Rip It Up

Nick Grimm

Posts by Nick Grimm

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Audio Reign: Find Your Way

*+-Overall, Audio Reign’s independent release is solid, and is a release of which the band should be proud.

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Dead End Friends: All The Same EP

*+-The All The Same EP is a solid effort that could hopefully open a few more doors for this Adelaide-based four-piece.

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Sonic Divide: Sonic Divide

*+-Sonic Divide clearly like their music to have atmosphere.

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The Getaway Plan at Fowlers Live

*+-Die-hard fans instantly made their way to the front of the crowd and waited until Melbourne’s The Getaway Plan stumbled out on stage.

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Issues: Issues

*+-“So many of the tracks on this confused clutter of genres offer plenty of potential.”

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Crosses: Crosses

*+-“Chino Moreno’s haunted vocals and lyrics are the clear highlight of the collection; aiming to create an album both “minimal and soothing”. Crosses create neither.”

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Within Temptation: Hydra

*+-“Hydra is a solid effort by a band nearly 20 years into their career.”

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Of Mice And Men: Restoring Force

*+-“Of Mice And Men are beginning to stand up and announce themselves to the ever-growing army of heavy metal fanatics.”