A View From The Back Of The Room: Robert Jon & The Wreck (Live Review By Matt...
Robert Jon & The Wreck with Troy Redfern, The Globe Cardiff, 16 September 2021So my first gig at The Globe since 2019, was with Californian Southern flavoured blues rock band Robert Jon & The...
View ArticleReviews: Spiritbox, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Doro, Edge Of Paradise (Reviews By...
Spiritbox – Eternal Blue (Rise Records) [Megan Jenkins]If you haven’t heard the name Spiritbox over the last 18 months, then I hate to break it to you but you’ve definitely been living under a rock....
View ArticleReviews: Cognizance, Cripta Blue, Rivers Of Nihil, Toxicrose (Reviews By Paul...
Cognizance - Upheaval (Prosthetic Records) [Paul Hutchings]2019’s Malignant Dominion earned a reasonable 7/10 in these pages. Now bolstered by a second guitarist in the shape of Apostolis “Yage”...
View ArticleReviews: A Pale Horse Named Death, Mostly Autumn, Vega, The Raven Age...
A Pale Horse Named Death - Infernum In Terra (Long Branch Records) [Matt Bladen]There are certain moments in life that require certain musical accompaniment, over the past two years, the ideal...
View ArticleReviews: Alien Weaponry, Orbit Culture, Razoreater, Phil Stiles (Reviews By...
Alien Weaponry - Tangaroa (Napalm Records) [Zak Skane]Alien Weaponry are a new Zealand based groove metal trio that have made waves with the previous album Tu which placed themselves number 5 on the...
View ArticleReviews: Paradox, Mandoki Soulmates, Robledo, Robin Red, (Reviews By Paul...
Paradox - Heresy II – End Of A Legend (AFM Records) [Paul Hutchings]Take a journey back to 1981 and you’ll find the roots of Paradox. The band found their name in 1986 and released Product Of...
View ArticleReviews: Tremonti, Solarius, LLNN, Signs Of The Swarm (Reviews By Matt Bladen...
Tremonti - Marching In Time (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Alter Bridge/Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti is no stranger to writing a good tune, whether it's with the two bands mentioned or in his solo...
View ArticleReviews: Brainstorm, The Answer Lies In The Black Void, The Watch, Rites To...
Brainstorm - Wall Of Skulls (AFM Records)Andy B. Franck has been at the forefront of heavy metal act Brainstorm from 1999 and they have been building up a reputation as fierce live act since then with...
View ArticleReviews: Subfire, Tales Of The Old, Shadowmass, Wildfire (Reviews By Matt...
Subfire – Define The Sinner (Symmetric Records)As you listen to this record you may think that Subfire hail from Sweden or Germany as their tough style of power metal is very much those countries bread...
View ArticleReviews: Kryptos, Duel, Apostolica, Graceful (Reviews By Paul Hutchings &...
Kryptos - Force Of Danger (AFM Records) [Paul Hutchings]Fancy an Indian? In this case, the feisty classic metal with a thrash twist of Bangalore’s Kryptos whose latest album Force Of Danger is a decent...
View ArticleReviews: Ministry, Skam, Dead Man's Whiskey, Cistvaen (Reviews By Simon Black...
Ministry - Moral Hygiene (Nuclear Blast) [Simon Black]Ministry is an act I’ve not really taken much notice of for a very long time, although in the early 90’s I was all over this sort of stuff. The...
View ArticleReviews: Enslaved, Drott, Enquire Within, Sepulchre By The Sea (Reviews By...
Enslaved - Caravans To The Outer Worlds (Nuclear Blast) [Paul Scoble]Enslaved shouldn’t need too much introduction to anyone with a little knowledge of Heavy Metal. The band formed in 1991 and 30 years...
View ArticleReviews: Marjana Semika, Tri State Corner, Toom, Zeromancer (Reviews By Matt...
Marjana Semika - Disillusioned (Kscope) [Matt Bladen]iamthemorning vocalist Marjana Semkina, returns with her second solo release Disillusioned. Much like her first solo effort and indeed her band,...
View ArticleReviews: Dying Wish, Crystal Spiders, Malrun, Damage (Reviews By Alex Swift,...
Dying Wish - Fragments Of A Bitter Memory (Sharptone Records) [Alex Swift]While extreme metal in large part, has never been my forte as a writer, the spawning of many acts fusing metalcore with...
View ArticleReviews: K.K's Priest, Gus G, Black Sites, Panic Population (Reviews By Matt...
KK'S Priest - Sermons Of The Sinner (Explorer1 Music Group/EX1)When the Flying V toting axeman of Judas Priest was announced as no longer part of the band, it was only a matter of time before he...
View ArticleReviews: Warning (Extended Review By Paul Scoble)
Warning - Watching From A Distance: Live At Roadburn (Cappio Records)Some albums are released to a huge fanfare, surrounded with expensive PR and marketing. Some albums are released quietly, and spend...
View ArticleReviews: Babymetal, Wage War, Katatonia, Novena (Reviews By Megan Jenkins &...
Babymetal – 10 Babymetal Budokan (Cooking Vinyl) [Megan Jenkins]The first experience I had of Babymetal was just after I had turned 14. I was at Sonisphere Festival with my dad (it was my birthday...
View ArticleReviews: Diagonal, Versus, Wraith, Withering Soul (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Diagonal - 4 (Cobblers Records)British eclectic proggers Diagonal return with their fourth album, imaginatively titled 4. I've always been impressed by Diagonal's music especially just how musical the...
View ArticleReviews: Sleep Token, Syncolima, Franklin Zoo, Siren's Rain (Reviews By Zak...
Sleep Token – This Place Will Become Your Tomb (Spinefarm Records) [Zak Skane]The Prog/Art Metal enigma that is Sleep Token has just release their sophomore album titled This Place Will Become Your...
View ArticleReviews: Blood Red Throne, Unto Others, Noltem, Naraka (Reviews By Paul...
Blood Red Throne – Imperial Congregation (Nuclear Blast) [Paul Hutchings]Fit To Kill, the eighth long player from Norwegian Death legends Blood Red Throne was described by my fellow writer Paul Scoble...
View Article