Reviews: Mastodon, Hellyeah, Protafield
Mastodon: Once More 'Round The Sun (Reprise)Mastodon started their career as a bunch of stoner metal toting noise merchants from Atlanta and have rapidly become one of the biggest bands in progressive...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Vintage Trouble (Review By Paul)
Vintage Trouble – Bristol Bierkeller Vintage Trouble are addictive. That first taste leaves you craving for more and every additional hit provides an immediate sense of satisfaction that quickly...
View ArticleReviews: Jack White, Mostly Autumn, Royal Southern Brotherhood
Jack White: Lazaretto (Third Man Records)So the Detroit musical madman returns with a second album of rootsy music harking back to his musical and geographical heritage. The first White solo album was...
View ArticleA View From A Field: British Summer Time Festival Hyde Park (Review By Paul)
Black Sabbath Time – Hyde ParkFollowing their storming shows at the tail end of 2013 the announcement that Sabbath, the godfathers of metal would be concluding their world tour as part of the British...
View ArticleReviews: Septicflesh, Divine Chaos, Fire Red Empress
Septicflesh: Titan (Seasons Of Mist)Greek symphonic death metal legends Septicflesh (formerly Septic Flesh) have once again released another heavyweight symphonic metal album full of their traditional...
View ArticleReviews: (Hed)Pe, The Trews, Kaine
(Hed) P.E. - Evolution (Pavement Entertainment)Ever since their debut EP Church Of Realities way back in 1995 Huntington Beach's own rock veterans (Hed) Planet Earth (or Planetary Evolution if you...
View ArticleReviews: Judas Priest, Ted Nugent, Grave Digger, Demonic Resurrection (Bumper...
Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls (Epic/Colombia)So a couple of years after the Epitaph finale, here is the return of the Metal Gods with their latest release, Redeemer Of Souls. Priest is of course...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 13: Empty Yard Experiment, Nothgard, Gross Reality
Empty Yard Experiment: Kallisti (Self Released)Dubai is not the usual place you would think of when you think of progressive/alternative rock but much like Orphaned Land, Empty Yard Experiment bring...
View ArticleReviews: Entombed A.D, Nothing More, Derdian
Entombed A.D: Back To Front (Century Media)Swedish Death N Rollers Entombed are no more after a major bust up involving the name Entombed is now owned only by the four original members meaning that...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 14: Machinergy, Disforia, Cobra
Machinergy – Sounds Evolution. (Self released) [Review By Nick]Hailing from Portugal the gents from the quite frankly awesomely named Machinergy bring us their new album Sounds Evolution. Filled with...
View ArticleThe View From The Back Of The Room: Mostly Autumn
Mostly Autumn, The GlobeMostly Autumn are one of the most anthemic, emotive live bands on the UK circuit. Tonight was my 15(?) time seeing them and I brought two very good friends who had never seen...
View ArticleReviews: Tesla, Steven Wilson, Falconer
Tesla: Simplicity (Frontiers)California band Tesla are now in their 32nd year of playing blues influenced, hard rock music but weirdly Simplicity is only their seventh studio album. As the title...
View ArticleReviews: Opeth, Overkill, The Dagger
Opeth – Pale Communion (Roadrunner) [Review By Paul]Heavy metal. How do you define the genre? With a myriad of dazzling combinations and off-shoots, it is virtually impossible. From Death Metal through...
View ArticleReviews: Alestorm, Upon A Burning Body, The Blues Pills
Alestorm: Sunset On The Golden Age (Napalm)Garrrr!!! Ahoy mateys!! Yes get your eye patches out and get the rum flowing people the fun loving Pirate Metal merchants from Scotland are back with their...
View ArticleThe View From A Field: Bloodstock 2014 (Live Review By Paul)
Bloodstock 2014- Catton Hall, DerbyThursday At the ungodly hour of 7:00am the crew departed for the hallowed turf of Catton Hall for our annual weekend of pure heavy metal and good times....
View ArticleReviews: Accept, Dragonforce, Peter Pan Speedrock
Accept: Stampede (Nuclear Blast)Stampede is a good name for an Accept album as it encompasses what Accept do; they rush in riffs flying at speed as the drums and bass rumble the ground and Mark...
View ArticleAnother View From A Field: Bloodstock (Review By Nick)
Bloodstock 2014Once again our annual pilgrimage to Derbyshire was under way, after some finite planning and organisation everything seemed to fall into place. Tents were erected, flags were raised,...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 15: The Filth Hounds, Iron Void, Craving
Sticking to Europe and especially Britain for this one with two unsigned British acts and one German act too. Lets get too it!!!The Filth Hounds: Release The Hounds (Self Released)Straight out of the...
View ArticleReview: King 810 (Review By Neil)
King 810: Memoirs Of A Murderer (Roadrunner)The town of Flint in the US state of Michigan is not a pretty place. Consistently named as the most violent city in America the town's population of 100,000+...
View ArticleReviews: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Unisonic, Halcyon Way
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Hypnotic Eye (Reprise Records)Tom Petty has always been the last bastion of the American dream, his songs no matter how forlorn, have always encompassed and strived...
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