World Of Metal 7: Storm Cry, Pohl, Vengeful Ghoul
Storm Cry: Beginning Of Darkness EP (Self Released)Bringing their music from Venice Italy Storm Cry are a colossal no messing Melodic Death metal band that deliver their music with the ferocity, at...
View ArticleReviews: Wolfmother, Gus G, The Oath
Wolfmother: New Crown (Self Released)Andrew Stockdale put Wolfmother on hiatus to release his (admittedly very Wolfmother sounding) solo album. Now he returns with a new drummer and bassist/keyboardist...
View ArticleWorld of Metal 8: Lost Insen, Arising Fear, Jesus Christ
Lost Insen: Here After (Self Released)Lost Insen are from Tunisia and started life as Dream Theater cover band and you can hear the influence of the premier purveyors of prog metal right from the...
View ArticleReviews: Sonata Arctica, Delain, Massive
Sonata Arctica: Pariah's Child (Nuclear Blast)Finland's premier power metal maestros' eighth album is a return to their early roots, this change in style was first alluded to on their last album Stones...
View ArticleReviews: Lost Society, Kayser, Lord Symphony,
Lost Society: Terror Hungry (Nuclear Blast)So last year young Finns Lost Society unleashed some quality thrashing for world on their debut album Fast.Loud.Death that record was full of speedy high...
View ArticleReviews: Black Label Society, Band Of Skulls, Foxy Shazam
Black Label Society: Catacombs Of The Black Vatican (Mascot Records)So the rock, the beard and of course the pinched harmonics are back (see Heart Of Darkness) on BLC's ninth release. Lead Viking Zakk...
View ArticleThe View From The Back Of The Room: Panic Room
Panic Room & Matt Cook: The Globe, CardiffSo progressive rockers Panic Room once again grace The Globe for their strong, emotionally charged prog rock that brings in jazz, folk, rock and also some...
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Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock: Bridge The Gap (2013)Michael Schenker is a name that will fill certain readers hearts with glee, the six stringer of UFO, The Scorpions and his own Michael Schenker...
View ArticleReviews: V/A Dio Tribute, Massacre, Lacuna Coil (Reviews By Paul)
Ronnie James Dio – This is Your LifeOkay, I'm going to get the following off my chest straight away.This is a stonking album which highlights the huge variation in RJD’s work through the years.It is...
View ArticleReviews: Edguy, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Tuomas Holopainen
Edguy: Space Police: Defenders Of The Crown (Nuclear Blast)Tobias Sammet is a man of two musical minds, one being the ott symphonic Avantasia project on which he is the leader of a massive band of...
View ArticleReviews: Triptykon, Conan, Katatonia (Review By Paul)
Triptykon – Melana Chasmata (Century Media)The follow-up to 2010’s Eparistera Daimones from Thomas Gabriel Warrior’s Swiss extreme metal outfit is an absolutely stunning piece of work and already in...
View ArticleReviews: Anti Mortem, Lesser Key, Gloryful
Anti-Mortem: New Southern (Nuclear Blast)Oklahomans Anti-Mortem are down home Southern metal filled with swagger and lashings of groove along with some serious aggression. Imagine if you will a mix of...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: The Temperance Movement (Review By Paul)
The Temperance Movement – Shepherd’s Bush EmpireMy first trip to the Shepherd’s Bush Empire and the first of two opportunities to see Classic Rock’s Best New Band of 2013 in short succession. Having...
View ArticleReviews: Nervosa, Graviators, Omnilarity (Reviews By Nick)
Nervosa: Victim Of Yourself (Napalm Records)Riding in from Brazil Nervosa are an all female thrash band that are hell bent on showing us blokes what thrash still has to offer, and damn… they sure shut...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Temples Festival (Review By Paul)
Temples Festival – Motion, Bristol 4 May 2014A quick trip across the Severn Bridge on a sunny bank holiday weekend to visit the inaugural Temples Festival was too tempting to miss. We parked up in the...
View ArticleReviews: Prong, Black Stone Cherry, Insomnium (Review By Paul)
Prong – Ruining Lives (SPV)Legendary New Yorkers Prong return with one of the definitive musical statements of 2014. This album is the musical equivalent of the book that is impossible to put down. It...
View ArticleReviews: Epica, Imelda May, Salem's Pot
Epica: The Quantum Enigma (Nuclear Blast)So a concept album based on a physics could only come from the thinking man's symphonic metal band. The brainchild of Simone Simons and Mark Jansen (no stranger...
View ArticleReviews: Down, The Black Keys, John Wesley
Down: IV-Part II (Down Records)The NOLA legends are back with their second of four EP's and as is the norm with Phil, Pepper and co this is riff city!! Set your riff counters to unlimited as they just...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 9: Hanggai, Crimson Blue, Seneron, Slavedom
Hanggai: Baifang (Harlem Recordings)Hanggai hail from China via Mongolia and they play in a loose term folk music however they also dabble in rock, folk, punk and indie. They mix them all together to...
View ArticleReviews: Arch Enemy, Killer Be Killed, Lionize
Arch Enemy: War Eternal (Century Media)Losing a lead singer is always hard for a band, they tend to be the most personal part of the band it's the voice that we the public relate too. So when Angela...
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