So, way back when, as we spoke to then-former Brotherhood of the Lake guitarist Rusty about the turbulent past of the band, he briefly suggested the Devon outfit might also have a future. Four years later and now-current Brotherhood of the Lake guitarist Rusty and his bandmates are indeed back. An EP, ‘Segregation is the English Way’, is now available […]
Read moreBrotherhood of the Lake hated you. They hated you and they hated me and they hated everybody else, but most of all, I’m pretty sure, they hated themselves. From 2005 to 2013 the Devon quintet played a hard, fast and uniquely angry brand of heavy metal, “a soundtrack to the social decline that surrounds us”. Their early work had all the […]
Read moreThe summer is dead. The sun is gone. The rain has won. But never fear, a top tour to soundtrack the end of times has been booked. Get gloomy.
Read moreBrotherhood of the Lake were destined to be a mere footnote in British metal history. Until now. The Plymouth quintet’s second record is a blaring beacon, a warning klaxon, a call to arms. In ten songs they have arrived. ‘Desperation Is The English Way Vol.1’ sounds like a machine, like a cornered beast, like so many years of flat grey […]
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