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| Dublin-based Underground Movement
are a label with great integrity. This comes as little
surprise, as label main-man Ian Lawless is himself an
individual of great integrity. |
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First up are…
Bulletridden “Songs Written Before Jumping Out Of An
Eight Story Window”
… who, frankly, are a fantastic mutation of Entombed,
Motorhead, Amebix and Discharge. This no frills punk
infused metal, with a killer groove and no song
outstaying its welcome. Anyone who loved the buzzsaw
death 'n ’roll of Entombed circa Wolverine Blues will
seriously love this. Great crushing songs and far
heavier than any of the plethora of fake Myspace core
this, core that bands, Bullet Ridden deserve the wider
audience being in Underground Movement will give them.
Highly recommended
www.myspace.com/bulletridden666 |
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Next up is…
Lividity/Warpath: “Live and Split Open”
As evidenced by the title, this is a split shared
between US grind legends Lividity and up-and-coming
Dublin gore-grinders Warpath. It just goes to show how
quickly Warpath’s profile is rising, and they more than
hold their own with Lividity. The sound quality is very
good and both bands are excellent musicians, with some
seriously good songs, that make you want to check out
both bands further…. |
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Then we come to...
Hail of Gunfire III: ‘Various Artists’
If any release was to show the underground Movement
ethos, it’s this free promo compilation to promote the
Underground, which features a variety of bands both
established and unsigned. As well as the aforementioned
Bulletridden, we have legendary Dublin-death metallers,
Morphosis (from the Sentinel Records’ release Rise Of
The Bastard Deities). Amebix fixated crusties Instinct
Of Survival. Overoth impress with the dark crushing
riffs of Upon The Altar, (from the Kingdom of Shadows
album). Two Tales Of Woe lay some seriously heavy groove
down with The Final Resistance, from the album A
Conversation With Death. Two Tales Of Woe can really
play, write great catchy metal songs, and would
seriously appeal to a wider audience. Coitus make a
welcome appearance, sadly with the death of Skinny
probably one of their last. Sol Axis impress with March
Of Sol, from the Sentinel Records release…”…to mark the
ages”, which has all the dark sincerity of early Bathory.
Skewered impress with some great riffing and the CD ends
in fine style with Butchered from the intriguingly named
Visitor Q. These are my personal highlights, but all the
bands imbue the true spirit of the underground and are
worth checking out. |
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Last of all, we have...
Atheos: “The Death Of Utopia”
With songs like The Prestige of Immortality and Cities
Collapse, Atheos have managed to successfully blend
technical virtuosity with good song-writing, and
seriously crushing death metal. This bodes extremely
well for their debut full length album out later this
year. Some dazzling time changes and deeply moving
moments mean this is an album that will appeal to fans
of Death, Cynic, Goijira, and Suffocation. I sincerely
hope Atheos get a chance to tour and bring their music
to a wider audience. Make no mistake, this is an
impressive debut by anyone’s standards.
www.myspace.com/atheosireland
Go to
www.underground-movement.net for more information
and band contacts. |
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