Reviews: Sylosis, Cauldron, Soulicit
Sylosis: Monolith (Nuclear Blast)Reading is for the most part not somewhere you would associate with metal, it is the home of indie rock due to the festival however the exception are Sylosis as they...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Jettblack, Night By Night & Black Wolf
Jettblack, Night By Night & Black Wolf: Bogiez, Cardiff 13/10/12Having won over many fans after their last performance in Cardiff supporting Fozzy, 80's metal revivalists Jettblack returned on...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: The Reasoning, Touchstone & Kyshera
Adventures In The City Tour: The Reasoning and Touchstone & Kyshera, The Globe CardiffTwo for one of modern prog rock tonight with both London based Touchstone and Wales' own The Reasoning both...
View ArticleReviews: Kiss, Sacred Mother Tongue, Black Wolf
Kiss: Monster (Universal)Is there a band more divisive than Kiss equally loved and loathed around the world it is usually their flamboyant image and Gene Simmons' penchant for putting his foot in it...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Triaxis, Primitai, Darksite, Insuna
Triaxis, Primitai, Darksite & Insuna: Bogiez Cardiff 19/10/12InsunaInsuna are a Cardiff based metal band that play intelligent, progressive metal with some good female vocals. They have a sound...
View ArticleReviews: Stone Sour, Triaxis, Doogie White
Stone Sour: House Of Gold & Bones Part 1 (Roadrunner)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No longer Corey Taylor's 'other' band Stone Sour have become more of a going concern...
View ArticleReviews: Manowar, Cradle Of Filth, The Sword
Manowar: The Lord Of Steel (Retail Edition) (Magic Circle Music) Yet again I review Manowar's new album, this time however it's the 'Retail' edition rather than the edition that came with Metal Hammer...
View ArticleReviews: Kamelot, Malefice, Graveyard
Kamelot: Silverthorn (SPV)Melodic metal band Kamelot return with a third concept album about a young girl's murder and cover ups and it is also the first release with Tommy Karevik of Seventh Wonder...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Evil Scarecrow and Counterhold
Evil Scarecrow & Counterhold: Bogiez Cardiff 26/10/12CounterholdOn my now fourth viewing of the Cwmbran metal machine I can safely say that they have improved yet again. Despite having their lead...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Huntress & From Ruin
Huntress & From Ruin Bogiez Cardiff 27/10/12From RuinHailing from the Warminster, female fronted metallers From Ruin play Priest style speed metal with a large amount of modern thrash thrown in....
View ArticleReviews: Aerosmith, Black Country Communion, Andre Matos
Aerosmith: Music From Another Dimension! (Colombia)So Boston mega-rockers Aerosmith return with their first album of new material in 11 years after various splits, reformations, solo albums and...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Gojira, Klone & Trepalium
Gojira, Klone & Trepalium Great Hall 2 Cardiff 08/11/12TrepaliumDidn't see much of these but from I saw they were slightly generic death metal with some progressive flourishes, they seemed to have...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Sabaton, Eluveitie, Wisdom
Sabaton, Eluveitie & Wisdom Great Hall 2 Cardiff 10/11/12So again to the Great Hall 2 for another night of metal mayhemWisdomSo Helloween is the word best to describe Wisdom's sound, the Hungary...
View ArticleReviews: Wolfsbane, Orden Ogan, Diagonal
Wolfsbane Remasters: All Hell's Breaking Loose Down At Little Kathy Wilson's Place & Live Fast Die Fast (Self released/Orginals on Def America)Tamworth terrors Wolfsbane will always probably be...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Opeth & Anathema
Opeth & Anathema - Rock City, Nottingham 12/11/12Thanks to Paul HutchingsSo it was another road trip to see Opeth for the 8th time, the nearest they've got to home being the O2 in Bristol. This...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Revoker, Sacred Mother Tongue & Cry Havoc
Revoker, Sacred Mother Tongue & Cry Havoc - Bogiez Cardiff 17/11/12So another night in Bogiez Rock Bar and Nightclub for a night of British heavy metal. I will admit that I went to this gig for...
View ArticleReviews: Soundgarden, The Trews, StoneRider
Soundgarden: King Animal (Seven Four Entertainment/Republic)The Seattle rockers return with their first album since 1996 and with all the original members returning this was set to be a return to...
View ArticleReviews: Mustasch, Christopher Amott, Gene The Werewolf
Mustasch: Sounds Like Heaven, Looks Like Hell (Regain Records)Sweden's Mustasch come to bludgeon the ears once again with their sixth album which has more of a stripped back live-in-the studio feel...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: Cauldron & Preacher
Cauldron & Preacher: Bogiez Cardiff 06/12/12I am sure more than 25 people in Cardiff like heavy metal however you would not know that if you only attended this gig. If band comes all the way from...
View ArticleLive & Dangerous: I Scream For Crow, Dodgem X, Shadow Of The Sun
I Scream For Crow, Dodgem X, And Shadow Of The Sun: Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, 09/12/12So another night of rock in the capital and yet another poor showing from the Cardiff rock fans, playing to a grand...
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