Reviews: While She Sleeps, Body Void, Crown, Bongzilla (Reviews By Liam True,...
While She Sleeps – Sleeps Society (Sleeps Brothers/Search & Destroy/Spinefarm/UNFD/Universal Music) [Liam True]UK album chart is weighted heavily in favour of musicians whose fans actually buy...
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Hideous Divinity – LV-426 EP (Century Media Records) [Dr Claire Hanley]Hideous Divinity are known for bringing their unique take on technical brutality to the mix. LV-426 builds on this theme by...
View ArticleReviews: Astrakhan, Sylvatica, Temple Balls, Sacred Shrines (Reviews By Matt...
Astrakhan - A Slow Ride Towards Death (Black Lodge/Melodic Passion Records/Sound Pollution)In the review for Astrakhan's previous release, a live adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar, I noted that on...
View ArticleReviews: Steve Cropper, Frozen Crown, Wednesday 13, Argoya (Reviews By Matt...
Steve Cropper - Fire It Up (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) [Matt Bladen]There are few guitarists with a resume that can be be considered truly legendary. Steve Cropper falls into that category, even if...
View ArticleReviews: Lagerstein, The Circle, Mädhouse, Vexillum (Reviews By Liam True,...
Lagerstein – Live In Brisbane DVD/CD (Ingrooves & Kegstand Productions) [Liam True]Any conversation about the incredibly niche and extremely popular genre of ‘pirate metal’ consistently brings...
View ArticleReviews: Bodom After Midnight, Reach, Capra, Bloody Hell (Reviews By Richard...
Bodom After Midnight - Paint The Sky With Blood EP (Napalm Records) [Richard Oliver]On 29th December 2020, the metal world was shook with the tragic news that Alexi Laiho had died. Alexi was renowned...
View ArticleReviews: Vreid, The Malefic Grip, Defeatist, Aphonic Threnody (Reviews By...
Vreid - Wild North West (Season Of Mist)Norwegian band Vreid are a band who are pioneers of both the Black n Roll and anti-fascist black metal scene in their native country. Now I won't go into the...
View ArticleReviews: Evile, Plasmodium, Bongzilla/Tons, Crypts Of Despair (Paul...
Evile – Hell Unleashed (Napalm Records) [Paul Hutchings]The arrival of Evile’s fifth long player has prompted renewed excitement amongst the UK thrash fraternity. The Huddersfield four-piece have to my...
View ArticleReviews: Gary Moore, Alchemia, Mister Misery, Off The Cross (Reviews By Paul...
Gary Moore - How Blue Can You Get (Provogue Records) [Paul Hutchings]It’s been ten years since the guitar virtuoso that is Gary Moore passed away. And yet, there seems to have been a relentless...
View ArticleReviews: Gojira, Ageless Oblivion, Ironbound, Poverty's No Crime (Reviews By...
Gojira - Fortitude (Roadrunner)Since 2016's Magma French metal jugganauts Gojira, ascended to that next level. They are now firmly a headline act in arenas and at festivals, this is due to them having...
View ArticleReviews: Dirty Honey, Desolate Realm, Backwood Spirit, 1968 (Reviews By Matt...
Dirty Honey - Dirty Honey (Self Released)You may have noticed that we haven't reviewed the Greta Van Fleet album in these pages. Despite being wowed by their first record and EP, since then they have...
View ArticleReviews: Sumo Cyco, Tetrarch, Skarlett Riot, Sonic Desolution (Reviews By...
Sumo Cyco – Initiation (Napalm Records) [Neil Lewis]If you have yet to be initiated into the world of Sumo Cyco then allow me to try and explain…. Imagine if someone took a helping of Enter Shikari, a...
View ArticleReviews: Seth, Lucid Sins, Fragment Soul, Acid's Trip (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Seth - La Morsure Du Christ (Season Of Mist)Seth can be viewed as the elder statesmen of French black metal, their early records have become seminal pieces in the history of black metal as the band...
View ArticleReviews: Moon Coven, Methadone Skies, Kari-Band, Pentral (Reviews By Paul...
Moon Coven – Slumber Wood (Ripple Music) [Paul Hutchings]As relentless as the stream of bullshit from the hole in Matt Hancock’s face, Sweden continues to throw fuzzed up stoner rock bands out into the...
View ArticleReviews: Cvlt Ov The Svn, Wretched Incarnate, Terminalist, Kings Winter...
Cvlt Ov The Svn - We Are The Dragon (Napalm Records)None more cvlt? Well it seems that occult murder pop act seem to be aiming at the Smiling Satan worshippers that Ghost have so easily bewitched. Case...
View ArticleReviews: Supervøid, Kataan, Trucker Diablo, Out Of Hand (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Supervøid - The Giant Nothing (Subsound Records)Ambient music can be a little odd to review, especially on a metal/rock blog as a lot of the time it's not what you would consider 'the norm' however...
View ArticleReviews: Ghost Iris, Osiah, Dødsferd, Signum Regis (Liam True & Paul Hutchings)
Ghost Iris – Comatose (Long Branch Records) [Liam True]It’s a rare but wonderful sight to watch a band grow and learn with each record, building on their talent and raw potential to create the album...
View ArticleReviews: Tommy's Rocktrip, Sonic Haven, Kintsugi No.21, Zed Motel (Reviews By...
Tommy's Rocktrip - Beat Up By Rock N Roll (Frontiers Music Srl)Tommy Clufetos' will be best known to readers as the man behind the kit for both Ozzy and Black Sabbath on their most recent tours, but...
View ArticleReviews: Frost*, Scar Of The Sun, Candlemass, Subterranean Masquerade...
Frost* - Day and Age (InsideOut Music)A band who have always been at the cutting edge musically and heavily political too, Frost* have also been much more prolific in this second incarnation which...
View ArticleReviews: Artillery, Bala, Levara, The Ember, The Ash (Reviews By Richard...
Artillery - X (Metal Blade Records) [Richard Oliver]I always get that little pang of excitement when a new album from a veteran thrash band drops swiftly followed by a moment of worry that the new...
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