HOOMAN AFTER ALL: SiM's absolute banger of an album.
2026 has proved to be quite the strong year for music, especially if like me, you're into Japanese rock and metal. Several of my favourite artists have graced the scene with new material with D'espairsay coming back from their over a decade-long hiatus with the banger that is RAPTURE. DIR EN GREY released their follow-up album to Phalaris, MORTAL DOWNER, lynch. one of my all-time favourite bands came out with an appropriately titled album: Climax and that's but a few examples off the top of my head. SiM just decided to drop their new album: HOOMAN AFTER ALL on September 2nd and I just couldn't resist checking it out straight away. Make no mistake, I am extremely glad that I did. FiVE TiMES DEAD (by my wallet) Starting off the album with FiVE TiMES DEAD (by my wallet) was a brilliant move as it gets the blood pumping in all the right ways. It's a fun, catchy tune that will have you singing Da-Da-Na-Na-Na-Na, Da-Da-Na-Na-Na-Na along with Mah during the choruses. Bui...
