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Hamerex - The Gates Of Hades Review From BritishMetal.co.uk - [25 Nov 2006]
Hamerex formed in August 2004 after having had the names Hellbound, Skab and Metal Fear. At this time Hamerex consisted of Steve Blower - Vocals/Guitar, Tom Parkin - Lead guitar, Mel Wales - Bass and Shane Cartwright ￢ﾀﾓ Drums. A couple of months later Mel Wales left the band ,and Elliot Fleet joined at Christmas. After a short break, the band reunited again, without Elliot, to write new material and recently in 2006 the band completed their current lineup with the addition of Rob Butcher to the ranks.
It was with this line up that Hamerex ...
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THE THINGS - Psycho-Sound EP - [09 Oct 2006]
The Things provide an uncomplicated punk-blues-rock ￢ﾀﾙn￢ﾀﾙ roll slammed full of buzz-saw guitars, Oliveri bass and some of the most relentlessly brilliant ape-armed drumming this side of the Ice Age (though back then they had to bang like this to keep warm). However, equally there￢ﾀﾙs a barely disguised pop sensibility, especially in lead single Some Kind Of Kick ￢ﾀﾓ for all the wailing, the thumping and the noizze, these Things can￢ﾀﾙt hide the hooks and the handclaps.
Tracks 2 and 3 (Demon Stomp and I Want More), though less compulsive, f...
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CIRCULUS - Clocks Are Like People - [08 Oct 2006]
The vintage synthesizers on ￢ﾀﾘClocks Are Like People￢ﾀﾙ ￢ﾀﾓ Circulus￢ﾀﾙ second album, following on from 2005￢ﾀﾙs ￢ﾀﾘThe Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to be Sent￢ﾀﾙ- sound reminiscent of the theme tune to a 1970￢ﾀﾙs ￢ﾀﾜTomorrow￢ﾀﾙs World￢ﾀﾝ type television program, a program where it might be predicted that in the future every household will have its very own home-computer (wow!). If you are not a fan of progressive rock synthesizers you may find this hard to forgive. However, love them or loathe them there is more to Circulus than this.
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EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY - S/T - [08 Oct 2006]
Most modern bands don￢ﾀﾙt have within their ranks the ability to imagine, let alone employ the proficient use of the: flute, dulcimer, sitar, drums, guitars, autoharp, mandolin & harmonium. The Eighteenth Day of May isn￢ﾀﾙt most modern bands. Their eponymously titled debut opens with the splendid call to arms of ￢ﾀﾘEighteen Days￢ﾀﾙ and immediately this is a band inviting their listener to sit back, relax and let the friendly layers of multi-instrumentation wash over them. For the initiated you may have been here before. The opening chords could...
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