Reviews: Vanden Plas, Praying Mantis, Valley Lodge, Drudge (Reviews By Matt...
Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things (Frontiers Music Srl) [Matt Bladen]German progressive metal band Vanden Plas awaken after a four year hiatus and have made sure everything on...
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Review: Flamebearer (By Matt Bladen)
Flamebearer - Brazen (Self Released)I'm usually pretty good with talking to bands, I mean they are just people, I even managed to sit through breakfast with Steve Harris without going full fan boy. But...
View ArticleReviews: Couch Slvt, Hollow Blessings, Rad, Motions (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Couch Slut - You Could Do It Tonight (Brutal Panda Records)This is a hard listen. In a lot of ways. Musically Couch Slut are aggressive, uncompromising and relentless in their extreme noise terror,...
View ArticleM2TM South Wales 2024: Swansea Heat #4 Interview With Catalysts By Paul...
Interview With Catalysts – Heat 4 Swansea, M2TM 27th April 20241. Let's start with introductions. Who is who and what does each person do in the band?We're Catalysts! A 5 piece band of best mates from...
View ArticleReviews: Folterkammer, Replicant, Verikalpa, Post Death Soundtrack (Reviews...
Folterkammer - Weibermacht (Century Media) [Gavin Brown]Folterkammer are an interesting prospect indeed, a colossal melding of black metal and operatic/classical music that uses the grandeur of both...
View ArticleReviews: EYE, Loch Vostok, Fractal Gates, McPharaoh (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
EYE - Dark Light (New Heavy Sounds)Relocating from her native Wrexham to be with her partner, fellow musician Gid Goundrey, MWWB's front woman/synth player moved into a Grangetown, Cardiff flat, feet...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Tailgunner, Toledo Steel & The Rattlebacks...
Tailgunner, Toledo Steel & The Rattlebacks, Fuel Rock Club 18.04.24I could just recycle my last review of trad metal rising stars Tailgunner (8) when they played Fuel Rock Club but they did play...
View ArticleReviews: Full Of Hell, Night Shall Drape Us, OU, Darkness (Reviews By GC,...
Full Of Hell - Coagulated Bliss (Closed Casket) [GC]Since their formation in 2009 Maryland’s Full Of Hell have released an absolute shedload of stuff on a variety of labels which include numerous...
View ArticleReviews: Accept, Edit The Tide, Vesperian Sorrow, The Loyal Cheaters (Reviews...
Accept – Humanoid (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Accept embrace/reject the technology age, those historical takes in Blood Of The Nations/Stalingrad now replaced by fear of A.I and technological...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: CJ Wildheart (Live Review By Debby Myatt)
CJ Wildheart, Face Up!, The Scumbags, KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton 20.04.24 We’re back at KK’s in Wolverhampton, this time for a show full of punk rock attitude.First up is local trio, The Scumbags...
View ArticleReviews: Tombstoner, Obscurial, Baron, Blessed Black (Reviews By Gavin Brown,...
Tombstoner - Rot Stink Rip (Redefining Darkness Records) [Gavin Brown]New York has had a long and storied past when it comes to death metal with bands like Suffocation, Immolation, Incantation and...
View ArticleReviews: Morgul Blade, Dolmen Gate, Son Of Man, War Grave (Reviews By Matt...
Morgul Blade - Heavy Metal Wraiths (No Remorse Records) [Matt Bladen]The works of Tolkien form the basis of so many bands, his epic tales are just as prevalent in power/epic metal as they are in black...
View ArticleReviews: Darkthrone, Inter Arma, Moon Shot, Old Painless (Reviews By Matt...
Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All (Peaceville) Twenty One! Darkthrone have released twenty one albums, perennial meme Fenriz and Nocturno Culto have been churning out various types of metal since 1986,...
View ArticleReviews: Arð, ACxDC, Glassing, Stormborn (Reviews By Matt Bladen & GC)
Arð – Untouched By Fire (Prophecy Prodcutions) [Matt Bladen]Mark Deeks has been trading under the name Arð since 2019. You may have seen him tinkling the ivories and providing backing vocals for...
View ArticleReviews: Pale Wizard Records, Urzah, Phantom Droid, Slump (Reviews By Matt...
Pale Wizard Records – Sparks: Kimono My House 50 Years Later (Pale Wizard Records)Having already confirmed that 2025’s 50 Years Later album will be Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here, the Pale Wizard...
View ArticleReviews: Six By Six, Party Cannon, Halberd, Dead Mob (Reviews By Matt Bladen,...
Six By Six - Beyond Shadowland (Inside Out Music) [Matt Bladen]For what can be considered to be a supergroup, following up a debut record is crucial. It stops talk of being the next Blind Faith and...
View ArticleReviews: Wheel, Black Tusk, Unearthly Rites, Attic Theory (Reviews By Matt...
Wheel - Charismatic Leaders (Inside Out Music) [Matt Bladen]Often used to refer to those in charge of cults, dictators, demagogues et al We have all witnessed Charismatic Leaders more and more...
View ArticleReviews: Terminal Nation, The Milk Men, Shadowcloak, Beyond The Pale (Reviews...
Terminal Nation - Echoes Of The Devils Den (20 Buck Spin) [GC]It’s been a couple of years since Terminal Nation released their debut album and since then they have been steadily building momentum to...
View ArticleReviews: Ten Ton Slug, Ba'al, Bismarck, The Watchers (Reviews By Matt Bladen...
Ten Ton Slug - Colossal Oppressor (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]It's been a long time coming, a few previous releases, a trail of slime right across their native Ireland, the UK and continental Europe,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Roadburn Festival 2024 (Live Review By Dan...
Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 18-21.04.2024https://roadburn.com/This year Roadburn celebrates 25 years of “redefining heaviness” and championing the cutting-edge of underground heavy...
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