In what was obviously a tumultuous and unprecedented year for many including Your Grouchy Friend, so many of our taken-for-granted lifestyles, institutions and general modes
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The Metal Wanderlust: Top 50 of 2020
Alright folks! Here is our TOP-50, according to the staff at The Metal Wanderlust. 20 odd of us took part in poll after poll, so
IT’S A METAL VINYL CHRISTMAS: THE METAL WANDERLUST ESSENTIAL GIFT LIST
Been nice? Been naughty? Who are you kidding of course you’ve been naughty! No matter which list you or your Metal obsessed loved one is
The Metal Wanderlist: Number Two – 2020
Greetings, earthlings! As the first half of the year has passed, it is more than about a time to unleash some of our very favourite
Album Review: Songs of Blood and Liberation – Grind
Full disclosure – GRIND’s “Songs of Blood and Liberation” is my favourite album so far in 2020. For a number of reasons this album absolutely
Album Review: The Afterparty – Killitorous
An acquaintance back in ye-olde-goth-days once passed the sage advice: “don’t be a goth if you don’t have a sense of humour about yourself.” When
Vargheist Records: Festering Anti-Cosmic Wound – Volus codes giveaway
Our good friends over at Vargheist Records have seen fit to be absolutely fucking awesome and give away a heap of Bandcamp copies of the
Album Review: Medium – Medium
The self-titled debut EP “Medium” from Argentinian Metal extremists Medium is really quite an exceptional album, the quality of the material, it’s composition and delivery
Interview – Innards
To follow up our review of the excellent new release “Back From The Grave, Straight In Your Face” from Portugal’s Innards, our beloved Meddlefan had a
Album Review: Back From The Grave, Straight In Your Face – Innards
Okay, not strictly an album, an EP, so quieten down you lot, Portuguese duo Innards are here to kick your sorry arse, and that is
Exclusive Premiere: Entrenched in Nihilism – Henry Kane
Whoah, have we been a lucky bunch of buggers of late. First Transcending Obscurity Records gave us an exclusive premiere of Italy’s monstrous Xpus, and
Album Review: Extreme Conditions – Goatburner
Goatburner! While you may not know the name straight off the top of your acid filled skull, you’ll surely know the members of the band.
Album Review: Betrothal to the Stone: Conception of Mephisto – Sophist
There’s one thing Canadian Black/Grind duo Sophist duo don’t do, and that is procrastinate. Forming in June of this year, and releasing this EP just
