Reviews: Beth Hart, The Great Discord, Felskinn, Dan Patlansky (Reviews By...
Beth Hart - Tribute To Led Zeppelin (Provogue/Mascot Label Group)So many bands have covered Led Zeppelin, they are an influence for probably thousands of bands around the world. So here's another set...
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Midnight - Let There Be Witchery (Metal Blade Records) [Claire Hanley]Never a band to shy away from demonstrating their penchant for the perverse, Midnight return with their fifth full-length record,...
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Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (EarMusic) After 30 odd years and 20 albums many bands are just riding the wave, playing jukebox, retrospective shows and half decent new albums as an excuse to go...
View ArticleReviews: Crowbar, Sabaton, Vio-Lence, Endtime (Reviews By Paul Scoble, Simon...
Crowbar - Zero And Below (MNRK Heavy) [Paul Scoble]Anyone who has been into heavy music for more than a few years will be very aware of Crowbar. The New Orleans based band have been active since 1990....
View ArticleReviews: Farseer, Black Diamonds, Sanhedrin, Eulogy (Reviews By Matt Bladen &...
Farseer - Crowned By The Hammer (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]R.I.P Farseer 2007 - 2022Since their previous record Fall Before The Dawn a lot has changed in the Farseer camp, David (guitar) and Baz...
View ArticleReviews: Scorpions, Godless Truth, Blood Incantation, JIRM (Reviews By Simon...
Scorpions - Rock Believer (Vertigo) [Simon Black]Back when I was a wee spotty metal nipper, Scorpions were one of the bands that got my attention early. I think the first time I heard them was the...
View ArticleReviews: The Flower Kings, Oh Hiroshima, Deserted Fear, Kris Barras Band...
The Flower Kings - By Royal Decree (Inside Out Music)Ronie Stolt's The Flower Kings have been showing the world their organic, musically dense, poetic progressive rock that blends folk, symphonic,...
View ArticleReviews: Konvent, a-tota-so, The Defaced, Gutterfire (Reviews By Matt Bladen,...
Konvent - Call Down The Sun (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Danish band Konvent caused something of a stir with their 2020 debut album, a bleak, crushing, slab of blackened death metal, the band were...
View ArticleReviews: Forbidden Seed, Manic Sinners, Smith & Swanson, Chronomancy (Reviews...
Forbidden Seed - On Blackest Wings, Shadow Of The Crow Pt. 1 (Steel Gallery Records)A concept album based around the Comic Book/Film series The Crow, On Blackest Wings, Shadow Of The Crow Pt. 1 is the...
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Stone Axe - Stay Of Execution (Ripple Music) [David Karpel]There’s a highway paved in every true rock and roller’s heart. Where it starts touches everything that follows. It can begin when the needle...
View ArticleReviews: Fury, Extinction A.D, Parallel Minds, Dead Lord (Reviews By Matt...
Fury - Born To Sin (Self Released)After writing songs about racing cars, casinos, space based radio stations and epic pirate ballads, West Midlands band Fury come back with some more tried and tested...
View ArticleReviews: Slaegt, Hellfrost & Fire, Expedition, Mines (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Slaegt - Goddess (Century Media Records)So if the Godfather of the Gothenburg scene is a fan there's a good chance everyone who loves their metal with an edge. Luckily Goddess is edgier than Joe Rogan...
View ArticleReviews: Dark Funeral, Hell Militia, Shaman's Harvest, Wyatt E (Reviews By...
Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse (Century Media Records) [Richard Oliver]Dark Funeral are a band that have always been consistent. Having formed in 1993 the band have only released a grand total of...
View ArticleReviews: Ghost, Eric Wagner, Hath, Children Of The Sün (Reviews By Matt Cook...
Ghost – Impera (Loma Vista) [Matt Cook]Love them or hate them, there’s no doubting Ghost’s exuberant rise to the top of modern hard rock (with a tinge of the blues) since the Swede’s inception back in...
View ArticleReviews: Sakis Tolis, Stray Gods, Playgrounded, Steelwitch (Reviews By Matt...
Sakis Tolis – Among The Fires Of Hell (Self Released)Written and recorded throughout the numerous lockdowns in Greece, Rotting Christ frontman Sakis Tolis’ unleashes his debut solo album. The solo...
View ArticleReviews: New Horizon, Stengah, Rust N Rage, Find Me (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
New Horizon - Gates Of The Gods (Frontiers Music Srl) [Matt Bladen]A triumphal, synthwave opening to this album will slightly confuse what sort of band New Horizon, however as it fades, We Unite...
View ArticleReviews: Shewolf, Once Upon A Winter, People Of The Black Circle, Amphipolis...
Shewolf - Shewolf (Frontiers Music Srl)Newly minted band Shewolf have been signed to Frontiers Music, possibly on the back of talented Greek vocalist Angel Wolf Black who South Wales readers will...
View ArticleReviews: Shining Black, Nite, Hawxx, Without Waves (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Shining Black - Postcards From The End Of The World (Frontiers Music Srl)Shining Black, or to give the band its full title; Shining Black - Boals & Thorsen, is a melodic metal band formed by...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Unto Others, Zetra & Eulogy (Live Review By...
Unto Others, Zetra & Eulogy - Live at Fuel, Cardiff - 17th March 2022 After a raft of tour cancellations at the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 it is very heartening to see international acts...
View ArticleReviews: MWWB, Agathodaimon, Crown Magentar, Tyrannosaurus Nebulous (Reviews...
MWWB – The Harvest (New Heavy Sounds) With the demise of Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, comes the rise of the more palatable (for some) moniker of MWWB. Everything about this fourth studio record smacks...
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