A View From The Castle Grounds: Avril Lavigne (Review By Matt Bladen)
Avril Lavigne, Simple Plan & Phem, Depot At The Castle, Cardiff Castle, 02.07.24Nostalgia is a powerful thing, it takes you back to somewhere you have been in the last, a place, a feeling, a...
View ArticleReviews: Kryptos, Visions Of Atlantis, Nyktophobia, Wormed (Reviews By Mark...
Kryptos - Decimator (AFM Records) [Mark Young]Sometimes all you want is fun, breezy heavy metal. Nothing stupidly heavy, just metal tunes that come in, make you feel better and then leave. Especially...
View ArticleReviews: Arx Atrata, Madicide, Blasting Rod, Mystery (Reviews By Mark Young,...
Arx Atrata - A Reckoning (Independent Release) [Mark Young]A Reckoning is the 4th full album from Arx Atrata, stemming from the brain of single member Ben Sizer. The genre is melodic atmospheric black...
View ArticleReviews: The Radicant, Mr Big, Blasfeme, Voice (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
The Radicant - We Ascend (Kscope)Vincent Cavanagh has one of the purest voices ever put to record. The frontman of Anathema since it's inception, alongside his brother's Daniel and Jamie they were not...
View ArticleReviews: Amorphis, Meltem, Lord Buffalo, Disloyal (Reviews By Paul Hutchings,...
Amorphis – Tales From The Thousand Lakes: Live At Tavastia (Reigning Phoenix Music) [Paul Hutchings]Recorded with what appears to be no audience, and with no reference to this release on the band’s...
View ArticleReviews: Black Lava, Turin, Ananda Mida, Mothman And The Thunderbirds...
Black Lava - The Savage Winds Of Wisdom (Season Of Mist) [Mark Young] The Savage Winds Of Wisdom is the second album from Melbourne’s Black Lava. Two years after Soul Furnace, the 4-piece have pushed...
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Radar Festival 2024 Preview
Radar Festival Preview By Matt & Tom BladenRadar Festival 2024 is on the horizon and it's the most diverse eclectic line up yet. We're going to give you a run down of the big hitters and some of...
View ArticleReviews: Axxis, Black Capricorn, Legions Of The Night, Eternal Remembrance...
Axxis - Coming Home (Phonotraxx Publishing)Coming Home is the final chapter of German power metal surviors, Axxis' long history. Releasing their debut album Kingdom Of The Night in 1989, they have had...
View ArticleReviews: Palace, Spektra, The Mourning, Occult Witches (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Palace – Reckless Heart (Frontiers Music Srl)Michael Palace became a house-writer/guitarist for several Frontiers bands before signing to the label with his own band, ingeniously titled Palace (works...
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Review: The Home Team (Review By SJ)
The Home Team – The Crucible Of Life (Thriller Records) I have been waiting for this release. The Home Team are a Seattle based, self-described “heavy pop” quartet consisting of members Brian Butcher...
View ArticleReviews: Seth, Diskord/ATVM, Endless Floods, Gorgonchrist (Reviews By Rick...
Seth – La France Des Maudits (Season Of Mist) [Rick Eaglestone]French black collective Seth return with a vision of the 18th century told through their latest release La France Des Maudits. Strong...
View ArticleReviews: Excel, Gigi Gold, Braindrag, Lady Rage (Reviews By Rich Piva, Paul...
Excel - Seeking Refuge (Southern Lord) [Rich Piva]Excel was/is a thrash band out of Venice, California who started out more of a crossover thrash band but by 1995, when this record, Seeking Refuge,...
View ArticleReviews: Werewolves, Sable Hills, Paul Di'Anno, Far From Refuge (Reviews By...
Werewolves – Die For Us (Self Released) [Paul Hutchings]“Same shit…blastbeats and incoherent ranting, sick riffs, that sort of thing. We’ll slip in some big choruses, brilliant samples, a few hints of...
View ArticleReviews: Orange Goblin, Assemble The Chariots, Servants To The Tide, Keys...
Orange Goblin – Science, Not Fiction (Peaceville Records)ORANGE F*CKING GOBLIN BABY!! That’s how you’re supposed to start every Orange Goblin review right? Cool nailed it! Seriously every new record...
View ArticleReviews: White Witch Canyon, Beasto Blanco, Jupiter Cyclops, Act Of Creation...
White Witch Canyon - Beneath The Desert Floor Chapter 3: White Witch Canyon (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]Man do I love what labels like RidingEasy and Ripple Music are doing, finding lost gems of records...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Ingénue EP Launch (Live Review By Mark Young)
Ingénue Recreational Monachopsis EP Launch, The Peer Hat, Manchester 07.07.24 And here we are in Manchester, no rain and slightly balmy weather which is nice so obviously I've hexed it for later once...
View ArticleReviews: Chemical Storm, Arka’n Asrafokor, Inner Strength, Thousand Limbs...
Chemical Storm – Digital Dementia (UK Thrashers) [Paul Hutchings]Visceral, intense, explosive. Three words that summarise the latest EP from Kent band Chemical Storm. Another band who makes a necessary...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Underdark/Grief Ritual (Live Review By Matt...
Underdark, Grief Ritual, Levitas & Ordeal By Roses/NoisexMarine, Fuel Rock Club, 20.07.24Rescheduled from February due to technical issues, FHED finally presented a night of modern extreme music...
View ArticleReviews: Deep Purple, Dream Evil, Dead Monarchs, Dehumanaut (Reviews By Matt...
Deep Purple - =1 (earMusic)While many of the rock dinosaurs have long since gone extinct, Deep Purple seems to keep on kicking, maybe it's due to their revolving door membership (though they have a...
View ArticleReviews: Worshipper, Ironflame, Void Witch, Callas (Reviews By Matt Bladen &...
Worshipper - One Way Trip (Magnetic Eye Records) [Matt Bladen]Boston psych rockers Worshipper come from a European standpoint musically, putting NWOBHM with classic hard rock in the same way Kadavar,...
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