A View From The Back Of The Room: Apocalyptica (Live Review By Simon Black)
Apocalyptica & The Raven Age, The Great Hall, Cardiff 05.10.24I have to be honest, I came tonight because it’s a friend’s birthday party, and he wanted to come, so come we all did. I also have to...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Orange Goblin (Live Review By Joe Guatieri)
Orange Goblin & Conan, The Fleece, 10.10.24 As a Bristolian, routes always seem to lead back to The Fleece, I attended my very first gig there back in 2014 and now in 2024, the same rules still...
View ArticleReviews: Myles Kennedy, Wind Rose, Ihlo, Sweet (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Myles Kennedy – The Art Of Letting Go (Napalm Records)As his Alter Bridge cohorts make that nostalgia back over in the USA by reforming Creed and getting Millennials everywhere singing along in...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Eleine & Ignea (Live Review By Debby Myatt...
Eleine & Ignea, The Asylum, Birmingham, 10.10.24 Tonight's outing sees us relatively close to home with a night of European symphonic power metal at The Asylum in Birmingham city centre. Just two...
View ArticleReviews: Sylosis, Kosmodome, Oranssi Pazuzu (Reviews By GC, Rich Piva & Matt...
Sylosis - The Path EP (Nuclear Blast Records) [GC] Following hot on from the release of their last album Reading shredders Sylosis had a few tracks left over and though fuck it, release them as an EP...
View ArticleReviews: Maatkare, Escuela Grind, Obnoxious Youth, Hell Valley High (Reviews...
Maatkare - Rise To Power (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]When you think of death metal musicians you probably think of big dudes in camo shorts and no shirts. Machismo incarnate, it's usually always about...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Imminence, Aviana & Allt (Live Review By SJ)
Imminence, Aviana & Allt, Electric Ballroom, London - 10.10.24The last time I was at the Electric Ballroom was circa 6 years ago to see a Korean Rap group called Epik High and the venue is exactly...
View ArticleReviews: House Of Lords, Cleanbreak, Fans Of The Dark, Radioactive (Reviews...
House Of Lords - Full Tilt Overdrive (Frontiers Music s.r.l)James Christian has been the voice of melodic rockers House Of Lords for 35 years and he's still up there vocally with some of the best....
View ArticleReviews: Grand Magus, Cortez, Veiled, Nameless (Reviews By Mark Young, Rich...
Grand Magus - Sunraven (Nuclear Blast Records) [Mark Young]Ok, so I might as-well get this out in the open now. Everyone will have a band or bands they will drop everything for in order to catch them...
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Review: Frost* By Matt Bladen
Frost* - Life In The Wires (Inside Out Music)Double albums and prog bands. It's like Salt N Pepper, Fish N Chips, Sausage N Mash, they just go together (also I was hungry when I wrote this). It's a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: One Ok Rock (Live Review By SJ)
One OK Rock, OVO Wembley, London, 11.10.24Considering this is the first time One OK Rock (9) have played at OVO Wembley London, they definitely are used to putting on an emotionally evocative show full...
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A View From The Quest: Power Metal Quest Fest 2024 (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Power Metal Quest Fest 2024, The Asylum, Birmingham, 12.10.24Yet another quest to the birth place of heavy metal was about to begin. Elves, warriors, orcs and all manner of heroes combined at The...
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Reviews: Dawnwalker By Matt Bladen
Dawnwalker - The Unknowing (Self Released)Like fellow avant-garde experimentalists in heavy music Dawnwalker are less a band and more of a collective. Like the fantastic Crippled Black Phoenix, which...
View ArticleReviews: Planet Of Zeus, Speedrush, Bad Contact, Powercross (Reviews By Matt...
Planet Of Zeus – Afterlife (IHaveADrum Records)On their sixth album Afterlife, Planet Of Zeus seems to be in a much more reflective mood than before. Possibly due to the fact that they were unable to...
View ArticleReviews: Ensiferum, Feral, Sun & Sail Club, Veonity (Reviews By Zak Skane,...
Ensiferum - Winter Storm (Metal Blade Records) [Zak Skane]Aurora opens up the album with setting the folk tone with their tried and tested Celtic instrumentation spanning from guitars strumming in folk...
View ArticleReviews: Capilla Ardiente, Kaivs, Ghostheart Nebula, Seeds Of Mary (Reviews...
Capilla Ardiente – Where Gods Live And Men Die [Paul Hutchings]I’ll level with you here. I’d never heard of Capilla Ardiente before this album came up for review. But as someone who is partial to a bit...
View ArticleReviews: Swallow The Sun, The Outlaw Orchestra, Never Obey Again, Red Giant...
Swallow The Sun - Shining (Century Media Records) Shining continues the evolution of Swallow The Sun. 23 years since they appeared on the scene, they have moved from the progressive death doom sound...
View ArticleReviews: Funeral, Frozen Crown, Carl Sentance, Arrow Valley (Reviews By Matt...
Funeral - Gospel Of Bones (Season Of Mist)One of the cornerstones of the doom metal genre, Funeral are more specifically Funeral Doom, slow, melancholic doom that is introspective and labyrinthine....
View ArticleReviews: DGM, Aries Descendant, Fate, Strangers (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
DGM - Endless (Frontiers Music Srl)Prog bands, concept albums, I made all the comparisons in my review of Frost*’s new album, but they are intrinsically linked. Even Italian prog metal veterans have...
View ArticleReviews: Von Hertzen Brothers, Nitrogods, Enforced, Elephant Tree/Lowrider...
Von Hertzen Brothers - In Murmuration (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]More environmental messages, close vocal harmonies and folky prog rock as the Von Hertzen Brothers present their ninth studio album In...
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