Reviews: Nick Oliveri, The Rods, Breaths, The Vice (Reviews By Joe Guatieri,...
Nick Oliveri - N.O. Hits At All Vol.8 (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Joe Guatieri]N.O. Hits At All Vol.8 presents one of the latest offerings in Nick Oliveri’s compilation series, including collaborations,...
View ArticleReviews: Abhoria, Tenside, Damian Wilson & Adam Wakeman, Dead Eyed Creek...
Abhoria - Depths (Prosthetic Records) [Paul Scoble]Abhoria are something of a black metal super group as the band feature members of Ashen Horde, In The Company Of Serpents and Vimana, moonlighting...
View ArticleReviews: Altar Of The Stag, Horrorgraphy, The Magic Bus, Corax B.M (Reviews...
Altar Of The Stag - Visceral Offering (Self Released)On my recent trip to Greece I spent two days in Thessaloniki, which has a very fertile music scene. Taking in some fantastic beer at Stones Rock...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Wolfbastard/Betrayer/Virology (Live Review...
Wolfbastard, Betrayer & Virology – Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff 20.01.24You know Wolfbastard are in town when the stage is littered with cans of Tyskie. Those cheeky Northern types are about as subtle...
View ArticleReviews: Massive Wagons, Night Thieves, Psyanide, Trafic Jam (Reviews By Matt...
Massive Wagons - Welcome To The World Reissue (Rock People Management)British rockers Massive Wagons Reissue their third album Welcome To The World. Originally released in 2016 the band were not happy...
View ArticleReviews: Mountain Caller, Sovereign, Kill The Thrill, Hyloxalus (Reviews By...
Mountain Caller - Chronicle II: Hypergenesis (Church Road Records) [Mark Young]Now I’ve got to tell you that I am excited for this. I heard The Archivist last year as part of a pre-order for this and...
View ArticleReviews: The Infernal Sea, Almost Dead, Drip Fed Empire, Stone Horns (Reviews...
The Infernal Sea - Hellfenlic (Candlelight Records) [Matt Bladen]The running joke I have with my wife is that the black metal Plague Doctors in The Infernal Sea are her father’s favourite band. This is...
View ArticleReviews: Vitriol, Ancient VVisdom, Abyssius, Dissimulator (Reviews By Dr...
Vitriol – Suffer & Become (Century Media) [Dr Claire Hanley]As one of the standout albums of 2019, Vitriol had already set the threshold for excellence pretty damn high with their debut full-length...
View ArticleReviews: GUHTS, Bright & Black, Temple Of Void, Dymytry (Reviews By Mark...
GUHTS - Regeneration (New Heavy Sounds/Seeing Red Records) [Mark Young]Hailing from Brooklyn, GUHTS drop their debut album and it’s a striking affair from the word go. The four-piece have themselves...
View ArticleReviews: Slower, Lucifer, Blood Red Throne, Hearts & Hand Grenades (Reviews...
Slower - Slower (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Rich Piva]Let’s see…a Slayer covers album, done in the style of doom, with haunting female vocals, members of Monolord, Lowrider, Kyuss(!), Kylesa, and Year Of...
View ArticleReviews: Exocrine, Heave Blood & Die, The Survival Code, Boarhammer (Reviews...
Exocrine - Legend (Season Of Mist) [Mark Young]Well, this is quite the thing. There is Death Metal. There is Technical Death Metal. And then there is Exocrine, bringing their brand of lunacy and guitar...
View ArticleReviews: Mega Colossus, Greengoat, Command, Byron (Reviews By Matt Bladen,...
Mega Colossus - Showdown (Cruz Del Sur Music) [Matt Bladen]The heart of Raleigh, North Carolina is beating with the sound of melodic metal if Bill Fischer has anything to do with it. The...
View ArticleReviews: The Gems, Any Given Day, Show N Tell, Savaged (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
The Gems - Phoenix (Napalm Records)A new record from three ex-members of Thundermother was always going to feature a lot of hard rocking but Phoenix their debut album The Gems features a LOT of hard...
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Reviews: Caligula's Horse (Review By Matt Bladen)
Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace (InsideOut Music)In several years from now Charcoal Grace will be remembered as the album upon which Australian prog maestros Caligula’s Horse came of age. Formed in...
View ArticleReviews: Hiraes, Manticora, Tanin’iver (Reviews By Matt Bladen, Zak Skane &...
Hiraes - Dormant (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Featuring members of Dawn Of Disease and Critical Mess, Hiraes are a melodeath band with a bit more aggression than many in the genre. Dormant is their...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Bat Sabbath & Margarita Witch Cult (Live...
Bat Sabbath & Margarita Witch Cult, Fleece, Bristol, 25.01.24Black Sabbath are a timeless band. Despite being the first fully fledged heavy metal band (a topic which is debated daily but you’re...
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Reviews: Big Scenic Nowhere (Review By Rich Piva)
Big Scenic Nowhere - The Waydown (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Rich Piva]Big Scenic Nowhere is a desert/stoner/doom/psych supergroup that includes the two hardest working men in the business today, Tony Reed...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: FHED Presents Haast, Empire Of Dust &...
Haast/Empire Of Dust/Hollow Blessings (FHED) The Moon, Cardiff, 26.01.24Transport For Wales didn’t care how much I wanted to get to this show, so the train was delayed and I had no time to enjoy the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Embodiment, Ambrius, Kill By Mouth & Plague...
Embodiment/Ambrius /Kill By Mouth/Plague Father – Hangar 18, Swansea 27.01.24 A crisp evening in the West saw the second event by Cosmic Sea Bookings, and another ear-splitting night of extreme metal...
View ArticleReviews: Florence Black, Enterprise Earth, Meth, Uncomfortable Knowledge...
Florence Black – Bed Of Nails (Self Released) [Paul Hutchings]Skip through the pages of this mighty publication, and you’ll find many reviews of albums and live shows that suggest we might well have...
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