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Ban The Sadist Videos: An Introduction To Video Nasties And UK Censorship In Fil...

By Russell Garwood

vid•e•o nas•ty (vĭd'ē-ō' năs'tē)
n., -ti•es[$italics]
1. A film released direct to the UK home video market prior to the Video Recordings Act 1984, thought to “deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained o...

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Dream Theater - The Shattered Silence

By Neil Hauer

Over twenty years since their genre-defining debut, progressive metallers Dream Theater are riding the wave of ever-increasing success. After breaking into top-ten charts worldwide with their latest record, Black Clouds and Silver Linings, they’ve taken to the road to spread light-speed solos and sprawli...

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Whourkr - For when extreme metal just isn’t noisy enough.

By Russell Garwood

“We’re just two weird musicians suffering from hair loss and trying everything they can to compensate by making extreme music” I Snor (machines and vocals) introduces his band. And compensate they do. Their music provides an unremitting onslaught, a fusion of genres to intrigue and beguile the listener, bef...

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Cannibal Corpse - Verbisceration Plague

By Neil Hauer

It’s impossible to conceive of death metal without the pioneering influence of Cannibal Corpse. After trailblazing the niche of brutal death metal over twenty years ago, they’re still going strong on the back of their eleventh studio album, Evisceration Plague. I had the chance to speak with the ever-p...

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Stratovarius - Squirrels and Bottling in Darkest Wolverhampton

By Ellie McGee

Stratovarius are making a fresh start with new guitarist Matias Kupiainen in Wolverhampton of all places, Timo Kotipelto's been meeting some proper English squirrels, and English crowds are apparently the most difficult in the world. Fantastic.
Lauri Porra; bassist.
Matias Kupiainen; guitarist and newbie.
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