Reviews: The Abbey, Winds Of Tragedy, 66Crusher, Starspawn Of Cthulhu...
The Abbey - Word Of Sin (Season Of Mist) [Matt Bladen]If you compare the Ghost of Opus Eponymous to the Ghost of Impera you get two very different bands, since their debut album the Swedish band have...
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Lumen Ad Mortem - Upon The Edge Of Darkness (Bitter Loss Records) [Paul Scoble]Hailing from the sunny shores of Australia come Lumen Ad Mortem with their album Upon The Edge Of Darkness. The band is...
View ArticleReviews: Avatar, Hail The Void, Oak, CHILD (Reviews By Tony Gaskin, Rich...
Avatar – Dance Devil Dance (Century Media Records) [Tony Gaskin]9th Studio album from Swedish hard rockers Avatar is a pulsating blend of crunchy riffs, melodic harmonies and classic heavy...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Katatonia & Sólstafir (Live Review By Tony...
Katatonia & Sólstafir at KK's Steel Mill 14/02/2023 Review By Tony GaskinThe long awaited return of Swedish metal veterans Katatonia to these shores sees them inviting along Icelandic quartet...
View ArticleReviews: Westing, Super Pink Moon, Rexoria, Vision Of Choice (Reviews By...
Westing - Future (RidingEasy Records) [David Karpel]As a humanities teacher, I’m constantly revisiting the question with wide-eyed highschool students of why we study history. We talk about patterns,...
View ArticleReviews: Those Damn Crows, Hollentor, Hellpass, Zebedy (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Those Damn Crows - Inhale/Exhale (Earache Records)Is it luck? Is it talent? Is it a bit of both? The latter is most likely as Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows return with their third album after rapidly...
View ArticleReviews: Hellripper, Sarcoptes, Märvel, Mortalus (Reviews By Mark Young)
Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags (Peaceville Records)Black Metal looks to be forming the lion share of reviews for me in the early part of 2023 and it is something to behold. One-man...
View ArticleReviews: Omega Infinty, To The Grave, Ontborg, Festerdecay (Reviews By Mark...
Omega Infinity - The Anticurrent (Season Of Mist) [Mark Young]Omega Infinity comprises Tentakel P from Todtgelichter and Xen from Ne Obliviscaris and they have come together to release what I believe...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Gojira (Live Review By Alex Swift)
Gojira, Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, 17.02.23Gojira are back in Cardiff! The first time I saw the band was in an unlikely support slot for Alter Bridge. I remember being incredibly impressed...
View ArticleReviews: Pelegrin, Oceanhoarse, Distant, Half Me (Reviews By Quinn AV4Apod,...
Pelegrin - Ways Of Avicenna (Self Released) [Quinn Mattfeld/AV4Apod]Doom is perhaps the most misleading name in the over-long and ever-growing list of metal subgenres. If one were to listen to...
View ArticleReviews: All My Shadows, Robin McAuley, First Signal, Creye (Reviews By Matt...
All My Shadows - Eerie Monsters (Frontiers Music Srl)All My Shadows is the new project from Vanden Plas guitarist Stephan Lill and vocalist Andy Kuntz, Lill is longest serving member of Vanden Plas but...
View ArticleReviews: The Giant's Fall, Drunk MF's, Mr Trickster (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
The Giant's Fall - The Giants Fall (FYC Records)An instrumental album, that serves as a soundtrack to a story that you have to create in your own mind as you listen. The Giant's Fall is an album from...
View ArticleReviews: Insomnium, Eulogy, BIG|BRAVE, Dark Embrace (Reviews By Richard...
Insomnium - Anno 1696 (Century Media Records) [Richard Oliver]It is safe to say that no-one does melancholy like the Finnish and when it comes to dark and melancholic metal that Finland has more bands...
View ArticleReviews: Transatlantic, Host, Stöner, King Abyss (Reviews By Simon Black &...
Transatlantic - The Final Flight Live At L'Olympia (Inside Out Records) [Simon Black]Although the first recognised ‘Supergroup’ in music was probably either British Rock act Cream or US Folk-Rock act...
View ArticleReviews: Siena Root, Pierce The Veil, Grandma's Ashes, Eloyse (Reviews By...
Siena Root - Revelation (Atomic Fire Records) [Rich Piva]Stockholm, Sweden’s retro rockers Siena Root bring both their 70s rock and folk sides to their latest album, Revelation. This is truly a time...
View ArticleReviews: Ascension, Witch Ripper, Morphetik, So Long Space Girl (Reviews By...
Ascension - Under The Veil Of Madness (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]Now I love Dragonforce (so much so I actually auditioned to be their singer) so as soon as I pressed play on Under The Veil Of Madness...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Black Star Riders (Live Review By Simon Black)
Black Start Riders, Michael Monroe & Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, Tramshed Cardiff, 21.02.23The days may be drawing slowly out by inches, but it’s still cold as a brass monkey’s frozen...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Avatar (Live Review By Tony Gaskin)
Avatar, Veil Of Maya & Mastiff at KK'S Steel Mill, Wolverhampton 22.02.23This evening sees us back at Wolverhampton's premier rock and metal venue, KK'S Steel Mill to bear witness to the carnival...
View ArticleReviews: Naut, Heidevolk, Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows, Idolatrous (James...
Naut - Hunt (Season Of Mist) [James Jackson]Naut are vocalist/drum programmer Gavin Laubscher, guitarist Jack Welch, bassist Andi Effe and Laura Taylor on synth/keys and this year sees the release of...
View ArticleReviews: Godsmack, Lovebites, Pist, Air Raid (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Godsmack - Lighting Up The Sky (BMG)According to main writer and band founder Sully Erna, Godsmack's eighth album Lighting Up The Sky will be their last. Well for now anyway. It's intended to be their...
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