Reviews: Rush, Devildriver, Currents, The Unresolved (Reviews By Matt Bladen...
Rush - Signals: 40th Anniversary Edition (UME/Mercury Anthem) [Matt Bladen]Continuing the comprehensive 40th anniversary editions of Rush studio album we get to the 1982 album Signals, the record that...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Steel Panther & Winger (Live Review By...
Steel Panther And Winger, O2 Academy, Birmingham, 18.05.23The first time I’d heard of Steel Panther was a day maybe two before I saw them live at Download 2010 and I can’t recall listening to something...
View ArticleReviews: Black Spiders, The 69 Eyes, Bring The Hoax, Heaven's Edge (Reviews...
Black Spiders – Can’t Die. Won’t Die (Spinefarm Records) [Matt Bladen]With their comeback firmly now in concrete British rock n rollers Black Spiders return with another new album. Their fourth in...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Trevor's Head & Lacertillia (Live Review By...
Trevor's Head & Lacertillia, The Moon, Cardiff 20.05.23Psychadelic Rock Strumpets Lacertillia (9) got the evening going crashing head first into their spiritual home of The Moon with funky, psych...
View ArticleReviews: Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution, Roadwolf, Thulcandra, Weapon...
Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution - Golden Age Of Music (Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group) [Matt Bladen]Billed as "The Real Arjen Lucassen", this Supersonic Revolution is far away from...
View ArticleReviews: Yakuza, Heretoir, Miscreance, Craving (Reviews By Mark Young)
Yakuza - Sutra (Svart)Here we have Sutra, from Chicago outfit Yakuza, who according to the incredibly helpful tags from online sources are doom metal with experimental and improvisational aspects to...
View ArticleRevies: Alcatrazz, Omnerod, Unmaker, Sunbeam Overdrive (Reviews By Rich Piva,...
Alcatrazz - Take No Prisoners (Silver Lining Music) [Rich Piva]Alcatrazz has been on a little roll since 2021’s album V and since the band fractured into two Alcatrazz's with original singer Gram...
View ArticleReviews: Sleep Token, ScreaMachine, Sweet & Lynch, Radien (Reviews By Matt...
Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden (Spinefarm Records) [Matt Bladen]Having never spoken to the press, never played a show that didn't sell out and writing music that lingers on the fringes between...
View ArticleReviews: Godsticks, Sweat, JAAW, Phlebotomized (Reviews By Matt Bladen, David...
Godsticks - This Is What A Winner Looks Likes (Kscope) [Matt Bladen]With their excellent last record Inescapable delivered in 2020, the pandemic era had a different effect on Godsticks founder Darran...
View ArticleReviews: Immortal, Elegant Weapons, Vomitory, Ǥứŕū (Reviews By Erick Willand,...
Immortal - War Against All (Nuclear Blast Records) [Erick Willand] I’m confident that if you’re reading this you know who Immortal is but for the fresh minds that might stumble on this writing in the...
View ArticleReviews: Phoxjaw, Turned To Stone, Reasons Behind, The Mon (Reviews By Mark...
Phoxjaw - Notverynicecream (Hassle Records) [Mark Young]Right, so I’ll be honest I have absolutely no idea how to describe this music, it sounds like nothing I’ve ever listened to before. Its not...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Celebrate This Place (Live Review By Alex...
Celebrate This Place – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Dream Wife, Los Bitchos, The Bug Club, Cola & Lambrini Girls Tramshed, 20.05.23. Independent live music festivals are rapidly becoming a staple of...
View ArticleReviews: Metal Church, Blind River, Oceanlord, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton...
Metal Church - Congregation Of Annihilation (Rat Pak Records) [Rich Piva]Some bands in their fifth decade will chill a bit. Maybe release their “Stones Influenced” record and rest on their old school...
View ArticleReviews: Yes, Arrival Of Autumn, Vexing, A Pretext To Human Suffering...
Yes - Mirror To The Sky (InsideOut Records) [Rich Piva]It’s 2023 and we have a new Yes album! Prog nerds of the world unite, and I mean that in the most loving way I possibly can. Yes has a rabid and...
View ArticleReviews: Cloak, Def Leppard, Inherus, Demented Heart (Reviews By Erick...
Cloak - Black Flame Eternal (Season Of Mist) [Erick Willand]Cloak’s sophomore album The Burning Dawn dropped late 2019 and like so many that released albums at that time it’s impact was lessened by the...
View ArticleReviews: Cry Of Dawn, House Of Shakira, Circus Of Rock, DeVicious (Reviews By...
Cry Of Dawn - Anthropocene (Frontiers Music Srl)When Cry Of Dawn released their first album I instantly knew who was singing without even looking at the PR. Göran Edman has sung for Yngwie Malmsteen...
View ArticleReviews: Sirenia, Dark Side Of The Moon, Paracrona, King Of The Dead (Reviews...
Sirenia - 1977 (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]As the symphonic metal genre expands from it's late 90's beginnings, more of the veteran bands are adding new strings to their bows, from moving towards...
View ArticleReviews: Bongzilla, Seven Impale, Messiahvore, Order Of Decay (Reviews By...
Bongzilla - Dab City (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Richard Oliver]Wisconsin stoner metal maniacs Bongzilla return with their sixth full length album Dab City their second album as a three piece and their...
View ArticleReviews: Avenged Sevenfold, Pupil Slicer, Wytch Hazel, Dog Tired (Reviews By...
Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream (Warner Records) [Simon Black]WTAF, A7X?You know how some of the more experimental artists in the rock and prog world can produce something so eclectic and so...
View ArticleReviews: Necrofier, Unfurl, Tortured Demon, Saint Karloff (Reviews By Matt...
Necrofier - Burning Shadows In The Southern Night (Season Of Mist) [Matt Bladen] It’s not often you get bands that can play groovy black metal, it’s a skill that transcends the genre. In a style...
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