Review: Moggs Motel, The Cold Stares, Black Sites, Elephant Tree (Reviews By...
Moggs Motel - Moggs Motel (Steamhammer / SPV)After his health problems, that out paid to the farewell tour of British hard rock icons UFO, there was a part of me that thought we would never hear his...
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Temple Witch - Ocean Thousand, Mountain Thousand (Wormholedeath Records) [Rich Piva]Temple Witch is a doom trio out of Ohio who came on the scene back in 2021 with the great debut album, Hand In Hand...
View ArticleReviews: Wolfheart, Jordan Rudess, Future Palace, Mortal Blood (Reviews By...
Wolfheart - Draconian Darkness (Reigning Pheonix Music) [Mark Young]Melodeath can be hit and-miss for me, it’s like a lot of metal offerings in that there is no rhyme or reason as to why you like one...
View ArticleReviews: Van Groover, Helvetets Port, Ifrit, Blitzkrieg (Reviews By Rich Piva...
Van Groover - Back To The Shop (Self Released) [Rich Piva]Van Groover is a stoner rock band from Germany who gave us a cool debut record in 2021, Honk If Parts Fall Off and a nice follow up EP, Back...
View ArticleReviews: Pure Reason Revolution, 40 Watt Sun, God Dethroned, Solars (Reviews...
Pure Reason Revolution - Coming Up To Consciousness (Inside Out Music) Since their reactivation in 2020, Pure Reason Revolution have been pursuing quite a singular sound, it's hard to mentioned the...
View ArticleReviews: Officium Triste, Curse The Son, Solitary, Castle (Reviews By Mark...
Officium Triste - Hortus Venenum (Transcending Obscurity Record) [Mark Young]Checking online, Officium Triste came into being back in 1994 and have consistently released music in one shape or another...
View ArticleReviews: Arild Brøter, A Forest Mighty Black, Dead Daisies, Lusca (Reviews By...
Arild Brøter - A Spectre Of Sounds (Apollon Records) [Mark Young]Something a little bit different now, as we take a tumble into the world of 007 with a selection of instrumental arrangements given an...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Kickin' Valentina (Live Review By Debby...
Kickin Valentina, The Midnight Devils and White Tyger KK’s Steel Mill, 30.08.24We’re back at KK’s this evening for a night of Glam Slam Sleazy Rock!East Coast Sleaze Rockers Kickin Valentina have...
View ArticleReviews: Isolert, Silvernite, Edouarth, Ventirati (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Isolert - Wounds Of Desolation (Non Serviam Records)Another Greek black metal band as Isolert release their third album Wounds Of Desolation. It's an intense record of black metal soundscapes where the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Mangata Spotlight Sessions (Live Review By SJ)
Mangata Spotlight Sessions, The Old Cold Store, Nottingham, 31.08.24Mangata Spotlight Sessions (8) showcase artists who have appeared or who may appear in Mangata Festival, generally focusing on local...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Nile (Live Review By Charlie Rogers)
Nile, Hideous Divinity, Intrepid, Pestifer, The Fleece, Bristol 05.09.24Having very recently released a new banger of an album (please see my prior review for more info), it makes complete sense for...
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Review: Winterfylleth (By Rick Eaglestone)
Winterfylleth – The Imperious Horizon (Candlelight/Spinefarm) [Rick Eaglestone]As we come into the latter part of this particular trip around the sun, Winterfylleth return with a sonic blizzard rammed...
View ArticleReviews: David Gilmour, God Is An Astronaut, Vestige, Copse (Reviews By Matt...
David Gilmour - Luck & Strange (Sony Music CMG)Pink Floyd is dead baby. David Gilmour said so. Each time he's been interviewed over his new album Luck & Strange, they ask him about the...
View ArticleReviews: APEP, Victory, Bodysnatcher, The Blacktones (Reviews GC, Paul...
APEP - Before Whom Evil Dwells (War Anthem Records) [GC]Having had a bit of a break from the death metal grind, today I am back on the scene and have the second release from German death metal band...
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Review: Oceans Of Slumber (By Matt Bladen)
Oceans Of Slumber - Where Gods Fear To Speak (Season Of Mist)As their previous album Starlight And Ash got rid of any of the extreme metal machinations Texan prog metal band Oceans Of Slumber had in...
View ArticleReviews: Legions Of Doom, A Killer's Confession, Zetra, Bones UK (Reviews By...
Legions Of Doom - The Skull 3 (Tee Pee Records) [Rich Piva]I guarantee there is not going to be an album this year or for the foreseeable future that will have more of a profound effect on me then...
View ArticleReviews: Spirit Mother, Agrypnie, Eddie & The Wolves, Jade/Sanctuarium...
Spirit Mother - Trails (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Rich Piva]Spirit Mother is a US based dark psychedelic rock band that has been off my radar somehow until now, thanks to Heavy Psych Sounds bringing us...
View ArticleReviews: Slomosa, Torso, The Nail, Stryper (Reviews By Joe Guatieri, Matt...
Slomosa - Tundra Rock (Stickman Records) [Joe Guatieri]Slomosa are a Stoner Rock band hailing from Norway. Their debut album was released in 2020 in the heat of the pandemic, I found it in 2021 after...
View ArticleReviews: Big Big Train, Firtan, Find Me, Gargantura (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Big Big Train - A Flare On The Lens Live (InsideOut Music)Recorded over two nights at London's Cadogan Hall, in the midst of their longest tour ever, British prog rock icons Big Big Train have...
View ArticleReviews: The Jesus Lizard, Flotsam And Jetsam, Typhonian, Mordkaul (Reviews...
The Jesus Lizard - Rack (Ipecac Records) [Rich Piva]I didn’t think we would ever see another Jesus Lizard record. Not because they broke up in some fantastic and dramatic way; after Capitol dropped...
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