Reviews: Lucassen & Soeterboek's Plan Nine, Demon, Zig Zags, Hemotoxin...
Lucassen & Soeterboek's Plan Nine - The Long-Lost Songs (Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group)Arjen Lucassen is the master of the concept album, he's made bloody loads of them alongside...
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Jasta - …And Jasta For All (Perseverance Music Group) [GC]As we all know Jamey Jasta is the vocalist of hardcore legends Hatebreed but he also has had 3 solo records which have nothing to do with his...
View ArticleReviews: Shellac, Mutes, Brown Acid, Bongfoot (Reviews By Rich Piva)
Shellac - To All Trains (Touch And Go Records)Steve Albini is as important to the music I love, grew up on, and that I molded my tastes from as much as any other person involved in the music creation...
View ArticleReviews: Duft, Ufomammut, Trails Of Anguish, Djiin (Reviews By Zak Skane,...
Duft – Altar Of Instant Gratification (Scarlet Records) [Zak Skane]After the cinematic intro that consists of low droning sound effects of crows, the bands open track Caved In smashes us in the face...
View ArticleReviews: Halestorm, Castle Rat, Iron Slug, Druidess (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Halestorm – Live At Wembley (Self Released)In December 2023 American heavy rock sensations Halestorm played their largest ticketed show to date at Wembley Arena (OVO). The show was recorded for both a...
View ArticleReviews: Subfire, Funeral Storm, Dark Affliction, The Usurper (Reviews By...
Subfire – Blood Omen (Symmetric Records)On the review for their last album Define The Sinner I called Subfire as a “new force in heavy metal” combining all the parts of power/progressive metal that I...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Bloodstock Metal To The Masses Semi Final...
Beyond Sorrow, Rites To Ruin, Root Zero & Thrakian, Fuel Rock Club, 17.05.24After four heats, two quarters, band dropouts, public transport delays, foul weather and mystery illnesses, it was...
View ArticleReviews: Rotting Christ, Reverend Hound, Collateral, Force Of Mortality...
Rotting Christ - ΠΡΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ/Pro Xristou (Season Of Mist)For 35 years Rotting Christ have stood at the top of the Greek extreme metal scene and while the savagery of Thy Mighty Contract and Non Serviam...
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Review: Slash (Review By Paul Scoble)
Slash – Orgy Of The Damned (Gibson Records) Saul Hudson, or Slash as he is better known shouldn’t need any introduction for anyone into rock or heavy metal. From Slash’s Snakepit to Velvet Revolver,...
View ArticleReviews: Abrams, Dopethrone, Summoner's Circle, Teramaze (Reviews By Rich...
Abrams - Blue City (Blues Funeral Recordings) [Rich Piva]On their fifth album, Denver, Colorado’s Abrams have completed their transformation from heavy sludge band to post metal/post grunge/heavy...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Riverside & Klone (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Riverside & Klone (Unplugged), SWX, Bristol 20.05.24It had been a long time since I'd seen French atmospheric proggers Klone (9) play. Last time it was with their seismic countrymen Gojira but this...
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A View From The Back Of The Room: Bruce Dickinson (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Bruce Dickinson & Black Smoke Trigger, Swansea Arena, 21.05.242002, that's was the year Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson (9) played a solo tour. It was 2 years after re-joining with Maiden for...
View ArticleReviews: Liar Thief Bandit, Vale Of Pnath, Kati Ran, Mortal Wound (Reviews By...
Liar Thief Bandit - Icon (The Sign Records) [Rich Piva]Liar Thief Bandit is one of those bands that if you asked me where they were from, I would start with America then move to the Pacific Northwest...
View ArticleReviews: Blasteroid, Forbidden Myth, Caelestia, Oathswan (Reviews By Matt...
Blasteroid - Crypts Of Mind (Self Released)Now this is more like it when it comes to death metal. Blasteroid started life as a band who played technical death/thrash but now they have entered the more...
View ArticleReviews: Defects, Red Handed Denial, Reversed, Ataraxia (Reviews By Zak...
Defects – Modern Error (Mascot Records) [Zak Skane]Defects are a new up and coming metalcore band that are releasing their debut album Modern Error. Throughout the 14 tracks the band harness the...
View ArticleReviews: Knights Of The Realm, Bloodorn, Night Laser, Electron (Reviews By...
Knights Of The Realm - Darker Than Leather (Playground Music) Classic metal is done very well by The Swedes, though what isn't really? It's to the point now that almost all of their bands are a...
View ArticleReviews: Nestor, The Dave Foster Band, Bass Communion, EvilDead (Reviews By...
Nestor - Teenage Rebel (Napalm Records)Nestor took the music world by surprise with their previous album Kids In A Ghost Town, the Swedes play authentic melodic rock that sounds like it’s been stuck in...
View ArticleReviews: Young Acid, Grain Of Pain, Graywave, The Troops Of Doom (Reviews By...
Young Acid - Murder At Maple Mountain (Majestic Mountain Records) [Rich Piva]Young Acid is a Swedish heavy music super group of sorts with members of Greenleaf, Grand Cadaver, Domkraft, and...
View ArticleReviews: Rhapsody Of Fire, Cloven Hoof, Ebba Bergkvist & The Flat Tire Band,...
Rhapsody Of Fire - Challenge The Wind (AFM Records) [Matt Bladen]I'm not sure how we can still review albums by Rhapsody Of Fire. Keyboardist Alex Staropoli has been performing...
View ArticleReviews: Hellbutcher, Haunted Plasma, Wormwood, Saltpig (Reviews By Matt...
Hellbutcher - Hellbutcher (Metal Blade Records) [Matt Bladen]Not content with fronting Friends Of Hell and , black metal maniac Nifelheim, the Hellbutcher sharpens his knives ready to cleave your ears...
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