Devil's Horns Zine

  BulletBelt Reviews: FFO: brutally diverse and intelligent music. The aim of BulletBelt reviews is concise straight to the point old school reviews in the style of MRR/old hardcore/metal zines. Today we have: Flamethrower (two albums), Primitive Knot, Vorare, Ancient Enemy, Disposal Unit, Old Grey Horror and Frayle. Flamethrower-Everyday 1 and 2.  It is certainly a challenge to fit these albums into a streamlined review, but I will try. This project which has also played live is a mix of so many heavy and otherwise genres. Literally, this is broadly(strap yourself in) jazz, metal, doom, country, blues, punk, hardcore, post-punk, black metal, psychedelic and everything in between. The brains behind this is the super skilled and musical genius Paul Lindsay of Vicious Circle fame. Now VC has over the years dipped its toes into various genres and this is a dude well into so many mixed genres/bands. And these flavours are combined in the brilliance that is this band/project. It h...

Vikvanir - On The Shoulders Of Gods EP. FFO: Fantastic, aggressive and hyper-intelligent modern Black Metal. This is one of the many releases we are playing catchup on as Sept-Nov has been hectic and so many releases have dropped. But I wasn't letting this one go astray, as this is a deep and mindblowing release. Australia has consistently produced brilliant extreme metal and this band needs all your attention. Shit like modern Behemoth gets all the press for frankly creating absolutely dull releases that are boring as hell. This is the real deal. Bio: Born from pandemic isolation in 2021, Vikvanir is the black metal project of Zachary Carlsson, an Australian musician, vocalist and composer. First conceptualised in 2018, the last few years brought with them, amongst many other things, the free time to bring this project into existence. Within the realm of black metal, Vikvanir draws thematically from the aesthetics of epic fantasy and Norse mythology (yet never referencing the latt...

  Candles, Toilets & Religious Metaphors, A Three Times Royal Analysis:  By M H Thomson 18th of November 2022   Maintaining any intimate long-distance relationship is fraught with complexity at the best of times but initiating one in the midst of a global pandemic would seem to most, to be a logistical fool's errand. Alas, even the fallout from a plague as demoralising as COVID-19 fails miserably as a deterrent for some; namely my friend and vocal coach Iris Goessens and her partner Mayson Ivy. Split between their respective homes of Maastricht, Netherlands and Los Angeles, California. This budding relationship along with other untold internal tensions brewing between the members of Spoil Engine gave Iris reason enough to part ways with them. This announcement coming mere months after the apparent (although yet to be officially confirmed) departure of Spoil Engine’s longtime drummer Matthijs Quaars, as evidenced by their last few gigs with Iris, where they have be...

  Lacerhate-Blood.Lies.Idiots.Death album review and killer interview. FFO: Perfect mix of Hardcore/metal that will slay you. This is a gem that you will play so many times, and both the songs and production will blow you away. Lacerhate drop their third album today and whilst their previous releases were epic and tough as nails, Blood.Lies.Idiots.Death is the album that will get them the attention they deserve. This is a melting pot of metal/hardcore that is so energetic and hard as fuck. Bio: Lacerhate started out in 2008, in Cremona/Bergamo (Italy) as a metal/hardcore band influenced by the Punk/HC/Metal scene (bands like Hatebreed, Sepultura, Soulfly, All Shall Perish...). After recording a self-titled four tracks demo in 2009, the band faced various line-up changes and finally, on February 2011, released the first official Ep “Reborn From Ashes?”: a six-track work that shifted their style towards a blend of crossover/hardcore. “Reborn From Ashes?” immediately gained the apprec...

  Rosy Finch-SECONDA MORTE EP and interview. FFO: Loud Riffs, sensational songwriting, and creative use of mood. This EP that just dropped is based on the famous poem The Divine Comedy and it is as deep and entrancing as that literary gem, but it will audio-wise crush you with its intelligence and guile.  This release ultimately builds on the 2019  Scarlet album that I loved but adds many more angles combined with a more robust production approach-more earthly yet aggressive. This is a fantastic addition to their already sublime catalogue. Sit down and listen deeply to this gem!. Selva Oscura is a glorious instrumental opener and a very serious 5:18 opus, that is brooding, eerie, stark, and gorgeous in its intent. As I said, sit back and throw those proper headphones on and let it sink into your being. No, I am fucking serious. Inferno leads on perfectly from the resonating build-up and builds a fire, by being shoegazer-like and equally moody. This has a style reminisc...

  Munitions-Black Wind EP. FFO: Thrashy, Hectic Blackened Death Metal. This four-track raging EP is excellent and shows the pedigree of the band in spades, and the release is confident and aggressively punchy. There is a cool wide range of styles and influences from great bands across the release; everything from Sodom, Kreator, and The Accüsed to Morbid Angel and Mindsnare. Every track is quite different to the predecessor and that variety definitely holds the attention span, although it's not a lengthy release. But that impact really gets its teeth into you. The title track opens in a super and quite epic blackened metal style and both the riffs and wild vocals instantly make you a fan within 30 seconds. There are also some clever guitar solos and the drama really balances out the aggression/maddened pace. Latent Image equally is black metal centric in the beginning, and I really appreciate how a moody piece can move into thrashy chaos, but also with a nice old school raw blacke...