Reviews: The Darkness, Envy Of None, Sammale, Torn From Oblivion (Matt Bladen...
The Darkness - Dreams On Toast (Cooking Vinyl) [Matt Bladen]The Darkness are at their best when they're eclectic, their albums such as Hot Cakes and Pinewood Smile for me are the ones that really stand...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Kill By Mouth...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 20251. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.We are Kill By Mouth from Swansea. Cassar -...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Empire Of...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 20251. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.We are Empire of dust, 5 piece sludge/doom...
View ArticleReviews: URSA, Gates To Hell, Destruction, Black And Damned (Matt Bladen &...
URSA - Call Of The Infinite (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]Shame. Shame on me for almost missing this album from March's review pile. Call Of The Infinite could not be more up my street if they bought...
View ArticleReviews: SOM, Desert'Smoke, Jesse Stilettö, Sykofant (Rich Piva)
SOM - Let The Light In (Pelagic Records)SOM has been deemed “Doom Pop” and why not, but to me, this band is heavy shoegaze all the way, and boy am I here for it on their third record, Let The Light In....
View ArticleReviews: Black Spiders, Vulvarine, Kazea, Ellis Mano Band (Duncan Everson &...
Black Spiders – Cvrses (Dark Riders/Cargo) [Duncan Everson]Black Spiders have been around since 2008 gradually building a fanbase but not yet getting to the next size up in venues. Could Cvrses be the...
View ArticleReviews: Telepathy, Sometime In February, Wombbath, Mindwars (Matt Bladen &...
Telepathy - Transmissions (Pelagic Records) [Matt Bladen]Welcome to the hypnotic, techtronic world of Telepathy and their stunning fourth album Transmissions. The Polish/English foursome based in...
View ArticleReviews: Rotting Christ, Lucifer's Child, No Hand Path, Anglachel (Matt Bladen)
Rotting Christ - 35 Years Of Evil Existence: Live In Lycabettus (Season Of Mist)35 Years Of Evil Existence is a celebration of Greece's most recognised extreme metal act. One of three bands who...
View ArticleReviews: STORMO, Grey Mountain, Seven Sisters, Chordoma (Matt Bladen & Mark...
STORMO - Tagli/Talee (Prosthetic Records) [Matt Bladen]Described as an "autobiographical account of a band out on the road creating art" Italian noisemakers STORMO deliver their new album Tagli/Talee...
View ArticleReviews: Severed Angel, Stainless, Guiltless, Aeonian Sorrow (Matt Bladen &...
Severed Angel - When Eternity Ends (No Life 'Til Metal Records) [Matt Bladen]Severed Angel give me the impression of being one of those bands who recorded a load of albums in the 90's and then going on...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Disrupt The...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 20251. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band. We are Disrupt The Continuum, we have been...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Digital...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 20251. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.If you like your metal laced with dystopian...
View ArticleReviews: Tómarúm, Ritual King, This Summit Fever, Ash Twin Project (Matt...
Tómarúm - Beyond Obsidian Euphoria (Prosthetic Records) [Matt Bladen]Three years ago I praised Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons highly, recommending that everyone listen to it as soon as possible. Will I...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Paradox To...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025 1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.We are Paradox To Stay, a 5-piece metalcore...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Damek...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 20251. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.DAMEK Omsk - Guitar VokillzDNR - BassDbomb -...
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A View From The Back Of The Room: Skunk Anansie (Live Review By Simon Black)
Skunk Anansie & So Good, Great Hall Cardiff, 31.03.25I had never heard of openers So Good (6) before, but to be fair considering there’s bugger all information about them online, it’s perhaps not...
View ArticleReviews: Deafhaven, Greenleaf, Arch Enemy, Eonian (Pete J, Rich Piva, Thomas...
Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner Records) [Pete J]Deafheaven are one of those bands that divide opinion and spark furious debate. Are they Black Metal? Are they Indie Shoegaze? Or jusy...
View ArticleReviews: Cabal, Daevar, Amammoth, Pillars Of Cacophony (Matt Bladen, Rich...
Cabal - Everything Rots (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Bladen]Heavy as the heaviest thing you can think about Cabal have been slaying stages and bulldozing crowds for a few years. Brash, uncompromising metallic...
View ArticleReviews: Verheerer, Iron Form, Tyrannosatan, Sicksense (Pete J, Matt Bladen,...
Verheerer - Urgewalt (Vendetta Records) [Pete J]German Black metal troupe Verheerer return with their 3rd album of Teutonic darkness, an album with a concept truly horrifying. Never a band to use...
View ArticleReviews: Benediction, Lo-Pan, Lordi, Phil X And The Drills
Benediction - Ravage Of Empires (Nuclear Blast Records) [Matt Bladen]In the halls of British death metal there are a few bands who have name recognition like Benediction, they've been stomping across...
View ArticleReviews: W.E.T, Soul Sign, Alliance, Ginevra (Matt Bladen)
W.E.T. - Apex (Frontiers Music s.r.l.)Another supergroup this time though one with a more established pedigree. W.E.T are Robert Säll (the “W” from Work of Art), Erik Mårtensson (the “E” from Eclipse),...
View ArticleReviews: Lady Beast, Defender, Serpent Rider, On My Command (Mark Young)
Lady Beast - The Inner Alchemist (Dying Victims Productions) Here we have Lady Beast, flagbearers of refined Heavy Metal (which I confess is a new one for me). Reading up on their influences and...
View ArticleReviews: Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks, Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen, Visceral,...
Jon Anderson And The Band Geeks - Perpetual Change (Frontiers Music SRL) [Mark Young]In talking about musical styles that can conjure up images of excess, of overblown and overlong arrangements, the...
View ArticleReviews: Damon Systema, Passage, Stellar Veil, NightKill (Matt Bladen)
Damon Systema - Ate (Theogonia Records)Ate is a mythological concept record that deals with themes such as Hybris (Excessive Pride), Ate (Ruin), Nemesis (Retribution), and Tisis...
View ArticleReviews: Masters Of Reality, Komatsu, Taraban, Gallus (Rich Piva & Matt Bladen)
Masters Of Reality - The Archer (Mascot Records) [Rich Piva]Chris Goss and his Masters Of Reality created one of my favorite records of all time, number six actually, with the 1989 Rich Rubin produced...
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