Reviews: The Commoners, LaVire, Zeke Sky, Chaos Over Cosmos (Reviews By Matt...
The Commoners - Find A Better Way (Gypsy Soul Record)Having come together over the course of a decade, Chris Medhurst (vocals/guitar), Ben Spiller (bass), Ross Hayes Citrullo (lead guitar), and Adam...
View ArticleA View From The Back of The Room: Elder & Pallbearer (Live Review By Matt...
Elder & Pallbearer, The Fleece Bristol, 03.11.22With another jaunt to The Fleece I wondered if this one would be less troublesome however the combination of the most complicated road system, a...
View ArticleReviews: Black Mirrors, Massive Wagons, Black Hole, Iron Kingdom (Reviews By...
Black Mirrors – Tomorrow Will Be Without Us (Napalm Records)After an acclaimed EP and album, Belgian rockers Black Mirrors come back into view with their second album for Napalm Records. Led by the...
View ArticleReviews: Dr Acula, Wizrd, Devils Witches, Coathanger Abortion (Reviews By...
Dr. Acula - Dr. Acula (Silent Pendulum Records) [Matt Cook]Even though Dr. Acula formed in 2005, the decision to self-title their sixth studio album is apropos of quite a bit. The deathcore band - that...
View ArticleReviews: Epica, Constellatia, Aurora Borealis, Vittra (Reviews By Richard...
Epica - The Alchemy Project (Atomic Fire Records) [Richard Oliver]When it comes to the world of symphonic metal, Epica are one of the main players if not the best band in the genre. The Dutch band have...
View ArticleReviews: Arallu, Spider God, Beyond Dystopia, Ellefson/Soto (Reviews By Rick...
Arallu – Death Covenant (Hammerheart Records) [Rick Eaglestone]Hailing from the urban Israeli settlement Ma’ale Adummim, Arallu summon up thousands of years of darkness with latest album Death...
View ArticleReviews: Bone Carver, Kassogtha, Wheel, Skin Failure (Reviews By GC & Matt...
Bonecarver - Carnage Funeral (Unique Leader) [GC]Since forming back in 2014 Bonecarver have been making a name for themselves creating brutal death metal and they are now back with their second album...
View ArticleReviews: Warkings, Munroe's Thunder, Jordan Red, Blakk Ledd (Reviews By Matt...
Warkings - Morgana (Napalm Records)Their second album in as many years by the multi national power metal unit Warnings and this one moves on from their R titled albums to the stories of Morgana Le Fay...
View ArticleReviews: Ring Of Fire, Mantric Momentum, About Us (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Ring Of Fire – Gravity (Frontiers Music Srl)Neoclassical metal orginators Ring Of Fire return with their fifth studio album of virtuoso melodic, powerprog. Still led by founder member Mark Boals...
View ArticleReviews: Lamentations, Dirt Forge, Despised Icon, Hedra (Ben Baljak, Rich...
Lamentations - Passion Of Depression (Willowtip Records) [Ben Baljak]Lamentations are back with their second full-length, following 2016 debut album Echoes In The Wind. Passion Of Depression is a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Fozzy, Escape The Fate & Scarlet Rebels...
Fozzy, Escape The Fate & Scarlet Rebels, Patti Pavilion, Swansea, 10.11.22Tonight the Patti Pavilion, the Swansea crowd is ready for a night of pure rock and roll. I arrive to a palpable excitement...
View ArticleReviews: Turned To Stone Chapter 6, Mister Earthbound, Rage Behind, Live By...
Captain Caravan/Kaiser - Turned To Stone: Chapter 6 (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]I know we are getting close to Christmas, but it has come early for me with the release of another killer split LP from the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Porcupine Tree (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Porcupine Tree, OVO Arena, Wembley, London, 11.11.22After what had been a 12 year hiatus and for me a 13 year wait to see them live again, my beloved Porcupine Tree returned to the live stage once...
View ArticleReviews: Candlemass, Threshold, Freternia, 17 Crash (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun (Napalm Records)The lords of doom return, almost four decades of slow, heavy, bone shaking metal and Swedish titans Candlemass give us their latest sermon Sweet Evil Sun....
View ArticleReviews: Distrubed, The Unguided, We Are Magonia, MMXX (Reviews By James...
Disturbed - Divisive (Reprise Records) [James Jackson]Like many of us old enough to remember, the early 2000’s brought us the Nu Metal genre and like many I bought into most of it and since then I’ve...
View ArticleA View From The Black Of The Room: Saxon & Diamond Head (Live Review By Simon...
Saxon, Diamond Head – St David's Hall, Cardiff, 14.11.22Much as I love the acoustics in halls like this (designed as they are for theatrical performances and classical music without the benefits of...
View ArticleReviews: Exhumed, Mournument, Witchfinder, To Bloom (Reviews By Lee Burnell,...
Exhumed – To The Dead (Relapse Records) [Lee Burnell]I can’t think of an album that has kicked my ass so much in a short space of time as Gore-Obsessed death metallers, Exhumed and their 2022 release...
View ArticleReviews: Xentrix, Powerwolf, The Blackwater Fever, Crypt Rot (Reviews By...
Xentrix - Seven Words (Listenable Records) [Simon Black]Xentrix are one of those bands whose timing was just that little bit too late first-time around. They had always been grouped in the ‘Big 4’ of...
View ArticleReviews: Deaf Radio, Doomocracy, The WaterStriders, Stelios Ventas (Reviews...
Deaf Radio - Arsenal Of Hope (Self Released)Athenians Deaf Radio are shapeshifters, over the course of three albums their sound has changed, while maintaining their core sound established on first...
View ArticleReviews: Arc Of Life, Enemy Eyes, Autograph, Rising Steel (Reviews By Matt...
Arc Of Life - Don't Look Down (Frontiers Music Srl)If you hadn't heard Arc Of Life's debut album or didn't know anything about them you'd be able to guess what they play purely by the membership....
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