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Halestorm - Back From The Dead (Atlantic Records) [Matt Bladen]One of hard rocks biggest bands Halestorm return with their hardest hitting record yet, picking up where Vicious left off, Back From The...
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Upon A Burning Body – Fury (Seek & Strike) [Zak Skane]Upon A Burning Body have been a well known name in the metal community since the late 2000’s when they first started as a deathcore outfit that...
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Helloween & Hammerfall - O2 Academy Brixton 05.05.22This had been a long time coming, having never seen either band, the fact they were playing a co-headline tour was enough for the one night...
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A Crack In The Sky – A Tribute to William J Tsamis (Pitch Black Records)A Crack In The Sky, celebrates the work of one of the most renowned, influential, underground artists in in Greek and American...
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Misery Index - Complete Control (Century Media Records) [Richard Oliver]If you like pummelling brutality and face-ripping aggression then hopefully Misery Index are already a band that you are familiar...
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Thy Kingdom Will Burn – The Void And The Vengeance (Scarlet Records)Melodic death metal and Finland go hand-in-hand, like peanut butter & jelly, whiskey and coke. The list of illustrious acts to...
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Jeff Scott Soto - Complicated (Frontiers Music Srl)For my money one of the best and most versatile singers on the planet Jeff Scott Soto has been playing in bands since 1982. In that time he’s fronted...
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Septicflesh - Modern Primitive (Nuclear Blast)After 31 years and 10 records behind them, Septicflesh's eleventh album is not only those first on Nuclear Blast but also their most direct. Coming in at...
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Evergrey - A Heartless Portrait [The Orphean Testament] (Napalm Records)The band Tom S. Englund has fronted since their inception returns with the latest opus in their extensive catalogue. Following on...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses 2022 Interviews: Suns Of Thunder (Heat #7 27.05.22)
Interview With Suns Of Thunder By Matt BladenMoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name, members, style etc?Suns Of Thunder: We are The Suns of Thunder and we hail from...
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Interview With Karmen Field By Matt BladenMoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name, members, style etc?Karmen Field: Well hello there! We are Karmen Field, we’ve been a...
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View ArticleMetal To The Masses 2022 Interviews: Black Pyre (Heat #7 27.05.22)
Interview With Black Pyre By Matt Bladen MoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name, members, style etc?Black Pyre: We are Black Pyre, 4 piece black metal outfit local to...
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Cities Of Mars - Cities Of Mars (Ripple Music)Ripple Music has been on absolute fire the past two plus years releasing the best in stoner/doom/heavy or whatever you want to call it, with zero clunkers...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Fury & Rites To Ruin (Live Review By Matt...
Fury & Rites To Ruin, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffA Friday night in Fuel Rock Club is usually one that's filled with noise, bit on this particular Friday it was filled with the noise of some old...
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Interviews With I Fight Bears By Matt BladenMoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name, members, style etc?I Fight Bears: We are I Fight Bears. Our members:Dan Blackmore -...
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Interview With That Which Ate The Moon By Matt BladenMoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name,members, style etc?That Which Ate The Moon: We are That Which Ate The Moon. A...
View ArticleReviews: The Pineapple Thief, Visions Of Atlantis, Christian Death, Coreleoni...
The Pineapple Thief - Give It Back (KScope)It's Gavin Harrison who we have to thank for this album. The Pineapple Thief/King Crimson/Porcupine Tree drummer hand picked the conag featured on this album...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses 2022 Interviews: Z Machine (Heat #8 28.05.22)
Interview With Z Machine By Matt Bladen MoM: Introduce yourselves/remind everyone who you guys are. Band name, members, style etc?Z Machine: We're Z Machine. Named after a type of nuclear reactor and...
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