Reviews: Cyhra, Neal Morse, Devilsome, Induction (Reviews By Manos Sideris &...
Cyhra - The Vertigo Trigger (Nuclear Blast) [Manos Sideris]Cyhra’s third studio album is The Vertigo Trigger released from Nuclear Blast in August 18th. I did not know this band and upon seeing that...
View ArticleReviews: Moon Coven, Marc Hudson, Noveria, Gary Del Vecchio (Reviews By Rich...
Moon Coven - Sun King (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]I don’t think anyone would be surprised if at the end of the year my album of the year comes from Ripple Music. The editor of this fine blog has deemed...
View ArticleReviews: Orbit Culture, Warmen, The Circle, Orphalis (Reviews By Mark Young,...
Orbit Culture - Descent (Seek and Strike Records) [Mark Young]Descent is the latest from Sweden’s Orbit Culture. They have all the tags in place, death metal, groove metal, melodic death metal and...
View ArticleReviews: Celestial Sanctuary, Monasteries, Course Of Fate, Dec Rocs (Reviews...
Celestial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst For Torment (Church Road Records) [Richard Oliver]The UK death metal scene continues to thrive with a steady stream of new bands and new releases arriving like...
View ArticleReviews: U.D.O, Velvet Insane, Creak, Misanthropic Torment (Reviews By Simon...
U.D.O. – Touchdown (Atomic Fire Records) [Simon Black]You have to give it to Udo Dirkschneider, he’s not a man to give up easily. That brutally distinctive voice he is known for is not a style that’s...
View ArticleReviews: Incantation, Exmortus, Vandenberg, GraveRipper (Reviews By Matt...
Incantation – Unholy Deification (Relapse Records) [Matt Bladen]Along with fellow founders of the NY death metal scene; Suffocation, Mortician and Immolation, Incantation have been dwelling in the...
View ArticleReviews: Alice Cooper, Asphodelus, Sherinian/Phillips, SinHeresy (Reviews By...
Alice Cooper – Road (earMusic) [Simon Black]What comes around, goes around… When I was young spotty youth, I first became aware of Alice when he reinvented himself for the mid-80’s and very quickly...
View ArticleThe View From ArcTanGent: Day 1 & 2 (Live Review By Ben Baljak & Maria Owen)
ArcTangent Festival Review By Ben Baljak & Maria OwenDay 1: Wednesday 16.08.23Ben - The days leading up to the festival had been unusually busy. It’s because of this that the majority of the day...
View ArticleThe View From ArcTanGent: Day 3 (Live Review By Ben Baljak & Maria Owen)
ArcTangent Festival Review By Ben Baljak & Maria OwenDay 3: Friday 18.08.23Ben - I awake unreasonably early, and my body wouldn’t allow me back to sleep. This had nothing to do with the event as...
View ArticleReviews: Nordicwinter, Knife, AAWKS/AIWASS, Death Wheelers (Reviews By Paul...
Nordicwinter - This Mournful Dawn (Naturmacht Records) [Paul Scoble]Nordicwinter is a one man band project from Evillair also of Autumn’s Tomb, Graven Dusk, and Sinistral Doom. Evillair has been making...
View ArticleThe View From ArcTanGent: Day 4 (Live Review By Ben Baljak & Maria Owen)
ArcTangent Festival Review By Ben Baljak & Maria OwenDay 4: Saturday 19.08.23Ben - Towel or not, I’m having a shower! Hot water and substituting body wash for Colgate 2in1 icy blast toothpaste and...
View ArticleReviews: Prime Creation, Shepherds Reign, The Unity, Veritas (Reviews By Mark...
Prime Creation - Tell Freedom I Said Hello (ROAR Rock Of Angels Records) [Mark Young]Now for a slice of Swedish modern rock. Prime Creation sit within that funny space between hard rock and metal. For...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Mega Monsters Tour (Live Review By Jeremy...
Mega Monsters Tour - Mastodon, Gojira & Lorna Shore, BMO Pavillion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 23.08.23On the hottest day of year in Milwaukee, the Mega Monsters Tour came to town. In the scorching sun,...
View ArticleReviews: Till The Dirt, Nixil, Masheena, Hurricane (Reviews By Matt Bladen &...
Till The Dirt - Outside The Spiral (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Bladen]Atheist frontman Kelly Shaefer return with his new project, he set the tone of Till The Dirt with techincal death metal riffs and those...
View ArticleReviews: Holding Absence, The Word Alive, Pleasure Forever, Owlbear (Reviews...
Holding Absence - The Noble Art Of Self Destruction (Sharptone Records) [Alex Swift]Womanby Street – Cardiff’s hub for independent live music – has seen many acts grace its stages on the way to further...
View ArticleReviews: Spider Kitten, Phil Campbell And The B*stard Sons, Firewind, Albany...
Spider Kitten - A Pound For The Peacebringer (APF Records) 31 albums! There are very few bands that have released 31 records in their career, especially in what is actually quite a short amount of...
View ArticleReviews: Primal Fear, Soen, Stitched Up Heart, Blessed Black (Reviews By...
Primal Fear - Code Red (Atomic Fire Records) [Simon Black]One thing about Primal Fear, is they are pretty darned consistent in their delivery. Since their formation in 1997 (after vocalist Ralf...
View ArticleReviews: Undergang, S A R R A M , Repentance, Lord Of Shadows (Reviews By...
Undergang - De Syv Stradier Af Fordærv (Dark Descent Records / Me Saco Un Ojo Records [Paul Scoble]Undergang have been making putrid music in their base in Copenhagen, Denmark since 2008. In that time...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Obituary (Live Review By Rick Eaglestone)
Obituary & Pest Control - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 24.08.2023I know this tour is named the Barely Alive tour but with the current heatwave we seem to be experiencing it would’ve been better to...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Johnny Mental 20th Anniversary (Live Review...
Johnny Mental, The Death Of Money, Inerrant & Happy New Year, Fuel Rock Club, 26.08.23There are bands that mean a lot to a scene, you can usually tell by how many people show up long after the band...
View Article