Reviews: Per Wiberg, Before The Dawn, Defect Designer, Cave (Reviews By Matt...
Per Wiberg – The Serpent’s Here (Despotz Records) [Matt Bladen]Swedish multi-instrumentalist Per Wiberg has already released a full length and an EP under his solo guise, both were critically acclaimed...
View ArticleM2TM South Wales 2024: Cardiff Heat #2 Interview With Copehill Down By Paul...
Interview with Copehill Down – Heat 2 M2TM, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff 15th March 2024Next up in Heat 2 is Copehill Down. Thanks for taking the time to respond to our questions. 1. Let’s start with...
View ArticleReviews: The Moor, Comeback Kid, Noah And The Loners, Suffersystem (Reviews...
The Moor – Ombra (Inertia Music) [Paul Hutchings]When your album of the year arrives in early March, what do you do? Stop listening to anything else, or accept that there is an inferiority in...
View ArticleReviews: Vltimas, Bongzilla, Atrophy, Leather Lung (Reviews By Paul...
Vltimas – Epic (Season Of Mist) [Paul Hutchings]In those uncertain times mere weeks before lockdown, a stellar package rolled into London for a one-off show. Headlined by Norwegian Black Metal legend...
View ArticleM2TM South Wales 2024: Cardiff Heat #2 Interview With Root Zero By Paul...
Interview With Root Zero – Heat 2 M2TM, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff 15th March 2024Let’s start with introductions. Who is who and what does each person do in the band?We’ve got our lead vocalist Sasha...
View ArticleReviews: Whom Gods Destroy, Scott Stapp, Dragonforce, Wasted Death (Reviews...
Whom Gods Destroy - Insanium (InsideOut Records)Keyboardist Derek Sherinian and guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal were core members of prog metal supergroup Sons Of Apollo alongside Jeff Scott Soto,...
View ArticleReviews: Gost, Lutharo, Lucifer Was, Crying Steel (Reviews By GC, Zak Skane,...
Gost - Prophecy (Metal Blade Records) [GC]Every once in a while, we all need to be taken out of our comfort zone and try something new and exciting, so today I am throwing myself about as far away from...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Saving Grace With Robert Plant (Live Review...
Saving Grace With Robert Plant & Suzi Dian / Taylor McCall, Bristol Beacon, 13.03.24How do you know you’re at a gig where the legendary Robert Plant is performing? Well, there are a few tell tale...
View ArticleReviews: Necrophobic, Brat, Wounds, Ecclesia (Reviews By Gavin Brown, GC,...
Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey (Century Media) [Gavin Brown]Truly masters of metal in its most blackened form, Necrophobic have been a force of nature ever since they burst out of Stockholm thirty...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Cattle Decapitation (Live Review By Matt...
Cattle Decapitation, Signs Of The Swarm & 200 Stab Wounds, Academy, Dublin Apologies to Vomit Forth for missing their show but an early flight to Dublin, hotel shenanigans, At Patrick's chaos and...
View ArticleM2TM South Wales 2024: Cardiff Heat #3 Interview With Digital Resistance By...
Interview with Digital Resistance – Heat 3, M2TM, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff 23rd March 2024Thanks for taking the time to respond to our questions. 1. Let’s start with introductions. Who is who and what...
View ArticleReviews: Aborted, Savage Oath, Bodyfarm, The Wizards (Reviews By Charlie...
Aborted - Vault Of Horrors (Nuclear Blast) [Charlie Rogers]Belgium’s best known unborn baby botherers are back with their 12th album Vault Of Horrors - a 10 track, 41minute romp packed to the brim with...
View ArticleReviews: Achelous, Star Gate, Skags, Medusa's Wrath (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Achelous - Tower Of High Sorcery (No Remorse Records)Greek high fantasy metal heroes Achelous returns with their third album Tower Of High Sorcery. Following on from Macedon and The Icewind Chronicles,...
View ArticleReviews: Mastiff, Sylvaine, Glitter Wizard, Brodequin (Reviews By Matt...
Mastiff – Deprecipice (MNRK Heavy) [Matt Bladen]One of the most disgustingly visceral bands on the scene today, Mastiff return with music so aggressive, so introspective, so nihilistic that it stands...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Judas Priest (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Judas Priest, Saxon & Uriah Heep, 3Arena, Dublin, 15.03.24Travelling to another country for a gig may seem like a very expensive idea in this day and age but with four of my best buddies and three...
View ArticleReviews: Artificial Language, Scavenger, Thornbridge, Ashen Reach (Reviews By...
Artificial Language - Distant Glow EP (Self Released)Prog, specifically modern prog, is probably one of the most popular genres around at the moment. Specifically the bands born out of djent, just look...
View ArticleReviews: The Black Crowes, Avralize, Hashtronaut, Rickshaw Billie's Burger...
The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow Records) [Rich Piva]There is a half dozen or so bands where I went through a serious obsession phase. The Black Crowes are one of them. At one point...
View ArticleReviews: Deception, Devastatiön, Civerous, Altar Of Betelgeuze (Reviews By...
Deception - Daenacteh (Mighty Music) [Mark Young]And now, moving on from total brutality to Norwegian melodic death metal. Daenacteh is the 4th album from Deception and at its heart is the tale of a...
View ArticleM2TM South Wales 2024: Cardiff Heat #4 Interview With Painted As Monsters By...
Interview with Painted As Monsters, Heat #4 M2TM Questions for Musipedia Of Metal1. Let’s start with introductions. Who is who and what does each person do in the band?Hey, we’re Painted as Monsters...
View ArticleReviews: Lords Of Black, Cruzh, Lipz, Holler (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Lords Of Black – Mechanics Of Predacity (Frontiers Music Srl)Lords Of Black, or as I know them Ronnie Romero’s day job, once again bring some great power/prog metal with their sixth studio album. Again...
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