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Lacuna Coil - Comalies XX (Century Media Records)20 years ago Lacuna Coil release their third album Comalies. This was the record that broke them internationally, with live staples such as Heaven's A...
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She Must Burn - Umbra Mortis (Grey Rock Music) [GC]It has been five years since She Must Burn released their debut album and instantly built themselves an impressive reputation and now following on...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Sasquatch, Slomosa & Sigirya (Live Review...
Sasquatch, Slomosa & Sigirya, The Bunkhouse, The Bunkhouse, Swansea, 11/10/22Sometimes all a man needs is riffs, after a fucker of a day, the short jaunt to Swansea was exactly what was needed to...
View ArticleReviews: Alter Bridge, Lorna Shore, Skid Row, Counterparts (Reviews By Matt...
Alter Bridge - Pawns & Kings (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]In my opinion Alter Bridge will never better their second album Blackbird, released in 2007 it's the benchmark to which I hold not only...
View ArticleReviews: Languish, Charlotte Wessels, Bloody Hammers, Lost Society (Reviews...
Languish - Feeding The Flames of Annihilation (Prosthetic Records)Vile and vicious, Feeding The Flames Of Annihilation is an incendiary record from Arizona natives Languish. Crafted in their home...
View ArticleReviews: Orianthi, Perfect Plan, Killer Kings, Wildness (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Orianthi – Rock Candy (Frontiers Music Srl) Orianthi Panagaris is rapidly becoming a rock icon having played with Michael Jackson, Carlos Santana, Carrie Underwood and Alice Cooper, in the past...
View ArticleReviews: Behemoth, God Alone, Boundaries, Madrost (Reviews By Erick Willand,...
Behemoth: Opvs Contra Natvram (Nuclear Blast) [Erick Willand]Love them or hate them it can not be denied that Behemoth are a massive creative force in the Metal world and will clearly remain so for...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Anvil, Living Dead Stars & Electus (Live...
Anvil, Living Dead Stars & Electus, Sin City, Swansea 15.10.2022.Swansea’s Sin City is a venue that I have seen cropping up in gig listings a lot recently since we emerged from our shelters and...
View ArticleReviews: Avatarium, Stormruler, Eleine, Broken Empire (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Avatarium - Death, Where Is Your Sting (AFM) Originally formed by Candlemass bassist Leif Edling, Avatarium have been ripping up the doom rule book across four albums, two EP's and a live DVD. This is...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Interview With Monster Truck (Interview By Alex Swift)
Interview with Jon Harvey of Monster Truck Ahead of their show at Cardiff University Student’s Union, Alex Swift sat down with Jon Harvey of Monster Truck to talk about the new album, his biggest...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Monster Truck & Those Damn Crows (Live...
Monster Truck & Those Damn Crows, Great Hall, Cardiff Students Union, 15.10.2022 Some artists and genres are naturally most impressive in a live environment. Specifically, the kind of...
View ArticleReviews: Arena, Abduction, Amputate, Sea Of Snakes (Reviews By Matt Bladen,...
Arena - The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance (Verglas Music) To this day still led by one of the godfathers of neo-prog Clive Nolan, Arena have been around since 1995, with...
View ArticleReviews: Jan Rivera, Hydra Vein, Nighted, The Electric Alley (Reviews By Matt...
Jan Rivera - Existential Paranoia (Self Released)Known mainly in his hope country of Puerto Rico Jan Rivera comes to the word stage with his debut album Existential Paranoia. With a title like that you...
View ArticleReviews: Battalions, Invictus, Iron Allies, Orden Ogan (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Battalions - King Of A Dead World (APF Records) Is there such a thing as funky sludge? If so (and it’s not a euphemism) then the heaviest band in Kingston Upon Hull have discovered it. After countless...
View ArticleReviews: Goatwhore, Cabal, Jetski, A Wake In Providence (Reviews By Matt Cook)
Goatwhore - Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven (Metal Blade)Contrary to what it might sound like, Goatwhore is not a blasphemous black metal band from Eastern Europe. The joy of this band, which...
View ArticleReviews: Sahg, Ruby The Hatchet, All Souls, Black Royal (Reviews By Rich Piva)
Sahg - Demon Born (Drakkar Entertainment)A new Sahg recorded dropped in the promo folder? Yes please! I was not sure the Norwegian band was still together, but not only are they still rocking, their...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Fury & Six Sins Till Sunday (Live Review By...
Fury & Six Sins Till Sunday, Hanger 18, Swansea, 20.10.22You give what you get in this music lark and sometimes no matter how hard you try, it is almost impossible to warm up a crowd, even the best...
View ArticleReviews: The Otolith, Architects, Autopsy, Michael Rudolph Cummings (Reviews...
The Otolith - Folium Limina (Blues Funeral Recordings) [Paul Scoble] The Otolith formed in 2019, however most of the members of The Otolith had been making music together for far longer than three...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Mason Hill, South Of Salem & Straight For...
Mason Hill, South Of Salem & Straight For The Sun, The Asylum, Birmingham. 20th October 2022.I need to start this with an apology and it’s to the band that opened tonight’s gig at The Asylum in...
View ArticleReview: Avantasia (Review By Simon Black)
Avantasia – A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society (Nuclear Blast)I first came across this pigeonhole-defying act whilst watching a live webstream of a Bloodstock I couldn’t attend in 2015,...
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