Als men Rotterdam kent, weet dat men het rauw kan treffen. Dan gaat het niet om de friet van Bram Ladage, maar wel om alles wat het daglicht niet per se hoeft te kunnen verdragen. Daar waar het schuurt, is Rotterdam op haar best. Bombstrap mag met trots verkondigen dat 010 haar stad is en […]

Friends, in a conversation with some fellow music appreciators-slash-journalists about recent new releases, I offered the opinion that 2026 has thus far been one hell of a year for sludge metal. As further evidence, I'd like to present you with this, the fourth album of filty, dirty sludgecore by Portland (Oregon)'s Armed for Apocalypse, which just came out today. As the band describe themselves: "They just play crushing songs that go from slow to slower, from muck to mire, from mosh to circle-pit.

Suffering Quota release their fourth full-length album, Sisyphean Life. From the Netherlands, Suffering Quota is a grindcore band that has been prowling the earth since about 2009. The quartet is s…