Devil's Horns Zine

  Resistance-Self-Titled Album (or as I call it THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!) D-beat Punk Perfection as reviewed by Mark Jenkins. Ok, you know I loved the demo and have been shouting my praise on this band from the fucking rafters since their killer debut show. You should also be aware that the band contains extreme music royalty from superb musical entities such as Desecrator, Abraxxas and Remains, The Kill, Fuck I'm Dead, Mid Youth Crisis to name a few bands these legends have been part of. Plus the band is on the most bullshit-free label in Australia, Disdain Records. And that's all fine and dandy, but does the music hits the target, you best believe it hits the bullseye with a rocket launcher shell. This is one of the greatest D-beat albums from an Aussie band ever. Explosive, captivating and catchy gutter punk perfection. The album certainly utilises all the deep experience and expertise of this trio. The songwriting and creative focus is often a missing piece for most D...

Easily one of my fave releases of last year, Terminal Dissonance by Dystopiate was utterly bullshit free and punishing D-Beat/Crust awesomeness. So I was stoked to chat with Cody about the band, their history and the wild album. Suss the band out and blast their shit loudly. INTERVIEW WITH DYSTOPIATE You have just dropped a sensational release by the name of Terminal Dissonance , tell us how this came about and the differences between this and your previous releases (if you have these)? Cody- Well, yes, we have indeed released our debut studio album, called "Terminal Dissonance." This came about at a cathartic moment for the band when we were planning to enter the studio anyway, and our drummer suddenly quit. We didn't know what to do or whether the album was going to come out, but I asked my buddy Jeff who also runs Witch House Studio over here, to play the drums on the recording as well as record it and he said yes. So we practiced a few times with him and definite...

  Wardruna Interview with Einar By Mark Jenkins. Don't miss the tour!!!. Not only has the first Wardruna tour commenced, but we also have the new album, Birna that has just dropped and is glorious. Not only was this interview done a month + ago, but due to my medical issues, I missed the Melbourne show and hoped to have this up well before the first Australian show. To add to the drama, I had an internet outage at the end of the interview,so many many apologies are due. Einar was articulate, passionate and open to discussing his creative spark and what makes the band so special. We discussed: -what the band's music means to him -the importance of rituals in music-in performance and also pre and post-show -success and achievement so far -the genre of the band-neo,nordic or dark folk -historical references and cultural aspects influencing their sound and aesthetic  -being regarded as a serious artist, not novelty -the new album Birna -Vikings and his involvement -Einar work with...

Death by a 1000 Bullets: Incredible Mixed Releases: Abraxas Horn, Deadspace, Abysmal Oceans,Bloody Sadism, Kajgun, Dreadnaught, Hoof, Canary Bones , Choof and Khazurvaal. Reviewed by Mark J. These are the dog bollocks, concise short reviews of shit you need to buy now. Got it, now read, buy and thank me later fuckface. We have a blindingly awesome selection of releases here. Let's go and get into these bangers. Heaps of amazing metal on this list!!!. MY APOLOGIES FOR MANY OF THESE REVIEWS FOR BEING POSTED SO LATE AFTER RELEASE DATES, BUT I HAVE HAD MY OWN MEDICAL ISSUES ETC. BUT MY COMMITMENT TO UNDERGROUND MUSIC NEVERS FALTERS, SO ENJOY!!! Abraxas Horn-Liminal Darkness. Holy shitballs, this is awesome. And utterly makes you full of joy knowing you are accessing proper underground extreme music, not mainstream shite. This is a torrid, punishing and epic release of weirdish black metal with a darkwave-ish synth focus that utterly rules. Clever writing and a commitment to abrasive ...

  Violet Dread-Matters of Life & Death in F#/Electric Dread Metal. Perfection and my fave release of the year!!! Extreme-styled music is one of my favourite genres. But despite basic hardcore and metal, I like a bit of depth and flavour in my music; be it tangential twists or use of electronica etc.  This killer release dropped in August and let me briefly explain the slight difference between the Bandcamp release and the physical(CD). The BC release is called Electric Dread Metal and has four tracks- Crying, Stitch up the Bleed, Numb and the Grind. The CD release of the album is called Matters of Life & Death in F# . The CD has all of the above tracks plus six more tracks. Rest assured, none of the tracks on the CD are throwaway or bonus tracks, these form the structure of the complete record for me. (I assume in the future all tracks will be available on Bandcamp at a later date). Long story short-buy the fucking cd as well as the digital. The four tracks on Bandcam...

Alarum-the most intriguing and skilled current Australian metal band-Fuck Yes!!! Alarum interview for Devil’s Horn’s Zine (Melbourne) by Mark Jenkins   1- You have just dropped a sensational album by the name of Recontinue, tell us how this came about and the differences between this and your previous releases ? Thanks, great thanks to hear you like it. Our 5 th album Recontinue follows our 2020 album Circle’s End. When the last album was released we were unable to tour and/or catch up with lockdowns here in Melbourne. We updated recording equipment and set out to write an album that the heavy parts were heavier and the clean/jazzy parts were more clean/jazzy. Also to experiment and make the album a journey from start to end, continuing from previous albums and yet having its own sound. Conscious of the lengthy times we have had between prior albums, we set out to make sure that there was less of a gap between albums this time around. 4 years is a record for us. 2- To ...

Distorta interview-the new kings of Australian Metal!!! Distorta interview for Devil’s Horn’s Zine (Melbourne) by Mark Jenkins If you missed the hot press this killer band from Ballarat are all you need in Aussie metal, killer vocals, insane riffs and top blokes!!! Enjoy!!! You have just dropped a sensational EP by the name of Deadman , tell us how this came about and the differences between this and your previous releases? Thank You. I think we are just in a really good creative space at the moment. Everyone is on the same page about what we want to achieve and understand our roles. We have so many songs on the go at the moment and we thought we better start releasing them. So we focused on the five songs you hear on the album and crossed them off one by one. It was actually a lot fun, with all of us involved in the mixing/recording process. We even did a weekend away together to focus solely on this EP, which we had not done before. 2- To someone that has never heard you befo...