Post-Metal Triumphs: Computer Man Not a single word is spoken on Computer Man, but the brand new album from Dunedin duo Triumphs still tells a vivid tale.
Post-Metal Opium Eater: Ennui Opium Eater inject a mountain of energy and imagination into their full-length debut, Ennui.
2017 Into Orbit: Unearthing Countless bands try to grab our attention with an enticing vocal hook. Hell, even in the world of extreme metal, where vocals are frequently an indecipherable blur words and lyrics still play a
2016 Setentia: Darkness Transcend Setentia are an atmospheric death metal band from New Zealand. They write hard-hitting, complex songs where jagged melodies do battle with tremolo deluges on dissonant soundscapes. The band’s accomplished full-length debut, Darkness
doom Earth Tongue: Portable Shrine EP The first band I thought of when I finished listening to Earth Tongue’s debut EP, Portable Shrine, was avant-doom giant Om. Not because the duo, from Wellington, New Zealand, mimic Om’s
Avant-garde Mothra: Decision Process If you threw 90% of the heavyweight instrumental bands currently making music into a deep dark pit, I’d wager that few of them would ever be missed. I mean, let’s be
Ad Nauseum Broken Limbs Recordings The idea that metal and punk are somehow more authentic than other genres of music is a myth in this day and age. Sure, there are still pockets in metal and punk communities
Attack! Six Noises’ 2015 Extravaganza: New Zealand Noise Welcome to the seventh post of Six Noises’ 2015 end-of-year shenanigans. I’ve been letting fly with lists cataloguing first-rate metal, punk, experimental rock, and now (in this last post) riotous New Zealand
Abyssion Six Noises’ 2015 Extravaganza: Metal Part 1 *Welcome to the third post of Six Noises’ 2015 end-of-year shenanigans. **Over the next few weeks, I’m letting fly with a bunch of lists cataloguing first-rate metal, punk, and riotous New Zealand
Doom New Zealand Music Month: Seven Rockers It’s New Zealand Music Month this May. New Zealand’s annual celebration of homegrown music. Generally, that involves a lot of mainstream media highlighting a lot of mainstream acts. So I’m
Drone New Zealand Music Month: Jakob, Into Orbit, and Spook the Horses **It’s New Zealand Music Month this May. **New Zealand’s **annual celebration of homegrown music. Generally, that involves a lot of mainstream media highlighting a lot of mainstream acts. So I’m
Black Metal Favourite Metal Albums Of 2014 Normally, I’d have posted the list of my favourite metal albums from 2014 back in December last year. But at that time I was busy dealing with (read: freaking out about) a
Drone Spook the Horses: Rainmaker Spook the Horses: Rainmaker Revered New Zealand guitar bands like the Dead C, Bailter Space, or High Dependency Unit (HDU) carved indelible grooves into the musical landscape because they took creative risks. However,
Black Metal Tis The Season: Part Five One complaint that’s often made about end of year lists is that it’s always the same albums appearing over and over again. Well, the two lists below don’t overlap at
Avant-garde Tis The Season: Part Two Welcome back. In part two of Tis the Season we’re continuing on with the lists of top picks from 2014 that were graciously handed to Six Noises by a variety of writers,
Black Metal New Zealand Metal Favourites 2014 [](https://sixnoises.com/content/images/2014/12/Sinis.jpg)Vassafor/Sinistrous Diabolus Split 12″. Cover art N.K.S. Additional layout Bad News
Burn Titan—Burn Titan—Burn Acrophobia is the fear of heights, and Burn, the debut full-length from sludgy hardcore behemoths Titan, fills me with just such dread. Colossal walls of riffs are to be found on
Alt metal Old Loaves—Bad Rides 7"/Drowser LP. Old Loaves—Bad Rides 7″/Drowser LP. June 2012 has to go down as a damn near perfect month for Old Loaves. The band released their debut full-length, Drowser, on Bandcamp on the
Beastwars Beastwars/ Spook The Horses/ Robin—Live! SFBH, Wellington, NZ, 23 March 2012. Friday’s album fundraiser for Wellington’s Beastwars was a hugely emotive evening, with three excellent acts serving up hefty rock and metal to a legion of devoted followers. Beastwars are worshipped round
New Zealand Bands Spook the Horses—Brighter (Review + Q&A) SPOOK THE HORSES—BRIGHTER (REVIEW + Q&A) It wasn’t remotely difficult to decide which album to review first in 2012. Brighter, the debut release from post-rock outfit Spook the Horses, of
Avant-garde Best of 2011—The Metal (Part 2) ** Best Metal Albums 2011 (Part 2)** Well, here’s the top 20, which was a much easier task to compile than the rest. Again, you’ll note that I have cheated, and double-ups
Avant-garde Best of 2011—The Metal (Part 1) ** Best Metal Albums 2011 (Part 1)** So, 2011, that was an interesting year in metal huh? This year I got organized early and kept a running score of albums I loved, loathed, or
Avant-garde The Atlas Moth—An Ache for the Distance (Originally posted on the hellishly good Hellbound.ca) The Atlas Moth released their debut full-length, A Glorified Piece of Blue Sky, in 2009. It was an enjoyable—if not wholly original—album, stacked
Avant-garde Profound Lore—An interview with Chris Bruni A few years ago I was flicking through a rack of used metal CDs at my favorite (now sadly deceased) record store, when I discovered an album by blackened/noise outfit Wold. What