Reviews: Envy Of None, Evil Invaders, Hällas, Cobra Spell (Reviews By Matt...
Envy Of None - Envy Of None (Kscope Records)"The new band of Alex Lifeson" yeah, ok that was enough, just those first few words of the accompanying press release that came with this debut record was...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Infernal Sea, Crimson Sea & Wolvencrown...
The Infernal Sea, Crimson Throne, Wolvencrown @ Record Junkee, Sheffield, 7/4/22Rarely do I head out for a purely black metal lineup, but given I was visiting Steel City for work it seemed like the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: I Am Morbid, Belphegor, Hate & Skaphos...
I Am Morbid, Belphegor, Hate & Skaphos @ Rebellion Manchester 09.04.22It's a funny thing this touring lark innit? As Bruce Dickinson displayed so proudly on a t-shirt "Some days you're the pigeon,...
View ArticleReviews: Destruction, Atoll, The Troops Of Doom, Et Moriemur (Matt Bladen &...
Destruction - Diabolical (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]40 years! 40 years German thrash metal machine Destruction, still led by vocalist/bassist Schmier, have been laying waste to all around them as...
View ArticleReviews: Alunah, Treat, Black Swan, Ophelia's Eye (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Alunah - Strange Machine (Heavy Psych Sounds)Crash landing again from their home planet of Birmingham, of course the central point of the Black Sabbath universe, it would be remiss of Alunah if they...
View ArticleReviews: Undeath, Bodysnatcher, Incite, Axel Rudi Pell (Reviews By Matt Cook...
Undeath – It’s Time…To Rise From The Grave (Prosthetic Records) [Matt Cook]If you’ve ever found yourself partaking in a night of debauchery at your local cemetery and needed a soundtrack to accompany...
View ArticleReviews: King Mountain, Dope Default, Echoes Of Decay, Orra (Reviews By Matt...
King Mountain - Tempest At The Gates (Grooveyard Records)Oh yeah. There's always a part of my brain that gets excited when I hear fat, blues riffs through a tube amp, played with in the slower...
View ArticleReviews: Stone Broken, Audrey Horne, Monuments, Huntsmen (Reviews By Matt...
Stone Broken - Revelation (Spinefarm Records)The British version of Shinedown? Theory Of Deadman? Nickelback? Perhaps all of the above? Emphatically yes. Stone Broken come of age on Revelation, their...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Igorr (Live Review By Dr Claire Hanley)
Igorrr, The Fleece, Bristol, 14.04.22There are times when you know a gig is going to be an experience from the moment you enter the venue. This was one of those nights. It was completely packed having...
View ArticleReviews: Wardruna, Urferd, Voldt, Nazareth (Reviews By Paul Scoble, Matt...
Wardruna - Kvitravn - First Flight Of The White Raven (Norse Music/Sony Music/Music For The Nations) [Paul Scoble]Folk has always been a genre with a certain amount of bleed through to Rock and Heavy...
View ArticleReviews: Leader Of Down, Decasia, Theigns & Thralls, Colours Of One (Reviews...
Leader Of Down - The Screwtape Letters (Cleopatra Records) [Simon Black]If you’ve been to one of Phil Campbell’s Bastard Sons headline shows, you may well have come across Leader Of Down, who although...
View ArticleReviews: Credic, Viande, Turned To Stone, Aerodyne (Reviews By Matt Cook,...
Credic – Vermillion Oceans (Black Lion Records) [Matt Cook]Credic doesn’t do anything halfway. Their sophomore album Vermillion Oceans is pummeling, but more intriguing, the songs are complex,...
View ArticleReviews: Fortune, Semblant, First Signal, Poison Rose (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Fortune - Level Ground (Frontiers Music Srl)Having release what many believe is the best AOR album of that era, with their Camel/MCA debut (which is technically their second album!) brothers Richard...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Joe Bonamassa (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Joe Bonamassa, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, 22/04/22With a 6:30 doors and a 8pm (sharp) start time, it was no wonder why we weren't faced with a queue on our 7:30 arrival. There was no support act either...
View ArticleReviews: Static Abyss, Skull Fist, BBF, Brown Acid (Reviews By Matt Bladen &...
Static Abyss - Labyrinth Of Veins (Peaceville Records) [Matt Bladen]What happens when two members of Autopsy get together for another project? Well things get properly nasty. The debut record from...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses 2022 Interviews: Excursia (Heat #3 30.04.22)
Interview With Excursia By Matt BladenMoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name, members, style etc?Excursia: We’re Excursia, a 4 piece metal band from all over the South...
View ArticleReviews: Heriot, Caliban, Dorothy, Church Of The Sea (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Heriot - Profound Morality (Church Road Records)'Next big thing?' possibly. A vicious, visceral delight from the brightest new stars in the UK hardcore/metal scene? Most definitely. Comprised of Debbie...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses 2022 Interviews: Atlas//Theory (Heat #3 30.04.22)
Interview With Atlas//Theory By Matt Bladen MoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name, members, style etc?Atlas Theory: Hey, we’re ATLAS//THEORY, a metalcore / post-hardcore...
View ArticleReviews: Watain, Poets Of The Fall, Saffire, Crossplane (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain (Nuclear Blast) Even when stripped of the buckets of blood and raging infernos that make up their live show Watain still have the power to impress and...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses 2022 Interviews: Systems Of Slaves (Heat #3 30.04.22)
Interview With System Of Slaves By Matt BladenMoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name, members, style etc.?System Of Slaves: We are System of Slaves, a four-piece Hybrid...
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