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A View From The Back Of The Room: Green Lung (Matt Bladen)
Green Lung, Unto Others & Satan's Satyrs, Marble Factory Bristol, 17.02.25There are moments in time where you see a band fully become what they should have always been. This was one of those...
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God Complex - He Watches In Silence (SharpTone Records) [GC]If a band has split up and the members have gone on to do other things, and the new thing isn’t very good as is the case with members of God...
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Review: Jason Bieler And The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra (Rich Piva)
Jason Bieler And The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra - The Escapologist (Baron Von Bielski Records/What The Hell Was That Sound Records) [Rich Piva]Full disclosure. I am a huge Jason Bieler fan. Huge fan...
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Granicus - Granicus (RidingEasy Records) [Rich Piva] You have read me praising Riding Easy Records a whole bunch of times so I am sure you are aware of my opinion on the label, but I just can’t believe...
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Avantasia – Here Be Dragons (Napalm Records) [Simon Black]A new Avantasia album is for me always something to look forward to. I first came across them as late as 2015 when their special guest slot at...
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Brainstorm – Plague Of Rats (Reigning Phoenix Music) [Liam Williams]German power metal band Brainstorm have an impressive discography with more than 10 full-length albums spanning their nearly 30 year...
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A View From The Back Of The Room: Touché Amoré (Alex Swift)
Touché Amoré, Trauma Ray & Buds, The Globe, Cardiff, 21.02.2025Tonight’s show almost didn’t happen. After Touché Amoré cancelled their show the night before at the Joiners in Southampton, that left...
View ArticleReviews: Everon, Airforce, Dirkschneider, Vigilhunter (Matt Bladen)
Everon - Shells (Music Theories Recordings)I consider myself a bit of prog geek but I've not heard of Everon before. They're a neo-progressive band formed in the 90's and their influences are...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Beyond Sorrow...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025 Interview With Beyond Sorrow1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you?We’re Beyond Sorrow, a 5-piece metalcore band who love crushing...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With The Ginger...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025 Interview With The Ginger Lizards 1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.We are The...
View ArticleReviews: The Five Hundred, Scorpion Child, You Infinite, Rise Of Tyrants...
The Five Hundred - Ghostwriter (Prime Collective) [Liam Williams]Ghostwriter is the 3rd album from Nottingham based dystopian heavy metal band The Five Hundred. An absolutely superb album which...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Struggler...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025 Interview With Struggler 1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.We are Struggler!...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Icantdie...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025 Interview With Icantdie 1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band. (Promote yourselves)...
View ArticleReviews: Vision Of Disorder, Perfect Plan, Robin McAuley, Bronco (Rich Piva &...
Vision Of Disorder - Vision Of Disorder/Imprint Deluxe (Dissonance Records/Cherry Red Records) [Rich Piva]I believe I am uniquely qualified to review the re-release of the legendary Long Island...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Akuma...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025 Interview With Digital Resistance1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.We’re Akuma,...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Mudlarker...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025 Interview With Mudlarker1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.We’re Mudlarker, a...
View ArticleReviews: Arion, Kaiser, Seventh Station, The Move (Simon Black, Dan Sierras,...
Arion - The Light That Burns The Sky (Reigning Phoenix Music) [Simon Black]Finland’s Arion have, as usual, taken their time following up 2021’s excellent Vultures Die Alone, but then a four-year album...
View ArticleReviews: Dark Chapel, K L P S, Betrayers, Confessions Of A Serial Killer...
Dark Chapel - Spirit In The Glass (MNRK Heavy)Dario Lorina is a long time member of Black Label Society, he is the guitar foil for Zakk Wylde, not only a great six stringer but on the basis of this...
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Review: Whitechapel (GC)
Whitechapel - Hymns In Dissonance (Metal Blade Records) Ok, so I’m not really sure where to start with Whitechapel. When they first came onto the scene, they absolutely blew me away and This is Exile...
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A View From The Back Of The Room: Obscura (Nat Sabbath)
Obscura, Skeletal Remains & Gorod, The Asylum, Birmingham, 15.02.25On 15th February 2025, The Asylum in Birmingham became the beating heart of technical death metal, playing host to an...
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A View From The Last Time: Fish (Duncan Everson)
Fish, Bristol Beacon 26.02.25Fish announced at the time of its recording that the Weltschmerz album would be his final one and as it turned out it is one of his best, receiving high praise from fans...
View ArticleReviews: Swervedriver, Lost Sanctuary, The Death Wheelers, Primrose Path...
Swervedriver - The World’s Fair EP (Outer Battery Records) [Rich Piva]Swervedriver was one of the best bands of the 90s, full stop. Yeah, they were shoegaze, but they were more accessible than My...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With White Leather...
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 White Leather. We are a young band who...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025: Interview With Painted As...
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’re Painted As Monsters from Caerphilly...
View ArticleReviews: Rainbows Are Free, This Gift Is A Curse, Sacrosanct, The 7th Guild...
Rainbows Are Free - Silver And Gold (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]When Ripple Music signed Rainbows Are Free in 2023, I had not heard of the band before and of course had to dive immediately in to the back...
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