A View From The Back Of The Room: Insomnium & Conjurer (Live Review By Rich...
Insomnium & Conjurer, Thekla, BristolWith it being a gloomy and rainy Sunday evening the perfect soundtrack was the Finnish melancholy merchants Insomnium who were bringing to an end a fairly...
View ArticleReviews: Moloken Big Scenic Nowhere, Sycomore, Groblin And The Ballistics...
Moloken: Unveilance Of Dark Matter (The Sign Records) [Manus Hopkins]Shouldn’t it be ‘unveiling,’ and not ‘unveilance?’ Oh, well. It doesn’t matter too much, considering this mix-up with the album’s...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Raging Speedhorn (Live Review By Rich Oliver)
Raging Speedhorn, Desert Storm & Sigiriya, The Bunkhouse, SwanseaTuesday evening brought a rare trip west to Swansea. Despite having lived in Swansea years back it is rare I make a return trip down...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Thy Art Is Murder (Live Review By Liam True)
Thy Art Is Murder, Carnifex, Fit For An Autopsy, Rivers Of Nihil, IAM, SWX BristolStarting the night off were Texan Metal outfit I Am (6), with their blend of Thrash and Deathcore they got the crowd...
View ArticleReviews: Lovebites, Anno Mundi, Passion, Earth Collider (Simon, Rich & Matt)
Lovebites: Electric Pentagram (Century Media) [Rich Oliver]These girls simply do not stop. One of the hardest working bands out there at the moment, Japanese power metallers Lovebites have put out...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Abbath (Live Review By Paul Hutchings)
Abbath, 1349, Vlitmas & Nuclear, Islington Assembly Hall, LondonWhen Abbath Doom Occulta teetered off the stage in Buenos Aires in mid-November last year, there was understandable anxiety. Firstly,...
View ArticleReviews: Goblinsmoker, Shaam Larein, Mobius, Niklas Sundin's Mitochondrial...
Goblinsmoker: A Throne In Haze, A World Ablaze (Sludgelord Records) [Paul Hutchings]If there is a musical equivalent of being run over by a steamroller than this must be it. Pounding riffs moving at...
View ArticleReviews: Blind Ego, Surgical Strike, Mindless Sinner, Elegy Of Madness...
Blind Ego: Preaching To The Choir (Gentle Art Of Music) [Simon Black]Another act I had never heard of before this month, and this time it’s the turn of solo-project of German RPWL guitarist Kalle...
View ArticleReviews: Sylosis, Anchor Lane, Svart Crown, Berzerker Legion (Matt & Paul H)
Sylosis: Cycle Of Suffering (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Bladen]It looked as if Sylosis were done, put on a hiatus as frontman/guitarist/writer was asked to join modern metal act and world beaters Architects...
View ArticleReviews: Godsticks, God Dethroned, Brotthogg, Aeonian Sorrow (Reviews By Matt...
Godsticks: Inescapable (Kscope) [Matt Bladen]"I think this just might be my masterpiece" (Lt. Aldo Raine, Inglorious Basterds). Now I'm not saying that Godsticks' new album has hidden messages about...
View ArticleReviews: Sedate Illusion, Ewigkeit, Coogans Bluff, Gravebloom (Matt, Rich &...
Sedate Illusion: UnGod Me (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]The creation of Vangelis Kakarougkas (keyboards/vocals) Sedate Illusion are a progressive metal band from Corfu, but their music isn't anywhere as...
View ArticleReviews: Sepultura, Nightfear, All Against, Six Sins Till Sunday (Rich, Matt,...
Sepultura: Quadra (Nuclear Blast) [Rich Oliver]It’s safe to say that Sepultura are a metal institution. Famed for their classic thrash albums from the late 80’s and early 90’s they are also known for...
View ArticleReviews: Those Damn Crows, Void Droid, Another Day Dawns, Theory Of A Deadman...
Those Damn Crows: Point Of No Return (Earache Records) [Matt Bladen]Those Damn Crows a band whose rise can be considered to be meteoric, their live reputation goes before them, they put 110% into every...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Wildhearts (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
The Wildhearts & Backyard Babies, The Tramshed, CardiffDespite only playing Cardiff in May of last year the band with one of the most fiercely loyal and eclectic fan bases around returned to the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Wheel (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Wheel & The New Death Cult, Exchange BristolFor less than 10 of your British pounds you too could have been at Bristol's Exchange for what will probably one of the best gigs of the year. Into...
View ArticleReviews: Giöbia, Odious Mortem, Giver, Invictus (Paul S & Charlie)
Giöbia: Plasmatic Idol (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Paul Scoble]Giöbia have been making psychedelic noises since 2004. In that time the 4 piece has produced 6 studio albums and 1 live album, the first of...
View ArticleReviews: Loathe, Delain, The Cadillac Three, Titan Breed (Liam, Matt & Paul H)
Loathe: I Let It In And It Took It Everything (Sharptone Records) [Liam True]Since discovering this band in 2016 I’ve always kept a close eye on them when they’re been playing shows around the UK and...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Alex Band Of The Calling (Live Review By...
Alex Band Of The Calling, Psycho Village & Paul Bartolome, Sin City, SwanseaThe things we do for love...10cc's big hit pretty much summed up this gig for me. This was penance I suppose as it was my...
View ArticleReviews: Psychotic Waltz, Ihsahn, British Lion, Anvil (Matt, Rich, Simon &...
Psychotic Waltz: The God-Shaped Void (InsideOut Records) [Matt Bladen]The God-Shaped Void is the first album in 23 years from much lauded American progressive metal band Psychotic Waltz, to say it has...
View ArticleReviews: Kreator, Godthrymm, Jason Kui, Plague (Paul H, Paul S & Matt)
Kreator: London Apocalypticon, Live At The London Roundhouse (Nuclear Blast) [Paul Hutchings]The culmination of 150 dates supporting the Gods Of Violence album, Kreator rolled into the iconic...
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