Reviews: Dominum, Final Siege, Lord Agheros, Mors Atra (Matt Bladen & Liam...
Dominum - The Dead Don't Die (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Zombie metal, like pirate metal, dwarf metal etc etc is metal with a gimmick, usually a good gimmick but one that always has the potential to...
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Review: Magnum (Simon Black)
Magnum - Live At KK's Steel Mill (Steamhammer / SPV)Magnum holds a very special place in my blackened heart, because they were one of the first Hard Rock acts I listened to when I was a kid, and really...
View ArticleReviews: Tremonti, PATRIARKH, Ex Deo, Hanry (Matt Bladen)
Tremonti - The End Will Show Us How (Napalm Records)Mark Tremonti seems to be constantly working, between the reactivated Creed and Alter Bridge he has a solo project and also manages to release some...
View ArticleReviews Wyatt E, Beriedir, The Halo Effect, Children Of The Sün (Joe...
Wyatt E - Zamaru Ultu Qereb Ziqquratu Part 1 (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Joe Guatieri]Wyatt E are a band which presents a unique blend of Doom and Drone Metal, hailing from Belgium. They return with holy...
View ArticleReviews: Dragonknight, FAITHXTRACTOR, Necromaniac, Moon Wizard (Simon Black,...
Dragonknight – Legions (Scarlet Records) [Simon Black]Just when you thought that Euro Power Metal couldn’t get any more cheesy, please welcome Finland’s Dragonknight! This five-piece collaborative...
View ArticleReviews: Sacred, Blacksun, Raging Fate, The Cimmerian (Matt Bladen)
Sacred - Fire To Ice (Stormspell Records)Something of a Swedish power metal supergroup Sacred bring us their debut album Fire To Ice. Inspired by the classic metal bands such as Maiden and the legends...
View ArticleReviews: Datura, Sarcator, Howling Giant, Thy Kingdom Will Burn (Rich Piva &...
Datura - Visions For The Celestial: Beneath The Desert Floor Chapter 8 (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]I did this backwards…I found Dead Shrine in 2023 via the amazing release, The Eightfold Path, before I...
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A View From The Back Of The Room: The Jesus Lizard (Live Review By Joe Guatieri)
The Jesus Lizard & Lice, The Fleece, Bristol, 10/01/25I never thought that I would be at The Fleece for this gig… People couldn’t have been more excited for it on this cold January night, taking it...
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Review: Godzillionire (Rich Piva)
Godzillionaire - Diminishing Returns (Ripple Music)Godzillionaire has had an interesting journey. Lead singer Mark Hennessy was the main man in the criminally underrated 90s alt/grunge band Paw, a band...
View ArticleReviews: Grave Digger, Dunes, Slinky Vagabond, Lifer (Liam Williams, Rich...
Grave Digger – Bone Collector (ROAR/RPM) [Liam Williams]Power metal band Grave Digger have released a large catalogue of albums over the last 40 years, and now they’re adding to that catalogue with...
View ArticleReviews: Landfall, The Big Deal, Time Rift, Axetasy (Matt Bladen)
Landfall - Wide Open Sky (Frontiers Music Srl)Frontiers Music have been mining a lot of musical gold from South America over the last few years, picking up prog metal, symphonic metal and plenty of...
View ArticleReviews: Tokyo Blade, Crimson Storm, Lethal X (Simon Black, Liam Williams &...
Tokyo Blade - Time Is The Fire (Dissonance Productions/Cherry Red Records) [Simon Black]Tokyo Blade are one of those seminal NWOBHM bands that everyone mentions as influential, but who never had made a...
View ArticleReviews: Hierarchies, Inerrant, Proprioception, Sypha (Matt Bladen)
Hierarchies - Hierarchies (Transcending Obscurity Records)Transcending Obscurity Records open 2025 with what may be the most dissonant death metal record you will have heard for a long time. Featuring...
View ArticleReviews: Dark Fortress, Alfavrak, Bottlebelt, The Blackwall (Matt Bladen, Dan...
Dark Fortress - Anthems From Beyond The Grave: Live In Europe 2023 (Century Media) [Matt Bladen]Dark Fortress are probably one of the most important German bands in the second wave of black metal. They...
View ArticleReviews: Avatarium, The Great Old Ones, Martyrion, Kosmogonia (Matt Bladen &...
Avatarium - Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead (AFM Records) [Matt Bladen]Avatarium were founded over 10 years ago and initially very prolific as a continuation of the doom sound created by...
View ArticleReviews: The Breathing Method, Voidfallen, Sisters Doll, TFNRSH (Rich Piva &...
The Breathing Method - After Everything Else (Self Release) [Rich Piva]The Breathing Method are a new Scottish band who definitely love Therapy? This is, of course, a really good thing, and those good...
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Review: Harakiri For The Sky (Mark Young)
Harakiri For The Sky - Scorched Earth (AOP Records)I’ve got to say that at first, I just couldn’t get on with this at all. The initial blast of vocals just seemed to be so opposed to the music, at...
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Reviews: Tigertailz (Simon Black)
Tigertailz - For A Few Dollarz More (The Archives Vol 1- 1984 – 1991) [Simon Black]As a spotty teen in the mid-80’s Glam Metal was very much a thing in my native Nottingham and for a while I too was...
View ArticleReviews: Tormentor Tyrant, Plasticdrop, Sacrifice, Belle Morte (GC, Dan...
Tormentor Tyrant - Excessive Escalation Of Cruelty (Everlasting Spew Records) [GC]I know its mid-January and everything, and I keep telling myself to explore new things including music but honestly? I...
View ArticleReviews: Riverside, Thundermother, Beneath A Steel Sky, The Slime (Chris...
Riverside – Live I.D (InsideOut Music) [Chris Tsintziras]Riverside are a progressive rock/metal band from Warsaw Poland. The band are famous for their atmospheric music based around progressive rock...
View ArticleReviews: Fleshbore, Disrupted, Corroding Soul, Death Cult 69 (Matt Bladen &...
Fleshbore - Painted Paradise (Transcending Obscurity Records) [Matt Bladen]Tech death fans rejoice for Fleshbore are an unrelenting, technical death metal machine. Released on Transcndeing Obscurity...
View ArticleReviews: Praetorian, ALT BLK ERA, Sunrot, blacktoothed (Matt Bladen)
Praetorian - Pylon Cult (APF Records)After three self released EP's, APF's newest suppliers of heft Praetorian take their place at the right hand of Imperial sludge/doom legends such as Iron Monkey,...
View ArticleReviews: Labyrinth, Bonfire, The Ferrymen, Wildness (Matt Bladen & Simon Black)
Labyrinth - In The Vanishing Echoes Of Goodbye (Frontiers Music Srl) [Matt Bladen]In Italian power metal there are three names that stand out Rhapsody (every version), Vision Divine and Labyrinth, all...
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A View From The Back Of The Room: The Halo Effect (Debby Myatt & Tony Gaskin)
The Halo Effect, PAIN & Bloodred Hourglass, KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 23.01.25The first “official” reviewing/shooting gig of the year sees us back down at KK’s in Wolverhampton for a night...
View ArticleClwb Ifor Bach - Heavy Preview 2025
Clwb Ifor Bach - Heavy Preview February - June 2025Our friends at Clwb Ifor Bach, have asked us to feature some of their heaviest shows coming up. So of course we duly obliged. Check them out below...
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