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
On this second album, Teratoma have developed exponentially from their debut, and show flashes that they might just be in this for the long haul.
That elemental feeling seeping into all your innate fears and exacerbating them as your response to the album. Fantastic stuff.
The greatest slam-death party loons that you could ever meet. Long may they reign in absolute silliness.
Echoes will hopefully find its way into more and more homes and record collections as it’s an album that any self respecting fan of heavy music needs to hear.
An album which contains all the elements which make death metal so much fun when done correctly, it’s almost as if the glory days are back again.
The band sound more than revitalised and with Goliath have made one of the albums of the year so far.
More doom than death, and with a fantastic classic feel to it, Temple Of Void have crafted an album which has more than enough twists and turns to keep you coming back for more.
It’s triumphal, melodic and completely over the top, as all great metal should be. Unlike any other metal album you’ll hear this year.
For those expecting the full on prog epics then you may come away disappointed but by now the majority of Motorpsycho fans will have accepted that you never know quite what to expect.
An unrelenting piece of work, but within the maelstrom of noise there is a lot going on which can only serve to enrich them further down the line.
The album is not just a return to heavy form, but also one that sounds like a new chapter has begun.
Heavy music, yet full of melody and stories, Worm form part of that tradition with Necropalace being another fine addition to the pantheon.
Stabbing set themselves up as the new upstarts of brutal death metal, and is an essential listen for those of you who have had any interest in it before.
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.
