Reviews: Wiegedood, Shadow Of Intent, Power Paladin, King Bastard (Reviews By...
Wiegedood - There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road (Century Media Records) [Paul Scoble]Anyone who has had a passing interest in black metal in the last few years will be very aware of Wiegedood,...
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Pridelands - Light Bends (Sharptone Records/Resist) [Matt Bladen]Australia is quickly becoming the go to country for modern metalcore. Yet another addition to the glut of emotionally charged metalcore...
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Sonata Arctica - Acoustic Adventures - Volume One (Atomic Fire Records) [Simon Black]Stick around for long enough and bands inevitably succumb to the temptation to do something subtly different with...
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Battle Beast - Circus Of Doom (Nuclear Blast) [Simon Black]Battle Beast are one of those acts that in the past I have to confess to snobbishly raising an eyebrow at without ever having had the decency...
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Tony Martin - Thorns (Battlegod Productions/Dark Star Records)If you don't know who Tony Martin is then stop reading immediately and educate yourself. Now if you do (or you've come back from reading)...
View ArticleReviews: Ashes Of Ares, Nocturna, Diamond Dogs, Planeswalker (Reviews By Matt...
Ashes Of Ares - Emperors And Fools (ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records) [Matt Bladen]Despite this only being their third album, Emperors And Fools has a lot of experience behind it, the core duo of Freddie...
View ArticleReviews: 40 Watt Sun, Great American Ghost, Verikalpa (Reviews By Paul...
40 Watt Sun - Perfect Light (Cappio Records) [Paul Scoble]40 Watt Sun is the project that Warning main man Patrick Walker went on to after the demise of the worlds most melancholy band. Formed in 2009,...
View ArticleReviews: Abyssus, Dark Legion, Blind Sun, Dysnerved (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Abyssus - Death Revival (Transcending Obscurity Records)There's death metal and then there's proper freaking death metal, Abyssus' are in the latter category. Coming from those early days when thrash...
View ArticleReviews: Kissin' Dynamite, Comeback Kid, The Ferrymen, Confess (Reviews By...
Kissin' Dynamite - Not The End Of The Road (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Now I always thought that Kissin' Dynamite were a glam band. But on their seventh record they have wholeheartedly embraced the...
View ArticleReviews: Earthless, Opensight, Lalu, SOM (Reviews By Matt Bladen, Simon Black...
Earthless - Night Paradise Of One Hundred Demons (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Bladen]Like emerging from a dreamstate, the echoed clean guitars wash over you as the cymbals are deftly crash like waves on a...
View ArticleReviews: Wille & The Bandits, Silverlane, Agvirre, Urzah (Reviews By Matt...
Wille & The Bandits - When The World Stood Still (Fat Toad Records) Cornwall has always produced a lot of mysticism and mythos, the people are usually defiant and a little bit left of centre to the...
View ArticleReviews: Tokyo Blade, Kandia, Chapel Floods, Perpetual (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Tokyo Blade – Fury (Dissonance Productions/Cherry Red Records) Storming out of the pandemic with their eleventh studio record, NWOBHM survivors Tokyo Blade continue to prove why they are such an...
View ArticleReviews: Steve Vai, Dawn Of Solace, Celeste, The Risen Dead (Reviews By Simon...
Steve Vai – Inviolate (Favored Nations/Mascot Label Group) [Simon Black]It’s been a while since I’ve had much to do with Steve Vai’s output. He was a huge part of my late teens and early 20’s (a time...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Daniel Tompkins & Novena (Live Review By...
Daniel Tompkins & Novena, Exchange Bristol, 26 November 2022 The first gig of 2022 is in the books (for me anyway) and all it took was jaunt out of Wales across the bridge to MoM's second home...
View ArticleReviews: Scarlet Rebels, Mystic Circle, Kurokuma, Emerald Sun (Reviews By...
Scarlet Rebels - See Through Blue (Earache Records)Originally formed in Llanelli under the name V0id the trio of Wayne Doyle (vocals/guitar), his brother Gary Doyle (drums) and Wayne 'Pricey' Esmonde...
View ArticleReviews: Eric Gales, Last Ten Seconds Of Life, Hazemaze, Giant (Reviews By...
Eric Gales – Crown (Provogue/Mascot Records) [Matt Bladen]Eric Gales isn’t taking it any more, no longer standing in the shadows, he’s here to take his throne as the premier blues rocker around. Crown...
View ArticleReviews: Vass/Katsionis, Validor, Dryed, Ectoplasma (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Validor - Full Triumphed (Symmetric Records)Since hooking up with Bob Katsionis (yep him again) Validor founder/singer/guitarist Odi Thunderer has been producing some of the most epic classic heavy...
View ArticleReviews: Rolo Tomassi, Silent Skies, Lana Lane, Praying Mantis (Reviews By...
Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory (MNRK)At the end of their PR for this album there is one sentence that sums up everything you need to know “There is no band on Earth quite like Rolo Tomassi”,...
View ArticleReviews: Persefone, Abhoria, Abysmal Dawn, Cosmic Order (Reviews By Matt...
Persefone – Metanoia (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Following their excellent 2017 release Aathma was always going to be difficult for Andorran progressive/extreme metal band Persefone but now signed to...
View ArticleReviews Nordic Giants, Mass Worship, Obsidian Sea, Kraemer (Reviews By...
Nordic Giants - Symbiosis (Self Released) [Richard Oliver]Nordic Giants are a band that I have heard nothing but universal praise for but it has taken me until now to actually take the time to check...
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