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Deathcore, metalcore and hardcore all converged under one roof in Manchester's Rebellion - the Make Them Suffer, Novelists and Cursed Earth tour is in full flow. Catherine Fearns caught it at Rebellion Manchester - with photos! http://brokenamp.com/live-review-make-suffer-novelists-cursed-earth-manchester-24-10-17/

New WHYBLT is out on Patreon! Check it out here! Five writers throwing in the most eclectic mixture of extreme metal, folk, ambient and gods know what else. What have YOU been listening to? www.patreon.com/brokenamp 

As 2017 barrels to its fireball ending, we have a moment or two to reflect on the stellar-as-usual quality in music - with some highlights. http://brokenamp.com/broken-amp-staff-personal-favorites-of-2017/

"It’s an album that wears many masks at once, but manages to make it all work out." the body met Full of Hell for a 2nd outing, and it's a totally unexpected picnic. Out now via Thrill Jockey Records. http://brokenamp.com/review-body-full-hell-ascending-mountain-heavy-light/

Wolves In The Throne Room exude a definitive atmosphere of black metal - a sense of both grandeur and claustrophobia, of a transcendent, solitary collapse. Sam Birkett saw them with the impressive Aluk Todolo in support at Heaven - London. http://brokenamp.com/live-review-wolves-in-the-throne-room-aluk-todolo-at-heaven-30th-november-2017/

"At no point in the 19-minute duration of the EP can I say “I am now listening to a (insert genre) album”. Dayv Oblyvyon is bewildered by Poison Blood, the project of Horseback and Krieg members. Out now via Relapse Records. http://brokenamp.com/review-poison-blood-poison-blood/

"Autopsy have always been about the crude power of death metal as a B-movie, rather than some grand artistic masterpiece." Stuart Wain gets gory. Puncturing the Grotesque comes out on Peaceville Records this week. http://brokenamp.com/review-autopsy-puncturing-the-grotesque/

Marginal's Total Destruction harks back to the old days of grindcore pioneers like Napalm Death & Extreme Noise Terror. Catherine Fearns gets a sonic fist in the face. Out next week via Transcending Obscurity. http://brokenamp.com/review-marginal-total-destruction/

Auðn's latest album Farvegir Fyrndar is a paean to the bleak, but beautiful landscape of their home country Iceland. Nick Dunn casts a critical eye. Out now via Season of Mist. http://brokenamp.com/review-audn-farvegir-fyrndar/

Extreme music is in a very fertile state in 2017; if you disagree, you’re not looking hard enough. Calligram (UK) have a chat with Jim Parry-Smith about their blackened and crusty sound, signing to Basick Records and a whole lot more. brokenamp.com/calligram-interview-audiences-distinct-genres-get-confused/

"At a time when black metal drowns under a rising tide of racism, sexism, and resurgent fascism, Dawn Ray'd could not feel more relevant or inspiring." Stuart Wain heralds the Liverpudlian violin-infused vitriol. The Unlawful Assembly is out now via @prostheticrecords-blog-blog​ / Halo of Flies Records / Feast of Tentacles. http://brokenamp.com/review-dawn-rayd-unlawful-assembly/

"Eremittens Dal comes as close to being a perfect true Norwegian black metal album for me as any. There is nothing I would change." Dayv Oblyvyon is smitten with Mork's new record, out now via Peaceville Records. For fans of traditional second wave black metal (but you could tell that from the artwork, right?). http://brokenamp.com/review-mork-eremittens-dal/

London’s Heaven may not actually be the seat of Paradise, but the combined effort of Árstíðir, Myrkur & Sólstafir transported the audience there. Nick Dunn was in attendance. http://brokenamp.com/live-review-solstafir-myrkur-arstidir-at-heaven-london-17th-november-2017/

For one guy in Manchester, England, the future is a sinister vision...well, unless his label gets off the ground. Craig Hogan talks with Mark Angel Brandt about Sinister Visions Records and a new way of thinking to bring to extreme metal. http://brokenamp.com/craig-hogan-sinister-visions-records-interview-different-business-model/

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Blut Aus Nord have been making exceptionally challenging music for a long time; Deus Salutis Meae is a marvelous continuation of this tradition, says Dayv Oblyvyon. Out now via Debemur Morti Productions. For fans of Gnosticism and black metal. http://brokenamp.com/review-blut-aus-nord-deus-salutis-meae/

Motorpsycho have been active as long as Nick Dunn been alive, and are nothing if not prolific. But if Norwegian prog is your bag, look to The Tower. Out now via Rune Grammofon and Stickman Records. http://brokenamp.com/review-motorpsycho-the-tower/