"Whilst some records (let's just say Refused's 'New Noise' for the sake of argument) seem almost custom designed to get you out of bed in the morning and ready for work, 'The Head and the Heart', this Arkansas four-piece's recently released debut on Codebreaker, is the exact opposite."
"The last time Terrorizer shot the proverbial shit with Iowa quintet Modern Life is War's talkative frontman Jeff in May 2004, the affable and articulate vocalist relayed tales of his band's jump-start beginnings, and of finding themselves tied to the road in the midst of a record label scramble within just a year of formation."
"Rumours have abounded, both officially and unofficially, that this band's debut album marks the return of one particularly institutional individual who undertook its production duties on Diamanthian's behalf. As it turns out, the rumours concerning this veteran Liverpudlian grinder, hereafter to be known enigmatically as Mr J Offalmangler, are indeed mostly true."
"Ramesses, are no longer the dank, distended psychedelia of their former berth (two thirds of them anyway), Electric Wizard, injected with a shot of impure rock power - no less malevolent but denser in its fixated, rumbling stomp, all calloused riffing and fibre-glass gargling vocals."
"Kicking things off a good two hours earlier, Madder Mortem are easy on the ear and eye - the latter no reverence to the obvious assets of 'curvy' frontwoman Agnete, but rather to the fact that they get together particularly well and seem at ease treading the boards as a unit, drawing a host of styles and moods together into a casually cohesive whole."
"The last time Terrorizer shot the proverbial shit with Iowa quintet Modern Life is War's talkative frontman Jeff in May 2004, the affable and articulate vocalist relayed tales of his band's jump-start beginnings, and of finding themselves tied to the road in the midst of a record label scramble within just a year of formation."
"Rumours have abounded, both officially and unofficially, that this band's debut album marks the return of one particularly institutional individual who undertook its production duties on Diamanthian's behalf. As it turns out, the rumours concerning this veteran Liverpudlian grinder, hereafter to be known enigmatically as Mr J Offalmangler, are indeed mostly true."
"Ramesses, are no longer the dank, distended psychedelia of their former berth (two thirds of them anyway), Electric Wizard, injected with a shot of impure rock power - no less malevolent but denser in its fixated, rumbling stomp, all calloused riffing and fibre-glass gargling vocals."
"Kicking things off a good two hours earlier, Madder Mortem are easy on the ear and eye - the latter no reverence to the obvious assets of 'curvy' frontwoman Agnete, but rather to the fact that they get together particularly well and seem at ease treading the boards as a unit, drawing a host of styles and moods together into a casually cohesive whole."
