Reviews: Burnt Out Wreck, The Defiants, Holy Serpent, The Lumberjack Feedback...
Burnt Out Wreck: This Is Hell (Burt Out Wreckords/Cherry Red) [Matt Bladen]Gary Moat formerly of Heavy Pettin and Mother's Ruin and his band Burnt Out Wreck return with their second album. Swallow was...
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Wednesday 13: Necrophaze (Nuclear Blast) [Paul Hutchings]“Entering the necrophaze, we take the other form, exhuming bodies from the grave, to feast upon the worms. Decomposition’s my addiction, this I...
View ArticleReviews: Kobra And The Lotus, Stew, Conjuring Fate, Chasing The Monsoon (Matt...
Kobra And The Lotus: Evolution (Napalm Records) [Paul Hutchings]2017 and 2018 saw KATL release Prevail I and Prevail II. The latter had me eulogising that it was the best album of the band’s ten-year...
View ArticleReviews: Chelsea Wolfe, Villagers Of Ioannina City, Blacktop Mojo, Starset...
Chelsea Wolfe: Birth Of Violence (Sargent House) [Alex Swift]Chelsea Joy Wolfe makes mercurial textures of moroseness. From the twisted pop deviations of Pain Is Beauty, to the noisy, harsh qualities...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: And The Sky Darkened (Live Review By Matt...
And The Sky Darkened, State Of Deceit, Sepulchre, Good Morning Vietnam & Greywall, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffOnce more into the breach of Cardiff on a Saturday. This time we were up against the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Static X (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Static X, Soil, Wednesday 13 & Dope, Tramshed, CardiffThe late 90's and early 00's was an odd time for metal music, grunge was dead and post-grunge had come out of it with bands like Nickelback and...
View ArticleReviews: Insomnium, The Neptune Power Federation, Implore, Children Of The...
Insomnium: Heart Like A Grave (Century Media) [Paul Hutchings]With the Finns previous two albums rightly heralded as modern-day classics in the world of melodic death metal, and both receiving straight...
View ArticleReviews: Lacuna Coil, Ashen Crown, Chaos Motion, Cold (Matt, Paul H Val & Alex)
Lacuna Coil: Black Anima (Century Media Records) [Matt Bladen]Throbbing electronics build the atmosphere on Anima Nera the first song from Italian metal band Lacuna Coil's ninth album. With their...
View ArticleReviews: Wolcensmen, Monolord, Lowcaster, Lindy-Fay Hella (Paul H, Matt & Rich)
Wolcensmen: Fire In The White Stone (Indie Recordings) [Paul Hutchings]Having bought the original limited edition CD of debut album Songs From The Fyrgen in 2017, I have to admit that the re-release...
View ArticleReviews: Firebreather, Ancient VVisdom, Pyramido, Endseeker (Paul S, Paul H &...
Firebreather: Under A Blood Moon (RidingEasy Records) [Paul Scoble]Firebreather have been making huge music since 2016. The 3 Swedes have previously released one, self titled album in 2017. There is an...
View ArticleReviews: Exhumed, As I Lay Dying, Screamer, The Cruel Knives (Rich & Liam)
Exhumed: Horror (Relapse Records) [Rich Oliver]Horror is album number seven from US Carcass worshipping deathgrind madmen Exhumed and is very much a back to basics album for the band with a feel very...
View ArticleReviews: Whiskey Myers, Pist, Dope Default, Desensitised (Reviews By Matt...
Whiskey Myers: S/T (Wiggy Thump)Southern rockers Whiskey Myers, have returned to the scene with some good ol' rock n roll, but they are conscious of a changing world and want to be the mouthpiece for...
View ArticleReviews: Motorhead, The Wildhearts, Blame Zeus, Double Crush Syndrome (Paul...
Motörhead: Overkill/Bomber Motörhead ‘79’ (BMG) [Paul Hutchings]As a lifelong Motörhead fan this release is one which I was a little unsure of when I first read about it. In keeping with the seemingly...
View ArticleReviews: Municipal Waste, Brutality Will Prevail, Grief Ritual, Spoil Engine...
Municipal Waste: The Last Rager (Nuclear Blast) [Paul Hutchings]Four tracks, ten minutes and a smack on the chops. That’s about the size of this mini blast of speed punk and thrash from the Virginian...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: King Kraken (A Live Review By Matt Bladen)
King Kraken, Suns Of Thunder & Fallen Temples, Liquid Lounge, MaestegOnce again organised by King Kraken it was another trip to sleepy Valleys town of Maesteg for a night of heavy rock at the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: HRH Doom Vs Stoner (Live Review By Paul...
HRH Doom vs Stoner Sheffield O2 Academy 28-29th September 2019It’s been a while since we’d graced an HRH event, but this was one which we were determined not to miss. A smorgasbord of crushing doom and...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Rivers Of Nihil (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Rivers Of Nihil, Black Crown Initiate, Møl, Orbit Culture, The Fleece, BristolOver to the pole filled venue of Bristol for a night of heavy/tech/prog/death metal from four of the scenes biggest...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Lingua Ignota (Live Review By Lee Burgess)
Lingua Ignota, Rough Trade, BristolWhen talking about a gig headlined by Lingua Ignota (real name Kristin Hayter), it’s worth noting that we will be talking about some rough stuff owing to the subject...
View ArticleReviews: Killing Joke, Alunah, Asagraum, Deaf Rat (Paul H, Val & Rich)
Killing Joke: Malicious Damage – Live At The Astoria 12.10.03 (Killing Joke Records) [Paul Hutchings]Recorded at the Astoria venue in London’s Soho, Malicious Damage captures the power and industrial...
View ArticleReviews: Black Stone Cherry, Hellyeah, Kadinja, Of Mice And Men (Matt & Liam)
Black Stone Cherry: Back To The Blues II (Mascot Records) [Matt Bladen]Black Stone Cherry released their first Blues EP back in 2017 and it was surprising for me as they deftly chose some of the more...
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