Reviews: Dogma, High Spirits, PaleHørse, Maul (Reviews By Rich Piva & Mark...
Dogma - Dogma (MNRK Heavy) [Rich Piva]The debut album from mystery women Dogma has some positives and negatives as far as the reviewer is concerned going in to listening and writing this review. On the...
View ArticleReviews: Ritual King, Temic, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Bull Elephant (Reviews By...
Ritual King - The Infinite Mirror (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]I’m predictable when it comes to stuff that Ripple Music puts out. I believe the boss of this blog called me Ripple’s biggest fan and this...
View ArticleReviews: DGM, Sadus, Night Crowned, Dyssebeia (Reviews By Paul Hutchings &...
DGM – Life (Frontier's Music Srl) [Paul Hutchings]Italian progressive metal? Nowhere finer than DGM, who have been around since 1994. A band that has endured multiple line-up changes in its early...
View ArticleReviews: Earthside, Terromania, Eldritch, The Rattlebacks (Reviews By Matt...
Earthside - Let The Truth Speak (Music Theories Recordings) [Matt Bladen]I knew to approach this second album from progressive metal mavericks with the same focus and training as a super marathon...
View ArticleReviews: Foetal Juice, Mayfire, Draconicon, Care Of Night (Reviews By Charlie...
Foetal Juice - Grotesque (Gorehouse Productions) [Charlie Rogers]A band’s third record is often overlooked when fans weigh up the sum total of releases. Some will decry anything after the band’s...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Deathstars (Live Review By James Jackson)
Deathstars, Priest, Liv Sin - Rebellion, Manchester. 09.11.23I’ve been to Rebellion a few times now and tonight it’s playing host to Deathstars on the Everything Destroys You tour, support on this leg...
View ArticleReviews: Alchemy Of Flesh, The Mosaic Window, Signum Regis, Solothurn...
Alchemy Of Flesh - By Will Alone (Redefining Darkness Records) [Erick Willand] One man Death Metal wrecking machine Alchemy Of Flesh burst onto the scene in 2021 like an explosive elixir with Ageless...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Cavalera (Live Review By Debby Myatt)
Cavalera, Incite & Recall The Remains, KK'S Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 09.11.23First up tonight we have local(ish) boys, Recall The Remains (8). After Bloodstock, this is probably their biggest gig...
View ArticleReviews: HELGA, Wet Cactus, Sadism, Bloodphemy (Reviews By Matt Bladen, Rich...
HELGA - Wrapped In Mist (Season Of Mist) [Matt Bladen]Folk and metal are so intrinsically linked to each other that many bands lend both styles together in their music. It's even more present in the...
View ArticleReviews: Beyond Grace, Secret Rule, Temple Of Scorn, Convocation (Reviews By...
Beyond Grace - Welcome To The New Dark Ages EP 1 (Self Released) [Mark Young]Nottingham. Robin Hood. Brian Clough and now Beyond Grace who should now be top of your list of bands to listen to. They...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Sisters Of Mercy (Live Review By James...
Sisters of Mercy, KK’s Steel Mill, 16th November 2023. KK’s Steel Mill is packed, they’ve opened up the area revealing a much larger space than I’m used to seeing, there’s a bar area, a disabled...
View ArticleReviews: Master's Call, Fawn Limbs & Nadja, Burden Of Grief, Coven Of Japan...
Master's Call - A Journey For The Damned (Fireflash Records) [Matt Bladen]Having released a debut EP in 2019, Master's Call kicked down the door of blackened death metal gatekeeping, announcing...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Uli Jon Roth (Review By Debby Myatt)
Uli Jon Roth, KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 21.11.23We’re back at the excellent KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton tonight for what was to be a night of musical virtuosity from one of the often...
View ArticleReviews: Underdark, Black Pyre, Future Static, March To Die (Reviews By Mark...
Underdark - Managed Decline (Church Road Records) [Mark Young]The second full-length release from Nottingham’s Underdark has been on a lot of peoples can’t wait lists for a while, and early feedback...
View ArticleReviews: Celeste, The Dialectic, Ex Everything, Call Me Amour (Reviews By...
Celeste - Epilogue(s) (Nuclear Blast Records)Following their 2022 album Assassine(s) French avant-garde act Celeste release a three track EP of bonus tracks recorded during the sessions for the last...
View ArticleReviews: Laang 冷, Void Below, The Last Eon, A Hill To Die Upon (Reviews By...
Laang 冷 - Riluo (Talheim Records) [Matt Bladen]There are bands who sing about dying and then there's Laang 冷 vocalist/guitarist Haitao Yang, who after a carkacking gone wrong was shot in the head and...
View ArticleReviews: Sadhus The Smoking Community, Beyond This Earth, Cargo Lift, Emperor...
Sadhus The Smoking Community - Illegal Sludge (Ouga Booga And The Mighty Oug Records)It's been five years since Sadhus The Smoking Community released their second album, but now they have crawled their...
View ArticleReviews: Hyperia, Tol Morwen, Aeolian, HumanKind (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Hyperia - The Serpent's Cycle (Self Released)Hyperia's third album The Serpent's Cycle improves on the techincal thrash/heavy metal that was established on their 2020 debut Insanitorium and their...
View ArticleReviews: Orphaned Land, Paradise Lost, Unprocessed, The Company Corvette...
Orphaned Land – A Heaven You May Create (Century Media Records) [Paul Hutchings]I think it’s reasonably well known that I like this band, a lot. There’s something about their fusion of styles, their...
View ArticleReviews: Cobra Spell, ORO, Weeping Silence, Slodder (Reviews By Matt Bladen,...
Cobra Spell - 666 (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Founded by ex-Crypta/ex-Burning Witches shredder Sonia Anubis, Cobra Spell is the kind of band that she always wanted to play in, a sleazy, 80’s inspired...
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