Reviews: Sorcerer, Howling Giant, Vokonis, W.E.B (Reviews By Matt Bladen &...
Sorcerer - Reign Of The Reaper (Metal Blade Records) [Matt Bladen]For a band that have been so brilliantly reborn like Sorcerer releasing an album just a week after American trad/doom legends Cirith...
View ArticleReviews: Doro, Nebula, Endseeker, Mouth For War (Reviews By Paul Hutchings,...
Doro – Conqueress Forever Strong And Proud (Nuclear Blast Records) [Paul Hutchings]Less than a year before she reaches her 60th birthday, The Metal Queen shows no sign of slowing. Although it’s been...
View ArticleReviews: Robin Trower & Sari Schorr, Lucid Sins, Bonafide, Ufomammut (Reviews...
Robin Trower ft Sari Schorr - Joyful Sky (Provogue Records) [Matt Bladen]At 78 years old, with a 60 year career and a previous album called No More Worlds To Conquer, you may think that British guitar...
View ArticleReviews: Sky Empire, Ghosts Of Atlantis, Throat, The Sound Of Origin (Reviews...
Sky Empire - The Shifting Tectonic Plates Of Power: Part One (ViciSolum Productions) [Matt Bladen]I was worried when I put on this second album by British prog metal band Sky Empire that I’d been lied...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Lost Society (Live Review By Debby Myatt)
Lost Society, North Atlas & Born Zero, KK’s Wolverhampton, 19.10.23Another school night gig finds us at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton once again. This time it’s in the more intimate surroundings...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Glenn Hughes (Live Review By Debby Myatt)
Glenn Hughes & The Damn Truth, KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton 21.10.23Quite often these days, if you want to see a bona fide rock legend you have to sell a kidney and hopoe you get a ticket that’s...
View ArticleReviews: Tortuga, Dan Byrne, Sonus Mortis, King Falcon (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Tortuga - Iterations (Napalm Records)Polish Foursome Tortuga have two previous albums under their belts, but in their third full length Iterations they have embraced the experimental, evolving from...
View ArticleReviews: Pattern Seeking Animals, Sepulchral Curse, The Plague, Dokken...
Pattern Seeking Animals - Spooky Action At A Distance (InsideOut Music) [Matt Bladen]Formed by members of seminal American prog band Spock’s Beard; John Boegehold (keyboards and production), Ted...
View ArticleReviews: Wayfarer, Legendry, Peine Kapital, Freakshow (Reviews By Erick...
Wayfarer - American Gothic (Profound Lore Records) [Erick Willand]At this point Americana themed Black metal is not a new thing with bands like Blackbraid, Panopticon, Wolves In The Throne Room, and...
View ArticleReviews: Edgar Broughton, Lung, Massive Hassle, Usurper (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Edgar Broughton - Break The Dark (Esoteric Antenna)Acid Rock pioneer Edgar Broughton has a huge back catalogue of music behind him. He's let his freak flag fly across multiple decades, his self named...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Svalbard (Live Review By Mark Young)
Svalbard, Zetra, Hidden Mothers & Without Love, Key Club, Leeds, 21.10.23The Key Club is nestled within the Merrion Centre, it’s small, dark and is just the sort of place that brings out the best...
View ArticleReviews: In This Moment, Elm Street, Bacterial Husk, Aeonian Sorrow (Reviews...
In This Moment – Godmode (BMG) [Zak Skane]Opening up this ten track album The Purge greets us with the seductive pulses of electronic 808 kick drum rhythms, which lures us in to Maria Brinks venomous...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Thy Art Is Murder (Live Review By Danika...
Thy Art Is Murder, Whitechapel, Fit For An Autopsy & Spite, O2 Ritz, Manchester 23.10.23As I’m walking down Oxford Road with my friends we’re all surprised by how far back the queue went, everybody...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Tailgunner (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Tailgunner, Helldown, Madicide & Rites To Ruin, Fuel Rock Club, 26.10.23Another Thursday gig another chance to see some great local supports and headliner on the rise. Feels like the Vexed gig all...
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Review: Green Lung (Review By Matt Bladen)
Green Lung - This Heathen Land (Nuclear Blast) "It's Good To Be The King" - Mel Brooks. Those words stuck with me when This Heathen Land, the third full length from Green Lung arrived in my inbox....
View ArticleReviews: Hawxx, Yawning Balch, Gozer, Acid Force (Reviews By Matt Bladen,...
Hawxx - Earth, Spit, Blood And Bones (Self Relased) [Matt Bladen]Hawxx are a band with something to say, with so many acts using their music to be political, Hawxx use there's to remind the listener...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Electric Callboy (Live Review By Alex Swift)
Electric Callboy & As Everything Unfolds, Great Hall, Cardiff, 27.10.23Ten years deep into their career, the international success of Electric Callboy (10) throughout 2023 seems to have come as...
View ArticleReviews: Suffocation, Insomnium, Carnation, Morne (Reviews By Matt Bladen....
Suffocation - Hymns From The Apocrypha (Nuclear Blast Records) [Matt Bladen]With the release of their ninth studio record you'll know what to expect from New York death metal legends Suffocation,...
View ArticleReviews: Spiritbox, Fuming Mouth, Sugar Horse, Infinty Ritual (Reviews By...
Spiritbox - The Fear Of Fear (Rise Records/Pale Chord) [Danika Ulrich]Spiritbox's ascent through the years has been nothing short of phenomenal and with new release The Fear Of Fear they've created a...
View ArticleReviews: Serenity, Angra, Hermano, Strigoi (Reviews By Matt Bladen, Richard...
Serenity - Nemesis A.D (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Wait, wait, hang on. Georg Neuhauser and Marco Pastorino are now in the same band? Colour me excited, even if Pastorino is playing guitar, his...
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