Reviews: Jack Starr's Burning Star, Sleestak, Urban Primate, Tomorrow's Fate...
Jack Starr's Burning Starr - Souls Of The Innocent (Global Rock Records) [Matt Bladen]New York City's veteran guitarist Jack Starr has been cranking out heavy metal riffs since 1984. His band Burning...
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Carrion Vael - Abhorrent Obsessions (Unique Leader Records) [GC]Today I have been blessed with the new release from Midwest USA death metal band Carrion Vael, and when I say blessed, I really mean...
View ArticleReviews: Psycroptic, StormbounD, Vice, Mädhouse, (Reviews By Matt Cook & Matt...
Psycroptic – Divine Council (Prosthetic Records) [Matt Cook]Coming up with a unique band name that hasn’t already been claimed must seem like trying to nab a username that’s available in an RPG that’s...
View ArticleReviews: Guttural Disease, Daius, Whispers In The Maze, Heretic Legion...
Guttural Disease – The Foreseen Deadline (Brutal Mind) [Zach Scott]Hailing from West Java in Indonesia, Guttural Disease are a brutal death metal outfit who have been around cracking skulls in the...
View ArticleReviews: We Are Legend, When Rivers Meet, Mislead, Prometheus (Reviews By...
We Are Legend - Fallen Angel (Metalapolis Records)German progressive/power metal band We Are Legend return with their first album since 2013, which received good reviews but couldn't stop them from...
View ArticleReviews: Early Moods, Alan Parsons, Basalt Shrine, Planet Of The 8's &...
Early Moods - Early Moods (Riding Easy Records) [Rich P]The term “Sabbath Worship” gets thrown around a lot these days. Hell, even the record label for which the debut full-length self-titled album...
View ArticleReviews: H.E.A.T, Hell Fire, Warwolf, Circle Creek (Reviews By Richard Oliver...
H.E.A.T. - Force Majeure (earMusic) [Richard Oliver]Sweden has been a hotbed for rock and metal acts for several decades with many sounds, scenes and movements within the realm of rock and metal music...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Radar Festival 2022 (Live Reviews By Matt...
Radar Festival, Casino Nightclub, Guildford, 29-31 July 2022 With the inaugural event happening in 2019, the UK's newest festival dedicated to progressive/djent music, Radar Fest was well received by...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Ithaca (Live Review By GC)
Ithaca & Pupil Slicer, Boston Music Rooms, London, 4 August 2022Walking into the venue you can feel a sense of anticipation that tonight is going to be a good night with 2 of the UK’s leading...
View ArticleReviews: Dub War, The Ever Living, Exilium Noctis, Praetorian (Reviews By...
Dub War - Westgate Under Fire (Earache Records)Ragga/Dub/Punk/Rap Metal originators Dub War return with their seventh studio release, their first since 2010, but their first album of new material since...
View ArticleReviews: Heart Of Gold, Abaddon Incarnate, Evil In, Moonshade (Reviews By GC...
Heart Of Gold - Beautiful Dangerous (Sharptone Records) [GC]Ok, so it’s time for some honesty! Going in I thought I was going to 100% hate this album! It is usually everything I can’t stand in music...
View ArticleReviews: Amon Amarth, Soulfly, Inhuman Condition, David Readman (Reviews By...
Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army (Metal Blade) [Erick Willand]At this point Amon Amarth have amassed their own Great Heathen Army with an unsinkable mega-Longship full of massive Viking Metal...
View ArticleReviews: Arch Enemy, A-Z, Unprocessed, Seventh Storm (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Arch Enemy – Deceivers (Century Media Records) Initially slated for 29th July, due to unforeseen reasons the 11th Arch Enemy album Deceivers is finally here 2 week later than billed. A rager of a...
View ArticleReviews: David Paich, Abest, Walter Trout, Alpha Wolf & Holding Absence...
David Paich - Forgotten Toys (The Players Club) [Matt Bladen]The Player's Club, part of the Mascot Label Group, released a solo album from both Joseph Williams and Steve Lukather last year, both were...
View ArticleReviews: Nordic Union, Sunstorm, Restless Spirits, Hydra (Reviews By Matt...
Nordic Union – Animalistic (Frontiers Music Srl)You’ve got to give it up for Ronnie Atkins, could have stopped doing what he does so well, i.e sing, due to his stage four cancer diagnosis but no, with...
View ArticleReviews: Soilwork, The Halo Effect, Orthodox, Dead City Ruins (Reviews By...
Soilwork - Övergivenheten (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Cook]Though the lineup has seen its far share of shake-ups since the band formed in 1996, what has remained consistent with Soilwork is Björn "Speed"...
View ArticleReviews: Black Lab, Hollywood Undead, Puzzle Tree, Buried Under Sky (Reviews...
Blacklab – In A Bizarre Dream (New Heavy Sounds) [Quinn Mattfeld]Blacklab might be too cool for me. For the duration of their new album In A Bizarre Dream, I found myself thinking, "I really should've...
View ArticleReviews: Of Virtue, Spirit Adrift, Slyder Smith & The Oblivion Kids, Empress...
Of Virtue – Sinner EP (Arising Empire Records)Carrying on the hype and kudos that came from the previous full length What Defines You, Lansing Michigan foursome Of Virtue, continue their upward...
View ArticleReviews: SiX By SiX, Hammer King, Psychlona, Motorpsycho (Reviews By Matt...
SiX By SiX – SiX By SiX (InsideOut Music) [Matt Bladen]A prog power trio, with singing bassist/keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist, a powerhouse drummer and a virtuoso guitarist. No they aren’t from...
View ArticleReviews: Mammoth Volume, Morbid Evils, Subsun, Icosandria (Reviews By David...
Mammoth Volume - The Cursed Who Perform The Larvagod Rites (Blues Funeral Records) [David Karpel]Full of odd, progressive songs rife with retro vibes and angular hooks that slither between passages of...
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