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Skálmöld: 10 Year Anniversary - Live In Reykjavík (Napalm Records)What better way to celebrate a 10th Anniversary than with a number of sold out shows in your own backyard? Icelandic Viking metal band...
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Possessor: Damn The Light (APF Records)Another, heavy as a bag of anvils falling down the stairs, album from those folks at APF Records, Damn The Light is the third full length from London heavy trio...
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Devin Townsend: Order Of Magnitude - Empath Live Volume 1 (InsideOut Records) [Rich Oliver]Over seven months into a global pandemic and with the live music industry shut down I think it is safe to say...
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Black Stone Cherry: The Human Condition (Mascot Records) Kentucky's favourites sons return with their seventh full length album, this one turns an eye and ear to the political/world issues in both the...
View ArticleReviews: Insidious Disease & Sodomized Cadaver (Reviews By Rich & Paul H)
Insidious Disease: After Death (Nuclear Blast) [Rich Oliver]Insidious Disease are a band that have for some reason completely bypassed me which has left me incredulous considering they are a supergroup...
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Wytch Hazel: III - Pentacost (Bad Omen Records)Rustic, a good word to describe the kind of music Lancashire band Wytch Hazel have been conjuring for nearly a decade. Raised on a diet of Jethro Tull,...
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Mr. Bungle: The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo (Ipecac Records) [Rich Oliver]It’s been a good while since we have heard anything from Mr. Bungle with the last album coming in the form of 1999’s...
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Bring Me The Horizon: Post Human - Survival Horror (RCA Records) [Alex Swift]For me, the journey in comprehending Bring Me The Horizon’s violently aggressive take on post-hardcore has been a troubled...
View ArticleReviews: Demonical, Eleine, Skags, Malfested (Rich, Simon, Matt & Paul H)
Demonical: World Domination (Agonia Records) [Rich Oliver]Swedish death metallers Demonical are back with their sixth album World Domination. Formed by Centinex bassist Martin Schulman, Demonical have...
View ArticleReviews: Sólstafir, Countless Skies, Vacuous, Arya (Paul H, Rich. Dr Claire &...
Sólstafir: Endless Twilight Of Codependent Love (Season Of Mist) [Paul Hutchings]2017’s Berdreyminn scored a perfect ten from me. The Icelandic outfits shimmering post-metal individuality resonating...
View ArticleReviews: King King, Jaded Star, Lyknatropi, Neptune (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
King King: Maverick (Channel 9 Records)Now you would be forgiven if, when you heard Never Give In the first track on King King's fifth album, that you were listening to the new Joe Bonamassa record, in...
View ArticleReviews: Tony Reed, Uncut, Swamp Thief, Shattered Hope (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Tony Reed: Funeral Suit (Ripple Music)Those of you that indulge in the stoner/doom/psych sound you will probably be keenly aware of Tony Reed, the singer/multi-instrumentalist is not only the...
View ArticleReviews: Fates Warning, Jeff Scott Soto, Evil Dead, Surma (Simon, Matt, Paul...
Fates Warning: Long Day Good Night (Metal Blade Records) [Simon Black]OK, so those who know me know I love a bit of Dream Theater fan, and definitely a fan the older incarnations of Queensryche, but...
View ArticleReviews: Hawkwind Light Orchestra, Lord Of Black, Eternal Idol, Sepulchre By...
Hawkwind Light Orchestra: Carnivorous (Cherry Red) [Paul Hutchings]You’ve got to hand it to Dave Brock and all those currently on the flight deck of the starship Hawkwind. Virus or not, nothing gets in...
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Belphegor: Necrodaemon Terrorsathan (Nuclear Blast) [Paul Scoble]Belphegor have been making nasty, blasphemous noises since 1991, which was before they were Belphegor, as for the first 2 years of their...
View ArticleReviews: Orianthi, Mountain Caller, Susan Santos, Erja Lyytinen (Reviews Matt...
Orianthi: O (Frontiers Music)O is the sound of Orianthi Panagaris' returning to what made her the go to six stringer for artists such as Michael Jackson (who is commemorated on Moonwalker), Carlos...
View ArticleReviews: Pulchra Morte, Pteroglyph, L.A Guns, L'Uomo Nero (Rich, Liam, Simon,...
Pulchra Morte: Ex Rosa Ceremonia (Transcending Records) [Rich Oliver] Pulchra Morte are a death doom band from the US made up of members from bands such as Skeletonwitch, Wolvhammer and Eulogy amongst...
View ArticleReviews: AC/DC, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, King Creature, Accuser...
AC/DC: Power Up (Colombia Records) Thursday 9th July 2015. Wembley Stadium. Probably the last time that I’ll ever see AC/DC and I’m alright with that. If we ever get gigs again, the thought of a giant...
View ArticleA View From The Living Room: Moonspell Live Stream (Review By Paul Hutchings)
Moonspell: Halloween 2! 6th NovemberLive streams are becoming a way of bands keeping in touch with their fans. And also, a way of band members getting back on the stage with each other, and kicking out...
View ArticleReviews: Lunatic Soul, Harlott, Nuclear, Balothizer (Reviews By Paul Hutchings)
Lunatic Soul: Through Shaded Woods (Kscope Records)2018’s Under The Fragmented Sky, the sixth album by Lunatic Soul was heavily electronically based. Never one to rest on his laurels, Mariusz Duda has...
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