Reviews: Crypt Sermon, REZN, 96 Bitter Beings, New Horizon (Reviews By Matt...
Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose (Dark Descent Records)Savatage, Savatage and Savatage. I repeated the name of this incredible band through the last two Crypt Sermon albums, as well as Candlemass and...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Ufomammut (Live Review By Rich Piva)
Ufomammut & Lowbau, Viper Room, Vienna, Austria, 07.06.24Over the past 25 years or so I have travelled a lot for work. On almost every trip I look to see who is playing live if I have a free night...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Suffocation (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Suffocation, Distant, Sodomized Cadaver & Embodiment, The Globe, Cardiff 12.06.24I always get an uneasy feeling about extreme metal shows at The Globe, I'd consider it more a classic rock venue...
View ArticleReviews: Fu Manchu, Celestial Sanctuary, Golgotha, Quinn Sullivan (Reviews By...
Fu Manchu - The Return Of Tomorrow (At The Dojo) [Rich Piva]To say you know what you are going to get when a new band puts out an album can be a complement or it could be a complaint. For the latter,...
View ArticleA View From The Castle Grounds: The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer (Live Review By...
The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer & Teen Mortgage, Depot At The Castle, Cardiff Castle, 14.06.24The start of Cardiff Castle's Summer Sessions began with some traditional Welsh summer weather. As the...
View ArticleReviews: Axel Rudi Pell, Ulcerate, Embryonic Autopsy, Xeneris (Reviews By...
Axel Rudi Pell - Risen Symbol (Steamhammer/SPV)22 albums! 22! There's no doubt that German guitarist/songwriter Axel Rudi Pell is a machine and while he does love a ballad, having two(?) full...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Sweatbox (Live Review By SJ)
SweatBox, MondoWave & The Oversights, Le Pub, Newport, 14.06.24Another great line up at Le Pub! This was my first time watching any of the acts, so I was excited at the prospect. I did appreciate...
View ArticleReviews: Mono, Horseburner, Kvaen, Zu (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Mono – Oath (Pelagic Records)Mono make beautiful music, the Japanese quartet, have long been established as one of the most endearing, soul stirring bands on the planet with their instrumental post...
View ArticleReviews: Downfall Of Mankind, The Ghost Next Door, Battlesnake, Sibiir...
Downfall Of Mankind – Purgatory (Seek & Strike) [Zak Skane]Formed in Portugal in 2019, the symphonic deathcore band Downfall Of Mankind combines snuff movie levels of brutal bludgeoning beat downs...
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Review: Louise Patricia Crane (Review By Matt Bladen)
Louise Patricia Crane - Netherworld (Peculiar Doll)On her debut album Deep Blue, I like many others raved about the hallucinatory, mystical experience of listening to Louise Patricia Crane’s music....
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Review: Earthtone9 (Review By GC)
Earthtone9 - In Resonance Nexus (Candlelight Records) [GC]Ok, before we started, I feel that I must admit that I love Earthtone9! Ever since they came onto the scene back in 1998, they have challenged...
View ArticleReviews: Cavalera, King Bastard, Gorgatron, Aklash (Reviews By Mark Young &...
Cavalera - Schizophrenia (Nuclear Blast Records) [Mark Young]And now, a perfect end to my reviews for this week. A year or so ago, Max brought Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions back from the...
View ArticleReviews: Kittie, Portrait, Greenleaf, Maverick (Reviews By Matt Bladen, Paul...
Kittie – Fire (Sumerian Records) [Matt Bladen]Are Kittie Nu-Metal? If you’ve only heard 1999’s Spit then you may say yes, but you’d be wrong, the Canadian metal act have been moving toward a heavier,...
View ArticleReviews: Rendezvous Point, Seven Spires, The Mysterines, Sons Of Arrakis...
Rendezvous Point - Dream Chaser (Long Branch)Norway keeps giving the world emotionally resonant, musically impressive and forward thinking progressive music, similar to fellow Norwegians Leprous,...
View ArticleReviews: Danava, Construct Of Lethe, The Mercury Riots, Joe Bonamassa...
Danava - Live (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Rich Piva]There are certain bands that, even if you never experienced it first-hand, you know are excellent live. Portland, Oregon’s Danava would fit in this...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Witching, Gimic & Hollow Blessings (Live...
Witching, Gimic & Hollow Blessings, The Moon, Cardiff, 20.06.24A Thursday night gig with only one band I had seen before? Yeah lets do it. First up Hollow Blessings (8), Cardiff hardcore/sludge...
View ArticleBloodstock Metal To The Masses Finalist Interview: Confessions Of A Serial...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses 2024 Finalists Interview With Confessions Of A Serial Killer (Interview By Matt Bladen)First of all congratulations on getting to the final, which this year is the...
View ArticleReviews: Sumac, Codex Mortis, Cainites, Illdisposed (Reviews By Dan Bradley,...
Sumac – The Healer (Thrill Jockey) [Dan Bradley]Post-metal pioneers Sumac have been destroying, rebuilding and refining the genre boundaries of heavy music for almost a decade. Their latest album The...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Urzah, Tides Of Sulfur, Lung & Inerrant...
Urzah, Tides Of Sulfur, Lung & Inerrant, The Moon, Cardiff, 21.06.24What's better than a gig in a Friday night? A free gig on a Friday night? A free gig featuring spine of South Wales and South...
View ArticleBloodstock Metal To The Masses Finalist Interview: Kill By Mouth (Interview...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses 2024 Finalists Interview With Kill By Mouth (Interview By Matt Bladen)First of all congratulations on getting to the final, which this year is the biggest one yet!1....
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