Reviews: Thou, My Diligence, Nightrage, Reliqa (Reviews By Matt Bladen & GC)
Thou - Umbilical (Sacred Bones) [Matt Bladen]Calling their new album Umbilical, Thou return with another record that is in keeping with their ethos as a band. They are primordial, a soup of various...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Uprising 7 (Live Review By Debby Myatt/Tony...
Uprising 7, O2 Academy, Leicester 25.05.24Today sees us in for a long, loud and frenetic day as we roll up for the 7th edition of Leicester's one day, multi-genre metal fest - Uprising.Three stages,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Brujeria (Live Review By Mark Young)
Brujería /Borstal, Esto Es Tour, Rebellion Manchester 26.05.24 It’s the Sunday before a bank holiday and obviously, it is chucking it down in the fair city of Manchester. The area around Rebellion is...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Caligula's Horse (Live Review By Paul...
Caligula’s Horse, The Hirsch Effekt & Four Stroke Baron – Thekla, Bristol 30.05.24It’s a balmy evening in Bristol with several gigs for the discerning metal fan to choose from. There’s the crazy...
View ArticleReviews: Witherfall, Cobra The Impaler, SIG:AR:TYR, Priest (Reviews By Matt...
Witherfall - Sounds Of The Forgotten (DeathWave Records) [Matt Bladen]I've been following the careers of Joseph Michael and Jake Dreyer since they were both in White Wizzard. As with nearly all the...
View ArticleReviews: Marjana Semkina, Laughing Stock, Conflict Choir, Enquire Within...
Marjana Semkina - Sirin (Self Released/Kickstarter)One half of iamthemorning, Marjana Semkina's vocal brilliance will be known to anyone who has ever listened to the chamber pop act. Now based in...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Up The 'Port (Live Review By SJ)
Up The ‘Port, The Corn Exchange, Newport, 01.06.24Cherry Blossom presents Up The ‘Port, which was an event to showcase local Newport talent and boy there was a lot of talent in the room tonight at The...
View ArticleReviews: Voidgazer, Apocalyptica, GURT, Withering Surface (Reviews By Mark...
Voidgazer - Dance Of The Undesirables (Reigning Phoenix Music) [Mark Young]Have you ever heard an album that makes you smile? Something that seemingly comes out of nowhere and stakes a claim for what...
View ArticleReviews: Grey Giant, Sykofant, The Fires Below, Fight The Fight (Reviews By...
Grey Giant - Conversus In Lutum (Self Released)From Santander in Spain, Grey Giant are a stoner band who draw heavily on the 90's desert rock scene as well as many bands in the Greek stoner scene too....
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Bloodstock Metal To The Masses Semi Final...
Apathy Avenue, Kill By Mouth, Verletzen, Confessions Of A Serial Killer, The Bunkhouse Swansea, 01.06.24Heading over to the Swansea side of things was a bit of an unknown quantity, well kind of. I had...
View ArticleReviews: Evergrey, Huntsmen, Grand Slam, WyndRider (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Evergrey - Theories Of Emptiness (Napalm Records)Tom S. Englund and his not so merry men celebrate nearly 30 years with their brand new album Theories Of Emptiness. Their 14th studio album is the end...
View ArticleReviews: Joanne Shaw Taylor, Candy, Holycide, Amen Corner (Reviews By Paul...
Joanne Shaw Taylor – Heavy Soul (Journeyman Records) [Paul Scoble]Joanne Shaw Taylor is a solo artist playing blues/blues rock/R&B. She was discovered as a teenager by Dave Stewart of the...
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Review: Umbra Vitae (Review By GC)
Umbra Vitae - Light Of Death (Deathwish Inc) [GC]Back in 2020 in the midst of Lockdown part 856 there was an announcement that a band consisting of members of Converge, The Red Chord, Hatebreed and Job...
View ArticleReviews: Nordic Giants, Holy Mother, Issa, Swelling Repulsion (Reviews By...
Nordic Giants - Origins (Self Released)Esoteric, enigmatic, spellbinding the music of duo Nordic Giants can be called all these things. But it can always be referred to as forward thinking. Musically...
View ArticleReviews: Severe Torture, Nightmare, DVRK, Intranced (Reviews By Mark Young,...
Severe Torture - Torn From The Jaws Of Death (Season Of Mist) [Mark Young]Dutch metallers Severe Torture have been pedalling their brand of brutality since the release of their debut back in 2001,...
View ArticleReviews: Four Stroke Baron, Octohawk, Broken Lungs, Parchment Farm (Reviews...
Four Stroke Baron – Data Diamond (Prosthetic Records) [Paul Hutchings]Having seen these guys deliver a set of sonic abuse at the recent show supporting Caligula’s Horse at the Thekla in Bristol, it...
View ArticleReviews: Sunburst, Moloema, Eons Aura, Blynd (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Sunburst - Manifesto (Inner Wound Recordings)With inspiration from Dream Theater, Nevermore and Symphony X, Sunburst are looking to follow up their critically acclaimed debut album Fragments Of...
View ArticleReviews: High Desert Queen, DarWin, Shrapnel, The Human Condition (Reviews By...
High Desert Queen - Palm Reader (Magnetic Eye Records) [Rich Piva] Back in 2021 there was a huge buzz around a new band dropping their debut. After a lot of chatter, the Texas band High Desert Queen...
View ArticleReviews: Black Country Communion, Dreamslain, Darkened, Dendera (Reviews By...
Black Country Communion – V (J & R Adventures) [Matt Bladen]Bonamassa, Bonham, Hughes and Sherinian are back after 7 years of silence. Well collective silence, since BCIV all four men have been...
View ArticleReviews: EIVØR, Birdstone, Poobah, Millennial Reign (Reviews By James...
EIVØR - Enn (Season Of Mist) [James Jackson]The bio for Faroese singer/composer Eivor Palsdottir is impressive, her career spanning twenty years to date, her work featuring in Game Of Thrones, the...
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