Reviews: Svalbard, Prong, Blame Zeus, Xorsist (Reviews By Mark Young, Rich...
Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask (Nuclear Blast) [Mark Young]October continues to throw some absolute belters out and it’s only the first week. Returning with their latest full-length release since...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Crowded Festival (Live Review By Rick...
Crowded Festival, The Y Theatre, Leicester 30.09.23Opening proceedings former duo Dead Bird continue on as 5 piece - As Living Arrows. Their set reverberated around the Y and for its duration comprised...
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Review: Steven Wilson (Review By Matt Bladen)
Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex (Virgin Music Group)I find myself in a bit of quandary with the new Steven Wilson solo album. It wasn't immediate for me like his others are. Yes there's always work...
View ArticleReviews: Carnifex, Joe Bonamassa, Capra, La Chinga (Reviews By GC, Matt...
Carnifex - Necromanteum (Nuclear Blast) [GC]Having been around since 2005 Carnifex always offered something a bit different to the usual metalcore that was being churned when the NWOAHM was starting to...
View ArticleReviews: Restless Spirit, Dopelord, Apotheus, Left To Rot (Reviews By Rich...
Restless Spirit - Afterimage (Magnetic Eye Records) [Rich Piva]Growing up on Long Island, I wish I would have had access to a band like Restless Spirit the way the kids have today. Sure, I had some...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Power Metal Quest Fest 2023 (Live Review By...
Power Metal Quest Fest, The Asylum, Birmingham, 30.09.23Once more we made our way to the birthplace of heavy metal for a day of power/prog at The Asylum Venue. Once again organised brilliantly by...
View ArticleReviews: Trevor Rabin, Jelusick, Blodet, Sun King Ba (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Trevor Rabin - Rio (InsideOut Music) Rio is Trevor Rabin's first solo album with vocals in 34 years, his previous album Jacaranda was all instrumental, so fans have been waiting for a vocal album since...
View ArticleReviews: Kadabra, Molly Karloff, Azimut, Stonemiller Inc. (Reviews By Rich...
Kadabra - Umbra (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Rich Piva]I am super excited to be listening to a second album from Spokane, Washington’s Kadabra considering how much I loved their 2021 debut album. The trio pay...
View ArticleReviews: Wolf Prayer, Morag Tong, Brave Liasion, Kings Rot (Reviews By Rich...
Wolf Prayer - Spell Of The Crimson Eye (Barhill Records) [Rich Piva]I am always down for some German stoner/psych, so let’s see what the second album from Wolf Prayer, Spell Of The Crimson Eye, is all...
View ArticleReviews: Impure Wilhelmina, Iron Savior, Patriarchs In Black, Notturno...
Impure Wilhelmina - Dead Decades (Season of Mist) [Erick Willand]Impure Wilhelmina has been kicking around the Post-metal/Goth Metal Post-whatever scene for about 25 years at this point and have...
View ArticleReviews: Fortress Under Siege, Michael Voss, David Eugene Edwards, Dogstar...
Fortress Under Siege – Envy (Rock Of Angels Records) [Matt Bladen]Having been at the forefront of Greek prog/power metal since the 90’s Athenians Fortress Under Siege only have three albums under their...
View ArticleReviews: The Vintage Caravan, Overthrow, State Of Deceit, Sahg (Reviews By...
The Vintage Caravan – The Monuments Tour Live (Napalm Records) [Paul Hutchings]It’s inevitable that a band steeped in the vintage style that Icelandic trio The Vintage Caravan are would eventually...
View ArticleReviews: Source, Gévaudan, Theocracy, Slowburn (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Source - Emergence (Self Released)Emergence was proceeded by an EP some time ago which hinted at the way Source were going after their debut album. Lyrical inspiration was again taken from “the...
View ArticleReviews: On Thorns I Lay, Body Void, Deathchant, Twin Temple (Reviews By...
On Thorns I Lay - On Thorns I Lay (Season Of Mist) [James Jackson]Hailing from Greece and forming in the early 1990’s On Thorns I Lay have been creating “Pure Depressive Metal” in the vein of Paradise...
View ArticleReviews: Amorphis, Mondo Generator, Oni, Beastwars (Reviews By James Jackson,...
Amorphis - Queen Of Time: Live At Tavastia 2021 (Atomic Fire Records) [James Jackson]First and foremost are two things, the first being that although the name Amorphis is quite familiar, I can’t...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Scene Queen (Live Review By Danika Ulrich)
Scene Queen, In Her Own Words & Delilah Bon, Stylus, Leeds, 03.10.23I arrived about half an hour after doors to find the venue pretty much at capacity already which is refreshing to see (always see...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Vader - 40 Years Of The Apocalypse (Live...
Vader, Vomitory & Skaphos, KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 03.10.23Tonight was going to be a death metal onslaught with Polish veterans celebrating 40 years of brutality and bringing along Swedish...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Vexed (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Vexed, Pulse, InDevth & Loveletter, Fuel Rock Club, 12.10.23In what will probably be the last time seeing the headliner in a venue of this size, it was yet another Thursday night gig in Cardiff....
View ArticleReviews: Heavy Load, Purple Kong, Inmost Ego, Bermuda's Burden (Reviews By...
Heavy Load - Riders Of The Ancient Storm (No Remorse Records)Ragne Wahlquist (vocals/guitars/keyboards) and Styrbjörn Wahlquist (vocals/drums) are not only credited as the pioneers of the Swedish doom...
View ArticleReviews: The Answer Lies In The Black Void, The Cyclist Conspiracy, Sloth,...
The Answer Lies In The Black Void – Thou Shalt (Burning World Records) [Matt Bladen]Ouch, my feelings. Thou Shalt, the second album from The Answer Lies In The Black Void, is an atmospheric doom album...
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