Reviews: Jaded Heart, Grand, Elephant Takedown, Deer Lord (Reviews By Matt...
Jaded Heart - Heart Attack (Massacre Records) [Matt Bladen]Heart Attack is Jaded Heart's 15th album, released just two years after their previous record and it looks like they still producing melodic...
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Chez Kane - Powerzone (Frontiers Music Srl) [Matt Bladen]The Ultimate Power club nights have been one of the best received touring club nights in the UK for years now. There's just something about...
View ArticleReviews: O.R.k, Brant Bjork, Gospelheim, The New Roses (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
O.R.k - Screamnasium (Kscope) Always worth their weight in gold for musicianship alone O.R.k's albums have have always been great workouts but never really carried over their songwriting prowess. That...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Samantha Fish & Wille And The Bandits (Live...
Samantha Fish & Wille And The Bandits, Tramshed Cardiff, 24.10.22A wet and windy Monday evening meant that myself and camera carrying colleague Mike hid out in the bar pre-show (the quirks of...
View ArticleReviews: Therion, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, We Came As Romans, Mothman & The...
Therion - Leviathan II (Nuclear Blast) [Simon Black]Given that across the various sites I contribute to, I am often the first one (and indeed often the only one) to dive into the piles of symphonic,...
View ArticleReviews: Ugly Kid Joe, Stryper, Near Dusk, Brown Acid (Reviews By Rich Piva)
Ugly Kid Joe - Rad Wings Of Destiny (Metalville Records)I really wanted to hate this album. When the first Ugly Kid Joe EP came out the big hit Everything About You was all over the place and full...
View ArticleReviews: Polyphia, Sugar Horse, Bring The Hoax, The Sade (Reviews By Matt...
Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die (Rise Records)In this review g game you often come across a band that completely destroys your expectation. Polyphia are an instrumental prog(?) band from Texas,...
View ArticleReviews: Implore, Brutus, Fifth Ring, Vacuous (Reviews By Matt Cook & GC)
Implore - The Burden Of Existence (Church Road Records) [Matt Cook]The burden of existence has been heavy on us all lately, to say the least. At times things feel bleak, apocalyptic, rage-inducing. And...
View ArticleReviews: Noctem, Psychonaut, Insonika, Faustian (Reviews By Paul Scoble,...
Noctem - Credo Certe Ne Cras [MNRK Heavy] [Paul Scoble]Noctem have been making blasting unpleasantness since 2001. In that time the five piece have made five albums before Credo Certe Ne Cras. Their...
View ArticleReviews: Thotcrime, Obsidious, Vananidr, Nostromo (Reviews By Matt Cook)
Thotcrime – D1G1T4L_DR1FT (Prosthetic Records)Stop everything you’re doing. Put your phone down, pay attention and fucking listen.Cybergrind is here to stay, and the world is a better and more fun...
View ArticleReviews: Deathsiege, Sabaton, Voak, Devenial Verdict (Reviews By Erick...
Deathsiege: Throne Of Heresy (Everlasting Spew Records) [Erick Willand]Upon first listen I did not know that Deathsiege is a three piece outfit. This much blasting ferocity coming from just 3 humans...
View ArticleReviews: Stake, The Gloom In The Corner, Inclination, Varials (Reviews By...
Stake - Love, Death And Decay (Hassle Records)Belgian alt riffers began their life as Steak Number Eight, Brent Vanneste forming the band in tribute to his brother their four album set them on path of...
View ArticleReviews: Burn The Sun, Bazooka, Charons Claw, Dynamite 4 (Reviews By Matt...
Burn The Sun - Le Roi Soleil (Sliptrick Records)Comparing Greek heavy rockers to and like Opeth may be overstretching things a little but there is definitely a sound if bands such as Mastodon and Alice...
View ArticleReviews: Dimmu Borgir, Slaughter The Giant, Bush, Diamond Chazer (Reviews By...
Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, Remixed and Remastered (Nuclear Blast Records) [Erick Willand]A band like Dimmu Borgir really doesn’t need an introduction. Even if you’re on the heavy...
View ArticleReviews: Spell, Hellsingland Underground, The Jokers, Sheer Cerebral Power...
Spell – Tragic Magic (Bad Omen Records/Metal Blade Records)Fantasy metal band Spell, emerge from the magical realms with their third album Tragic Magic which leaves the escapism of their previous two...
View ArticleReviews: Cardinal Black, The Grand Mal, HWDU, Fallen Temples (Reviews By Matt...
Cardinal Black - January Came Close (Jump In Records)The oldest young band on the UK rock scene, 3/4's of Cardiff based band Cardinal Black were once known as the Tom Hollister Trio a decade ago....
View ArticleReviews: Darkthrone, Dead Cross, Vevaki, Chestcrush (Reviews By Erick...
Darkthrone: Astral Fortress (Peaceville) [Erick Willand] Darkthrone dropped a new album. It's 10/10. That’s the review, you’re welcome. All jokes aside…Darkthrone dropped a new album! Have you heard it...
View ArticleReview: Devin Townsend, The Pretty Reckless, Vitskar Suden, Ingested (Reviews...
Devin Townsend - Lightwork (Inside Out Music) [Richard Oliver]When it comes to a new Devin Townsend album you never quite know what you are going to get. The man has dabbled in so many different sounds...
View ArticleReviews: The Offering, Warlung, InTechnicolour, 96 Bitter Beings (Reviews By...
The Offering – Seeing The Elephant (Century Media Records) [Matt Bladen] I salivated over The Offering’s first album Home back in 2019 as did many of my colleagues (and ex-colleagues) and the general...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Pretty Reckless (Live Review By Dean...
The Pretty Reckless, O2 Academy, Bristol, 01.11.2022I have always enjoyed how MoM reviews are titled “A view from the back of the room”. Of course I’m aware it’s because most reviewers stand at the...
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