Reviews: Marylin Manson, Shattered Skies, Another Perfect Storm, Subterranean...
Marilyn Manson: Pale Emperor (Hell Etc.) [Review By Paul]What can you say about Marilyn Manson? From the shock and outrage that he created in the 1990s when his notoriety reached a peak with Antichrist...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Amon Amarth (Review By Nick)
Amon Amarth - Thekla, Bristol.On what was becoming a monthly pilgrimage to Bristol, we headed this time to see the mighty Amon Amath… on a boat no less. Throughout the previous 24 hours there was much...
View ArticleReviews: Orden Ogan, Beardfish, Adimiron
Orden Ogan: Ravenhead (AFM)With such a glut of releases coming at the beginning of the year it's nice to see some of my personal favourite bands releasing album so early on, albeit making it harder for...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Solstafir (Review By Paul)
Solstafir – The Exchange, BristolIn a small venue in Bristol an incredibly polite Icelandic man asks the 100 or so members of the audience if they would be kind enough to “put your hands up if you've...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Slipknot (Review By Paul)
Slipknot: Motorpoint Arena, CardiffThe return of the nine, albeit in edited form, seven years after they all but destroyed the venue, is likely to have been the hottest ticket in Cardiff this year....
View ArticleReviews: Blind Guardian, Arcane, Kattah
Blind Guardian: Beyond The Red Mirror (Nuclear Blast)Five years since Blind Guardian's last opus At The Edge Of Time and once again the German masters of symphonic metal return with another album of...
View ArticleReviews: Dethlehem, Starblind, The Cyon Project (Review By Stief)
Dethlehem: Destroyers Of The Realm (Self Released)Kicking off with Knightmare, Dethlehem immediately show their melodic skills,The guitars of Hildor Anduv and Bovice supporting the vicious growls and...
View ArticleReviews: Angra, Scanner, Visigoth
Angra: Secret Garden (earMusic)So the Brazilian purveyors of progressive/power metal return with their first album since 2010's Aqua and much like 2001's Rebirth it features yet another vocalist in the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Shattered Skies
Shattered Skies, Severed Illusion & Shadows Of Serenity, The Gryphon, BristolHaving only recently listened to Shattered Skies' debut album, I was excited to see that they were doing their first...
View ArticleReview: Venom (Monster Review By Paul)
Venom: From The Very Depths (Spinefarm)Way back in the early 1980s, a black metal band from Newcastle blew the rock world apart. The album was Welcome To Hell. The band was Venom. Over the next few...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Saxon (Live Review By Paul)
Saxon: 02 Academy, OxfordBack in December Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler experienced a life threatening brain haemorrhage which resulted in the band postponing the conclusion of their Warriors of the...
View ArticleReviews: Diablo Blvd, Night Demon, Profane And The Sacred
Diablo Blvd: Follow The Deadlights (Nuclear Blast)Follow The Deadlights is Belgian rockers Diablo Blvds third album, their first in five years and it opens with some huge percussion from Kris Martens...
View ArticleReviews: U.D.O, Lord Dying, Mechina (Reviews By Paul)
U.D.O: Decadent (AFM)Udo Dirkschneider will be forever known as the voice of Accept. His unique growling delivery on the German thrashers early catalogue quite rightly sit in the category of metal...
View ArticleReviews: Devil's Train, ShadowQuest, Air Raid
Devil's Train: II (earMusic)This is the stuff indeed, like drinking a fine bourbon in your favourite dive bar (possibly while scantily clad ladies cavort on poles) Devil's train play hard rock the way...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Black Label Society (Review By Paul)
Black Label Society: 02 Academy BristolValentine’s Day eh? Another attempt by the corporate industries to cash in on the gullible public who seem to think that a display of affection need only happen...
View ArticleReview: Blackberry Smoke (Monster Review By Paul)
Blackberry Smoke: Holding All The Roses (Rounder Records)Holding all the Roses is probably one of the most anticipated releases of 2015; the long awaited follow up to 2012’s Whippoorwill and on the...
View ArticleReviews: Revolution Saints, The Experiment No Q, Winterage
Revolution Saints: S/T (Frontiers Records)Revolution Saints is a definitely a supergroup, with all three members of this power trio coming from the A-List of Melodic Rock/AOR, the band consists of six...
View ArticleReview: Scorpions (Monster Review By Paul)
Scorpions: Return To Forever (Sony Music)Now in their 50th year, Germanic rockers Scorpions have delivered what is very likely to be their final album, Return To Forever. Now, before I get stuck into...
View ArticleReviews: Black Star Riders, Serious Black, Demolition Train
Black Star Riders: Killer Instinct (Nuclear Blast)After their debut I was wondering where Black Star Riders could go in terms of their long term plans seeing as they started life as the reinvigorated...
View ArticleReviews: The Neal Morse Band, Wolfheart, Mojave Lords, Eradicator (Reviews By...
The Neal Morse Band: The Grand Experiment (InsideOut)Neal Morse has been kicking around the progressive scene for many years; Spock’s Beard, prog super group Transatlantic and a lengthy solo career to...
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