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Bonecarver – Evil (Unique Leader) [Liam True]Formed from the ashes of the brilliantly named Cannibal Grandpa, Spanish outfit Bonecarver have been at the forefront of the extreme scene in their native...
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Pupil Slicer - Mirrors (Prosthetic Records) [Paul Hutchings]Astonishingly, the absolute carnage that erupts from the headphones on Mirrors is the product of a mere three people. Kate Davies -...
View ArticleReviews: The Anchoress, Orden Ogan, Thunderhorse, The Crown (Reviews By Matt...
The Anchoress - The Art Of Losing (Kscope)The Anchoress' (AKA Catherine Anne Davies) first album Confessions Of A Romance Novelist was extremely well received by the music press drawing comparisons to...
View ArticleReviews: Eyehategod, Bound In Fear, Chez Kane, Death Embrace (Reviews By JT...
Eyehategod - A History Of Nomadic Behaviour (Century Media) [JT Smith]Built Beneath The Lies is an incredibly strong start to the album. Fuzzed out, bluesy, heavy as all hell and with a staccato,...
View ArticleWomen & Metal Part 1 (Opinion Pieces By Beth Jones, Dr Claire Hanley and...
Not a subject that I could possibly comment on, thankfully we have had three women from different spheres of the music world share their own opinions/experiences of being a woman in the rock/metal.Beth...
View ArticleReviews: Thunder, White Void, Enforced, Drudge (Reviews By Matt Bladen & Paul...
Thunder - All The Right Noises (BMG) [Matt Bladen]With their thirteenth studio album, Thunder firmly establish their latter period purple patch, and reinforce that their self imposed hiatus in 2009 was...
View ArticleReviews: Devin Townsend, Landmvrks, Mono, Cosmic Reaper (Reviews By Simon...
Devin Townsend – Devolution Series #1 – Acoustically Inclined, Live In Leeds (Inside Out Records) [Simon Black]Devin Townsend has always been a fairly busy chap and as his verbal introduction to this...
View ArticleReviews: Moshin' The Roof On 2 (Compilation Review By Paul Hutchings)
Moshin’ The Roof On 2 – Various Artists [Paul Huchings]From 1993 – 2003 I worked in the Homeless Unit at Cardiff Council. I worked with hundreds of families and individuals who were homeless or...
View ArticleReviews: Turbulence, Fuath, Heart Healer, Olde (Reviews By Matt Bladen & Paul...
Turbulence - Frontal (Frontiers Music) [Matt Bladen]Lebanon is probably not the first place you think of when you talk about metal/rock heartlands. It is even more rare for a prog band to come from...
View ArticleReviews: Ronnie Atkins, Secret Sphere, Enforcer, Sunstorm (Reviews By Simon...
Ronnie Atkins – One Shot (Frontiers Music) [Simon Black]In Hard Rock circles, Ronnie Atkins is little short of a legend. Having fronted the shamefully under-appreciated Pretty Maids forever (well,...
View ArticleReviews: Mork, Toby Jepson, Dvne, Depths Of Hatred (Reviews By Paul Scoble,...
Mork - Katedralen (Peaceville) [Paul Scoble]Mork has existed as a side project since 2004, but the bands mastermind and sole member Thomas Eriksen didn’t make Mork his main focus until 2013 when the...
View ArticleReviews: Black Diamonds, Gary Hughes, Issa, Hevilan (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Black Diamonds - No-Tell Hotel (Metalapolis)I've always been under the impression that the glam/sleaze rock sound that was born out of the Sunset Strip in LA never actually died out, it just moved...
View ArticleDisability & Metal Part 1 (Opinion Piece By Alex Swift)
This first post is an opinion piece from Alex Swift who details his experience with rock/metal and Autism Alex Swift: Metal and AutismCan the metal community be considered a welcoming place for people...
View ArticleReviews: U.D.O, Nine Treasures, The Hirsch Effect, Trollfest (Reviews By...
U.D.O. - Live In Bulgaria 2020: Pandemic Survival Show (AFM Records) [Richard Oliver]There have been a lot of live albums released the past year. With all touring revenue gone a lot of bands have been...
View ArticleReviews: Liquid Tension Experiment, Draken, Grande Royale, Celestial...
Liquid Tension Experiment – 3 (Inside Out Music)How to describe the third album by Liquid Tension Experiment? The supergroup that contains Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Sons Of Apollo), John Petrucci...
View ArticleReviews: Memoriam, Wheel, La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio, Servants To The Tide...
Memoriam - To The End (Reaper Entertainment)Memoriam don't need any introduction, the organic continuation of one of the best death metal bands of all time, the mighty Bolt Thrower, they have only been...
View ArticleReviews: Sanguisugabogg, Exist Immortal, Storm Siege, Aziola Cry (Reviews By...
Sanguisugabogg – Tortured Whole (Century Media Records) [Paul Hutchings)Where do you start with this? Ohio gore monsters with the unpronounceable name produce one of the most repulsive albums of 2021....
View ArticleReviews: Distant, Primitai, Agent Steel, Ghosts Of Atlantis (Reviews: Liam...
Distant – Dawn Of Anguish EP (Unique Leader Records) [Liam True]The six piece hailing from Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Bratislava, Slovakia are set to bring part two of the tale of Tyrannotophia –...
View ArticleReviews: Of Mice & Men, Metalite, 1782, My Own Private Alaska (Reviews By...
Of Mice & Men – Timeless EP (Sharptone Records) [Liam True]Whatever your feelings about the state of metalcore over the past decade or so, it’s hard to deny that Of Mice & Men have sat pretty...
View ArticleReviews: Smith/Kotzen, Black Spiders, Silent Winter, Sky Valley Mistress...
Smith/Kotzen - Smith/Kotzen (BMG)Recorded in Turks & Caicos in February 2020, blues/funk/rock virtuoso guitarist Richie Kotzen and Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith teamed up to create this nine...
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