A View From The Back Of The Room: Midnight (Live Review By Dr Claire Hanley)
Midnight, Academy 3, Manchester, 15th June 2022I knew this gig was going to be high energy but less than 10 seconds into Black ‘n’ Roll, the previously docile crowd erupted into a frenzy. The energy...
View ArticleReviews: Civil War, Your Highness, Paddy & The Rats, Waiting 4 April (Reviews...
Civil War – Invaders (Napalm Records) [GC]It’s better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all. Or something like that. Civil War did technically try, in that they released their first...
View ArticleReviews: Existence Dysphoria, Light Creates Shadow, Misgivings, Of Our Design...
Existence Dysphoria - Minus Negative (Sludgelord Records) [Paul Scoble]Hailing from London, Existence Dysphoria have been making huge and heavy music since 2017. The three piece, made up of James...
View ArticleReviews: Conjurer, Catalysis, Haunt, Mirror Queen (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Conjurer - Páthos (Nuclear Blast)The Greek word páthos means "suffering,""experience," or "emotion". Three troupes that are often synonymous with metal music, many bands using their music to bring...
View ArticleReviews: Cachemira, Sideburn, Lord Elephant, Cadence Noir (Reviews By Rich P,...
Cachemira - Ambos Mundos (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Rich P]We get some more of that retro rocking psych with the latest from Cachemira, brought to us from powerhouse label Heavy Psych Sounds. This is the...
View ArticleReviews: Municipal Waste, Suicide Silence, Saor, Acolyte (Reviews By Zach...
Municipal Waste – Electrified Brain (Nuclear Blast) [Zach Scott]If nothing else, Municipal Waste is a party band. A fun band. They make music at that classic crossroads between hardcore and thrash, and...
View ArticleReviews: Final Light, Goatriders, Deep Space Mask, TCOMAS (Reviews By Rick...
Final Light – Final Light (Red Creed Records) [Rick Eaglestone]There are certain releases that as soon as you hear about them you are immediately invested, and nothing can be truer than the off project...
View ArticleReviews: Righteous Fool, Paganizer, Howling Wolves, Theodicy (Reviews By Rich...
Righteous Fool - Righteous Fool (Ripple Music) [Rich P]The long-lost self-titled debut from Corrosion Of Conformity offshoot Righteous Fool has found a home on Ripple Music, who are finally unleashing...
View ArticleA View The Back Of The Room: Blood Incantation (Live Review By Dr Claire...
Blood Incantation – The Underworld Camden, London – 24th June 2022Blood Incantation have developed somewhat of a cult following, with an adoring fan base both old and new, and I for one have had them...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses Catch Up Interview: Blind Divide (Interview By Matt Bladen)
Interview With 2019 Metal To The Masses Winners Blind Divide By Matt BladenMoM: How was playing Bloodstock for you?Blind Divide: BOA 2019 was a hell of an experience for us, getting to be backstage and...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses Catch Up Interview: Pearler (Interview By Matt Bladen)
Interview With 2021 Metal To The Masses Winners Pearler By Matt BladenMoM: How was playing Bloodstock for you? Pearler: It was amazing to see so many people come out early to watch us and be a part of...
View ArticleReviews: Plague Years, Vomit Forth, Thūn, Defect Designer (Reviews By Matt...
Plague Years – All Will Suffer (MNRK Heavy) [Matt Cook]There are those albums that are meticulously woven together by a dozen painstaking compositions mulled over for days (or weeks) on end, tugged...
View ArticleReviews: Cellar Stone, Flames, Disharmony, 5m (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Cellar Stone - Rise & Fall (ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records)Greek heavy rockers Cellar Stone return with their second album. Lyricist Fofi Roussos says that this album deals with the way politicians...
View ArticleReviews: The Machinist, Blood Command, Organectomy, Horizon Ignited (Reviews...
The Machinist – All Is Not Well (Prosthetic Records) [Matt Cook]The world has been unquestionably devolving into a toxic cesspool of shit. That’s neither a hot take nor a new recent revelation. The...
View ArticleReviews: Derek Sherinian, Victorius, Hundred Year Old Man, Tailgunner...
Derek Sherinian - Vortex (InsideOut Records)You like instrumental records from keyboard virtuosos featuring a whole host of fellow virtuoso guitarists? Great have we got one for you! I assume this was...
View ArticleReviews: The Atrophic, Sarayasign, The World Without Us, Wikkid Star (Reviews...
The Atrophic – Coagulating Mirth (Self Released) [Matt Cook]With all the Armageddon-like events seemingly occurring on a weekly basis, it’s excusable to let things fly by the wayside. It’s ever-more...
View ArticleReviews: Profiler, Rend Them Asunder, Altars, White Tygër (Reviews By Zak...
Profiler – Profiler EP (Sharptone Records) [Zak Skane]As we begin to delve into the sonic trip of Profiler’s self-titled E.P we are greeted with 8-Bit rumblings of baritone voiced guitars and faint...
View ArticleReviews: Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters, Amongst Liars, The Kut,...
Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters - Mythos, Confession, Tragedies And Love (Beautiful Disasters Records) [Simon Black]This is an act local to me who have really cut it over the last few years. If...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Gatecreeper (Live Review By Zach Scott)
Gatecreeper, The Underworld, Camden, 2nd July 2022Kicking things off with this night of metal at one of Camden’s finest places for live music, The Underworld, was UK death metallers Celestial Sanctuary...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Bloodstock Metal To The Masses Final 2022...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses Final 2022, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff, 2nd July 2022After an intense few months it came down to the final chapter of the 2022 South Wales Metal To The Masses. Six competing...
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