Martyn Coppack
I was raised out of steel in the swamps of New Jersey, well, at least I like to think so. The reality is a mundane town in North Wales called Wrexham. After years of trying to escape via the means of sex, drugs and rock and roll (well, two of them are right!) I eventually settled down to a life of nappies and office work. This wasn't enough though and that urge to be Keith Richards just kept creeping up…that's when I met Dan. Like a collision of two worlds, a grand meeting of minds or just pure luck, I pestered Dan with my rather basic scrawlings on unknown punk bands only for the reply to be, you are able…join us…and so it was. I love music and I love writing so to do both is a no-brainer really. I may be the resident old school rocker of E&D but the truth could not be further away. Put aside my Springsteen fixation and you will find a nice sweet person who, when put in front of a typewriter, becomes a cross between Bukowski, Thompson and Bangs. Beware any bands who try to mollycoddle me into a good review, I bite. All music is good but in particular it has to be Americana, psych and garage for me. E&D has given me the opportunity to push my beliefs onto other people and I am forever grateful. May this go on forever! As a side note, I stilll to this day do not understand what Post-Rock is. Â
Articles by Martyn Coppack
Don’t wait around though and grab a copy of this album as soon as you can before everyone starts talking about it. A release which should signal the arrival of a major player on the metal scene.
For those craving a bit of Sabbath worship then you will find much to enjoy in this album.
For newcomers it will make you want to explore further, and for those who are already in on the secret, they will nod sagely, raise their mead, and say welcome to our world.
There are no answers, death is ultimate, and how we deal with it is personal. The music here will form a soundtrack to that grief.
They are sure to be blasting out on metal festival stages in the near future, and we will be right there, at the front, worshipping to the sound of real metal.
A Sermon In Tongues is a more than worthy addition to any self-respecting metal fans album collection.
Leave them wanting more, as they say. A great debut from a band which we look forward to hearing more from.
Black metal may now be the extreme genre of choice for metal fans, but for those of us who are more old school, bands like Torture Hammer keep the death metal fire burning.
On their 16th album, Kreator sound invigorated and with it, a new sense of recognition for their past achievements.
If face-ripping thrash is your thing then you can’t go far wrong with Wounds. It’s a brutal assault on the senses, where the band always know just how to work the sheer ferocity.
Sometimes you don’t need to reinvent the wheel, and just want some straightforward death metal.
You would do well to check this album out, particularly if you are of the mind to hear some excellent technical death metal.
That a new generation of bands is now rediscovering and reinterpreting for their own is a beautiful thing, and for us who were there first time around it’s like the last 40 years never existed.
Pupil Slicer have delivered an incredible album which defies description and transcends any genre conventions.
Yellow Eyes continue to confound and expand through their art on an album which once again moves the boundaries of black metal.
It’s an album which begs for repeated listens to understand its nuances but once its secrets are unlocked you are faced with one of the best metal releases this year.
For all its threatening inaccessibility it’s actually an album which allows the listener to latch on and enjoy.
Whilst Para Bellum may not reach the heights of some of their more recent efforts it’s still another vital release from them.
Thunderous and wrought with emotion, Fælleskab is an album of real intent. Its bleak production echoes the traditional black metal sound.
They are a band unstoppable within metal circles at the moment and whilst their medieval schtick may not pass over to a mainstream crowd, they are sure to be embraced further by that most discerning of music fans, the metalhead.
Feast your ears on the marvels of classic metal delivered under a blackened death metal roar.
