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Unleashed – No Sign Of Life (Napalm Records)The 14th album from Swedish Viking metal crew Unleashed is the continuation of the Odalheim story created by band leader Johnny Hedlund, now in its fifth...
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THARN – Collisions (Surviving Sounds/Trepanation Recordings) [Alex Swift]Consisting of four songs, all over five minutes long, THARN do not thrive on simplicity or succinctness, employing a mixture of...
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Bonded - Into Blackness (Century Media Records) [Richard Oliver]Nearly two years after their debut Rest In Violence, German thrashers Bonded strike back and strike hard with their second album Into...
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Whitechapel - Kin (Metal Blade Records) [Lee Burnell]Knoxville Metal Powerhouses, Whitechapel return in what I can only describe as a truly underwhelming album. Whitechapel’s 9th album, Kin shows an...
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Wolfmother – Rock Out (Self Released)“No label, no distributor, no manager” this is where Wolfmother find themselves in 2021. However Andrew Stockdale, who really is Wolfmother, has managed to release...
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Godless – States Of Chaos (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]The Indian metal scene was frequently referred to as being one of the most fertile when the UK’s biggest metal magazine were deep into their...
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Swallow The Sun – Moonflowers (Century Media)There’s always a part of you that feels comfortable with a new Swallow The Sun album. You know that you aren’t going to get bright breezy melodies,...
View ArticleReviews: Khemmis, L.A Guns, The Lurking Fear, Dion (Reviews By Richard Oliver...
Khemmis - Deceiver (Nuclear Blast) [Richard Oliver]There are plenty of bands out there at the moment keeping the spirit of traditional metal alive at the moment as well as plenty of bands such as...
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Obscura - A Valediction (Nuclear Blast) [Charlie Rogers & Dr Claire Hanley]Playing with shades of light and darkness throughout, A Valediction is distinctively an Obscura record. Despite the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Marillion (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Marillion, St David's Hall, Cardiff, 18/11/2021It had been a long time coming for this gig and there was a palpable buzz in Cardiff's St David's Hall, expecting excitement the floor had been opened so...
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Aephanemer – A Dream Of Wilderness (Napalm Records) There are bands that push the boat out on recordings and then there are bands that get the entire fleet and the kitchen sink to make their music...
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Nightland – The Great Nothing (Scarlet Records) [Matt Bladen] The Great Nothing is the third full length from Italian symphonic death metal band, and in what seems to be a theme at the moment it’s yet...
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Exodus - Persona Non Grata (Nuclear Blast) [Simon Black]There’s a campaign circulating on social media right now to get Exodus incorporated into the ‘Big Four’ of Thrash metal. This is an interesting...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Boss Keloid (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Boss Keloid, Telepathy, Tuskar & Hwdu, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, 21.11.21The first gig back at Clwb Ifor Bach promised to be heavy affair, with riffs galore from all four bands on the bill.The...
View ArticleReviews: Eternity's End, Godhead Machinery, Enuff Z'Nuff, Cyclopean Walls...
Eternity’s End - Embers Of War (Prosthetic Records) [Paul Scoble]Eternity’s End are a Power Metal band from Bavaria in Germany, who have been making very twiddly noises since 2014. The bands lineup is...
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Imperial Triumphant - An Evening With Imperial Triumphant (Century Media)Having released their last opus Alphaville last year Imperial Triumphant confidently strode into a division of one. Fiercely...
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Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Noktvrn (Season Of Mist) [Paul Scoble]Der Weg Einer Freiheit shouldn’t need any introduction to anyone interested in European Black Metal. For anyone not aware of the band,...
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Hypocrisy - Worship (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Bladen]Peter Tägtgren's death metal project Hypocrisy come back with a vengeance. Their fourteenth studio release is their first since 2013's End Of...
View ArticleReviews: Cynic, Black Label Society, Demonstealer, Converge & Chelsea Wolfe...
Cynic - Ascension Codes (Season Of Mist)There are backstories to all bands. However there are probably fewer more turbulent than that of Florida Progressive Metal band Cynic. Having sporadically...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Sleep Token (Liver Review By Megan Jenkins)
Sleep Token & A.A Williams at Y Plas, Cardiff, 19/11/21If, somehow over the last year, you haven’t heard of Sleep Token, then you must be living under a rock. They’re a band that needs no...
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