The retelling of savagery seems to be the source of energy for Taiwanese death metal band Chthonic. Their raucous international debut Seediq Bale depicted the violent Japanese colonisation of Taiwan and landed them an appearance at Ozzfest. Nearly half a decade later and we have their follow-up Mirror of Retribution, a somewhat disappointing affair and not for lack of political punch. Read More

For eight years Har Mar Superstar has wanted to have sex with you. Dark Touches is the fourth of his advances. The follow up to 2005’s excellent The Handler, this is similarly sex drenched sleaze record. While Har Mar’s style may be too tongue in cheek for some, as ever beneath the OTT lyrics lie some seriously fun and funky tunes.

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