A View From Beyond The Void: Cosmic Void Festival Day 2 (Live Review By Alyn...
Cosmic Void Festival Day 2, Camden, Saturday 16.09.23The festival layout for the remainder of the weekend was done in keeping with last year, although with the notable addition of utilising the Black...
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Heart Of A Coward - This Place Only Brings Death (Arising Empire) [Matt Bladen]More than a decade since their debut UK stalwarts Heart Of A Coward released their debut album Hope And Hindrance, they...
View ArticleA View From Beyond The Void: Cosmic Void Festival Day 3 (Live Review By Alyn...
Cosmic Void Festival Day 3, Camden, Sunday 17.09.23 Not that rain matters too much when bouncing back and fore between indoor venues, but it was certainly on the horizon today. We arrived in time to...
View ArticleReviews: Paul Rodgers, Bruce Soord, Guilt Trip, Anima Hereticae (Reviews By...
Paul Rodgers - Midnight Rose (Sun Records)If you don't know the name Paul Rodgers then you don't know rock music. The founding member of both Free and Bad Company as well as the singer who reactivated...
View ArticleReviews: Yawning Man, Apostolica, Never Obey Again, Starbenders (Reviews By...
Yawning Man - Pot Head: 2023 Remaster (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]Ripple Music is doing God’s work in giving us the first ever repressing and remastering of instrumental desert rock legends Yawning Man’s...
View ArticleReviews: Hexvessel, Brian Setzer, Grymheart, Helve (Reviews By Rick...
Hexvessel - Polar Veil (Svart Records) [Rick Eaglestone] Finland’s Hexvessel return with their sixth album, Polar Veil Opener The Tundra Is Awake serves a great reintroduction with its hedonistic blend...
View ArticleReviews: Death Dealer Union, Kal-El, 10% Reptile, By Fire & Sword (Reviews By...
Death Dealer Union - Initiation (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Death Dealer Union are not an offshoot of power metal supergroup Death Dealer, they were formed by CC McKenna (drums), Doug Weiand (lead...
View ArticleReviews: Tides Of Sulfur, Of Virtue, Terra Builder, Z-Machine (Reviews By...
Tides Of Sulfur – Apathy Chasm (APF Records) [Matt Bladen]South Wales most aggressive, unflinching, righteous band return with their new full length Apathy Chasm. Released again on the magnet for all...
View ArticleReviews: Code Orange, Explosions In The Sky, I Am Low, Svartkonst (Reviews By...
Code Orange – The Above (Blue Grape Music) [Matt Bladen]Having been given several ‘next big thing’ tags Code Orange release their new album The Above, drawing on their amalgamation of sounds and...
View ArticleReviews: KK's Priest, Obsidian Tide, Disguised Malignance, TheFalls (Reviews...
KK's Priest - The Sinner Rides Again (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]The Sinner Rides again follows very quickly on the heels of 2021's Sermon Of The Sinner and it sees KK's Priest doing what they do...
View ArticleReviews: Graveyard, Iron Altar, Lightlorn, Semprus (Reviews By Paul Scoble,...
Graveyard - 6 (Nuclear Blast) [Paul Scoble]Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Graveyard have been making music together since 2006. In that time the band have released five albums before 6; their self titled...
View ArticleReviews: Nervosa, FIlth Is Eternal, Stepmother, Maggot Heart (Reviews By Matt...
Nervosa - Jailbreak (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Right bear with me here; after the longest (so far) line up of Brazilian thrash band split in to Crypta and Nervosa. Founding guitarist Prika Amaral...
View ArticleReviews: Wolves In The Throne Room, The Hirsch Effekt, Annisokay, Rocky's...
Wolves In The Throne Room - Crypt Of Ancestral Knowledge (Relapse Records) [GC]Its not very often I choose to review the newest black metal releases for a few reasons, to start with there are people on...
View ArticleReviews: Black Stone Cherry, Asinhell, Dead Man's Whiskey, Bear (Reviews By...
Black Stone Cherry - Screamin’ At The Sky (Mascot Records) [GC]I have to admit to having a bit of a soft spot for Black Stone Cherry, its all my wife’s fault I usually wouldn’t listen to this sort of...
View ArticleReviews: Blackbriar, 3Teeth, Diamond Dogs, Rippingdexd (Reviews By Matt...
Blackbriar - A Dark Euphony (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Bladen]The second album from Dutch band Blackbriar is in collaboration with Joost van den Broek, for those who don’t know he’s a keyboardist and...
View ArticleReviews: Shade Empire, Primordial, Shining, Harms Way (Reviews By Jeremy...
Shade Empire - Sunholy (Candlelight Records) I absolutely loved this album. Everything about it was just ecstasy to the ears. I loved how symphonic and unified every song was and how much effort was...
View ArticleReviews: The Magus, Infernal Throne, Melan Selas, Θλίψις/Thlipsis (Reviews...
The Magus - Βυσσοδομώντας/Vissodomontas (The Circle Music)Starting with Satanic black metal and ending with grooving blues rock? Welcome to the obscure world of The Magus. A founding member of...
View ArticleReviews: Trivax, Blood Command, Heavy Water, Atena (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Trivax - Eloah Burns Out (Cult Never Dies)The new full length from Trivax is a concept album about the story of death. Weaving a complex mystical tapestry of lyrics over some intense blackened death...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Conjurer (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Conjurer, Helpless & Silverburn, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, 28.09.23Crafty little Thursday gig as some of the UK's heaviest bands strutted their stuff in Cardiff. What was basically a post ArcTanGent...
View ArticleReviews: Sinnery, Emilie, Dictator Ship, Eradikated (Reviews By Zak Skane,...
Sinnery - Below The Summit EP (Exitus Stratagem Records) [Zak Skane]Somber opens the five track EP by showing the bands thrashing heart on their sleeve with furious skank beats along with classic...
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