split

Windhand & Satan’s Satyrs Split Relapse records Virginia is an American state that has produced so many different bands of note from all different spectrums...

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Review: NEOLITHIC / MARTYRDÖD split 7″

NEOLITHIC / MARTYRDÖD split 7″ Deep Six Records Despite being thousands of miles apart in terms of location, Swedens Martyrdod and Baltimores Neolithic are connected...

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Review: Graveslave “Sick/Nasty”

Graveslave “Sick/Nasty” Minneapolis death metallers Graveslave unleash their debut album Sick/Nasty and the album is not only suitably named due to its savage sonic assault...

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Review: ELECTRIC WIZARD “Wizard Bloody Wizard”

ELECTRIC WIZARD “Wizard Bloody Wizard” Witchfinder / Spinefarm Records Electric Wizards new album Wizard Bloody Wizard (a very fitting title for this band of miscreants...

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Review: Exhumed “Death Revenge”

Exhumed “Death Revenge” Relapse Records Exhumed have been the undisputed masters of gore metal since they emerged from San Jose, California at the turn of...

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Review: LENG TCH’E “Razorgrind”

LENG TCH’E “Razorgrind” Season of Mist records Since 2001, the Belgian grind crew Leng Tch’e have unleashed a series of albums as well as split...