Reviews: Souldrainer, Dysgnostic, Digir Gidim, Astrosaur (Richard Oliver,...
Souldrainer - Departure (Black Lion Records) [Richard Oliver] Departure is the new album from Swedish symphonic death metallers Souldrainer. Not a band I have heard before but they have been going...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: A.A. Williams & Karin Park (Live Review By...
A.A. Williams/Karin Park – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 13.11.22Think its worth addressing the elephant if the room at the start. It can only be a very good thing indeed that this gig, and indeed the...
View ArticleReviews: Elder, High Command, Virtual Symmetry, The Riven (Reviews By Matt...
Elder - Innate Passage (Stickman Records) Six full albums into their career and the mostly Berlin based progressive, psychedelic doom band are still in a league of their own. Heavy as anything you want...
View ArticleReviews: Black Lava, Circles, (EchO), Black Paisley (Reviews By Paul Scoble &...
Black Lava - Soul Furnace (Season Of Mist) [Paul Scoble]Soul Furnace is the debut album by Australian band Black Lava. The band features Dan Presland on drums and Ben Boyle on guitar, Dan and Ben are...
View ArticleReviews: Borders, Leatherwolf, Eye Of Doom, Mad Symphony (Reviews By Matt...
Borders - Bloom Season (Arising Empire)Having come from the generation brought up on rap metal, a band like Borders takes me back to the time of wide jeans, wallet chains and backwards caps. But since...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Joanne Shaw Taylor (Live Review By Duncan...
Joanne Shaw Taylor – Tramshed, Cardiff 22.11.22Following a bit of a nightmare journey to get to Cardiff in time for the opening act, I entered the Tramshed just as Jon Allen plays what turned out to be...
View ArticleReviews: Last Ten Seconds Of Life, Desecrate The Faith, Zëlot, Whirlwind...
The Last Ten Seconds Of Life – Disquisition On An Execution (Unique Leader Records) [Zak Skane]The Pennsylvania bruisers have returned, with not even a year since the release of their self titled album...
View ArticleReviews: Nickelback, Gaupa, League Of Distortion, Doctor Doom (Reviews By...
Nickelback - Get Rollin (Nickelback Records/BMG) [Matt Bladen]Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger and Daniel Adair have been the metal/rock worlds whipping boys for a long time now. Is what they do...
View ArticleReviews: SpiritWorld, Leather, Black Rain, Sirrush (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
SpiritWorld - Deathwestern (Century Media)The musical journey of Las Vegas native Stu Folsom has been a very short, shifting one, initially starting out with country/punk bands, in 2020 he formed...
View ArticleReviews: Docker's Guild, Grimner, Steve Hill, Asa's Mezzanine (Reviews By...
Docker’s Guild - The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age of Entropy (Elevate Records)Douglas R Docker returns to his main storyline with this third album The Mystic Technocracy - Season 2: The Age...
View ArticleReviews: Knim, Jade, Katapult, OmegaThrone (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Knim - When A Star Falls (Self Released)When A Star Falls is the full length debut album from West Yorkshire band Knim. An album as introspective as it is sprawling, heavy as it is melodic, there's a...
View ArticleReviews: Okkultist, Norrsköld, Black Anvil, Lockhart (Reviews By Paul Scoble,...
Okkultist - O.M.E.N. (Alma Mater Records) [Paul Scoble]Okkultist have been making music together since 2016, the five piece are based in Lisbon, Portugal. O.M.E.N. is the bands second album; it is...
View ArticleReviews: Obvurt, Isafjørd, Amberian Dawn, Veilburner (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Obvurt – Triumph Beyond Adversity (Unique Leader Records)Canadians Obvurt have faced more adversity in their inception than many bands do in their career. Only forming in 2020, they released an EP, The...
View ArticleReviews: Star Circus, Burnt Out Wreck, Doubtsower, Sonus Mortis (Reviews By...
Star Circus - Separate Sides (Diamond Formation Music)David Winkler is a very experienced musician, playing with rock and pop bands for a long time as a hired gun he's brought all of this experience...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Perturbator & Health (Live Review By Dean...
Perturbator And Health – SWX, Bristol – 13.11.22Sundays, a day of rest, a day of reflection, a day of realising that synth bands can easily be as heavy as those with big, beefy guitars, and even...
View ArticleReviews: Euphrosyne, Mother Turtle, Valiant Sentinel, Vile Species (Reviews...
Euphrosyne - Keres (Dry Clean Records)A 29 minute, 7 song journey into the darkest reaches of the psyche, Keres is the new EP from Greek post black metal act Euphrosyne, setting the tone for the record...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Electric Callboy & Annisokay (Live Review...
Electric Callboy & Annisokay, Manchester Academy, 23.11.22There’s something about a condom being passed around that makes you feel alive, no it’s not an orgy which is probably a relief for the...
View ArticleReviews: Tarja, AAWKS, Sword, Messora (Reviews By Matt Bladen & Rich Piva)
Tarja - Living The Dream (earMusic) [Matt Bladen]We don't really review compilations or "Best Of's" but Tarja is the quintessential metal Diva, her operatic training first heard in Nightwish, Tarja has...
View ArticleReviews: Soen, Oceans, MCC, Mick's Jaguar (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Soen - Atlantis (Silver Lining Music)If you pair a band like Soen with an orchestra you are guaranteeing magic. Atlantis is a live concert film/album that captures the band in the Atlantis Grammofon...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Pantheïst, Edenfall & Pyrogaric (Live...
Pantheïst, Edenfall & Pyrogaric, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff, 04.12.22A Sunday night gig always has a mishmash of audiences, so it was good to see a reasonably healthy crowd as we hit Fuel Rock Club...
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