Reviews: Trivium, The Paradox Twin, Houston, Black Rose (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon (Roadrunner)There are so few bands that fulfill what is predicted of them. Back in the late 2000's Trivium were pipped to become one of the newest breed of...
View ArticleReviews: UDO, Norse, Screamking, King Of Sweden (Reviews By Paul Hutchings &...
U.D.O – Game Over (AFM Records) [Paul Hutchings]Is there a Y in the day? Well, there must be another album due from the Germanic dynamo Udo Dirkschneider and his band because the man seems to have no...
View ArticleReviews: Four Stroke Baron, Untamed Land, Jeff Scott Soto, Impargo Imperii...
Four Stroke Baron - Classics (Prosthetic Records)Now comprised of just Kirk Witt (vocals and guitars) and Matt Vallarino (drums), Avant Garde metal act Four Stroke Baron return with their third album...
View ArticleReviews: Blood Youth, High Desert Queen, The Breathing Process, Baron Crâne...
Blood Youth - Visions Of Another Hell (Rude Records) [Zak Skane]Blood Youth are one of the UK's biggest up and coming acts circulating the scene by winning crowds over from supporting established bands...
View ArticleReviews: Wayward Sons, Misanthur, Eclipse, Skeletoon (Reviews By Matt Bladen...
Wayward Sons – Even Up The Score (Frontiers Music Srl) [Matt Bladen]If ever there was a band that could be considered to be a British rock band it’s Wayward Sons. The politically charged hard rock has...
View ArticleReviews: Deviant Process, Destinity, Perpetual Etude, The Georgia...
Deviant Process - Nurture (Seasons Of Mist) [Paul Scoble]Canada seems to be a productive breeding ground for Technical Death Metal; from legends like Gorguts or Cryptopsy to more modern acts like...
View ArticleReviews: Dig Lazarus, Mercury Circle, Kowloon Walled City, Raven's Creed...
Dig Lazarus - Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time (Self Released) [Simon Black]If you ever wondered what would happen if The Wildhearts decided to experiment with Stoner two ton heaviness and grooves,...
View ArticleReviews: Hate, The Record Company, Vildhjarta, Redscale (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Hate – Rugia (Metal Blade Records) Polish black/death destroyers Hate, return to once again lay waste to any structures you will put any near the stereo you’ll play this on. Extreme metal doesn’t quite...
View ArticleReviews: Dream Theater, Aeon, Dødsdrift, Reaping Asmodeia (Reviews By Simon...
Dream Theater – A View From The Top Of The World (Inside Out) [Simon Black]Dream Theater like everyone else, have had to completely restructure their planning over the last two years. Unlike most of...
View ArticleReviews: Gemini Syndrome, Dynatron, Scrape, 4 Way Split (Reviews By Alex...
Gemini Syndrome – Third Degree: The Raising (Century Media Records) [Alex Swift]Alternative Metal has a reputation issue. The genre is bound up closely with nu-metal and today's acts who fall within...
View ArticleReviews: Necromantia, Stheno, Fliptop Box, THSL (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Necromantia - To The Depths We Descend... (The Circle Music)Part of the unholy triumvirate that founded the Hellenic Black Metal scene along with Rotting Christ and Varathon, Necromantia are less...
View ArticleReviews: Ice Nine Kills, Twelve Foot Ninja, Bloodred Hourglass, Lords Of...
Ice Nine Kills – Welcome To Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2 (Fearless Records) [Megan Jenkins]If you like a good (or absolutely awful) horror film, chances are you will like Ice Nine Kills. The...
View ArticleReviews: Armored Saint, Leverage, The Grandmaster, Necrofier (Reviews By Paul...
Armored Saint – Symbol Of Salvation Live (Metal Blade Records) [Paul Hutchings]Described by the band’s vocalist John Bush as a ‘cornerstone record’, Symbol Of Salvation’s release in 1991 was possibly...
View ArticleReviews: The Pineapple Thief, Massacre, The Agonist, Blasfeme (Reviews By...
The Pineapple Thief - Nothing But The Truth (Kscope)The Pineapple Thief have always delivered live, Bruce Soord's main musical outlet has always been a group that manages to perfectly capture their...
View ArticleReviews: The Velveteers, Blackwater Holylight, Persona, Muddibrooke (Reviews...
The Velveteers - Nightmare Daydream (Easy Eye Sound)When I watched The Velveteers in Cardiff their fuzzy, psychedelic garage rock was intense and exhilarating to watch. Since then they have built up a...
View ArticleReviews: Green Lung, Cradle Of Filth, Bound In Fear, Within Progress (Reviews...
Green Lung - Black Harvest (Svart Records)I would say that the London band Green Lung, are part Sabbath, part Ghost, though the band have been compared to Black Sabbath meets Brian May. Green Lung are...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Skindred (Live Review By Neil Lewis)
Skindred, Trash Boat & Saint Agnes at Tramshed, Cardiff 08 Oct 2021Gigs are back dear reader, and what better way to celebrate the full-scale return of live music than heading to see one of the...
View ArticleReviews: Everytime I Die, Slow Crush, Devoid, Davy Knowles (Reviews By Matt...
Everytime I Die – Radical (Epitaph Records) [Matt Bladen] Buffalo, New York's metal/hardcore bruisers Every Time I Die continue to bring the pain on their ninth studio album. It’s a record filled to...
View ArticleReviews: Premiata Forneria Marconi, 1914, Dark Vision, Alex Canion (Reviews...
Premiata Forneria Marconi – I Dreamed Of Electric Sheep (Inside Out Records)Way back in 1970, Premiata Forneria Marconi (Award Winning Marconi) formed in Italy and since 1972 they have been releasing,...
View ArticleReviews: Burning Point, Livløs, Bizarre, Void Of Vision (Reviews By Paul...
Burning Point – Arsonist Of The Soul (AFM Records) [Paul Hutchings]The Finnish power metallers keep on coming and have been featured several times in these very pages. Having formed in 1999, the band...
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