A View From The Back Of The Room: Michael Monroe (Live Review By Debby Myatt...
Michael Monroe & CJ Wildheart, KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 28.11.24The venue is already looking packed tonight as we arrive just in time to catch the opening of CJ Wildheart's (9) set. The...
View ArticleReviews: Chaos Reigns, Hidden Mothers, Mandroïd Of Krypton, Big Muff Brigade...
Chaos Reigns - Sweet Violence (Self Released) [GC]If you look back into the history of hardcore, it is littered with EP’s some of the biggest names started this way and some are essential listening,...
View ArticleReviews: Dark Embrace, Fire Action, Sons Of Ghidorah, The Watcher (Reviews By...
Dark Embrace – Land Of Witches (Massacre Records) [Liam Williams]Land Of Witches is the fourth studio album from Dark Heavy Metal band Dark Embrace. This album combines elements from a lot of different...
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Review: The Malefic Grip By Joe Guatieri
The Malefic Grip - Virtue And Industry EP (Self Released)The Malefic Grip are a Bristol based Industrial, Sludge and Doom Metal band made up of bassist/vocalist Liam Wolf and guitarist/backing vocalist...
View ArticleReviews: Chat Pile, Bedsore, Wolvencrown, The Gates Of Slumber (Reviews By...
Chat Pile - Cool World (The Flenser) [Matt Bladen]Sludge and noise rock can be an acquired taste, when it’s done well it’s an all-encompassing blast of pure primordial toxicity, when it’s done badly it...
View ArticleReviews: Sunstorm, Storace, Starchaser, Lionville (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Sunstorm - Restless Fight (Frontiers Music Srl)Sunstorm I suppose is the nucleus of Frontiers records. Created by label boss Serafino Perugino as a vehicle got Joe Lynn Turner, but with JLT now busy...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Vola (Live Review By Dean Palmer)
Vola, Charlotte Wessels, The Intersphere – A Friend Of A Phantom Tour, Manchester Academy, 25.11.24I have been going through a bit of a challenge lately – to see the bands I love without spending money...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Sleep Token (Live Review By Dean Palmer)
Sleep Token & Bilmuri Co-Op Live, Manchester 26.11.24Part two of my “avoiding Ticketmaster and O2 venues but still seeing the bands I like tour” kept me in Manchester for my first ever visit to the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Almighty (Live Review By Debby Myatt &...
The Almighty & Girlschool, KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 29.11.24Another double shift at KK’s in Wolverhampton this week. After last nights top drawer gig, we’re back tonight to see the reformed...
View ArticleReviews: Athena XIX, Electric Temple, Among These Ashes, Iron Slug (Reviews...
Athena XIX - Everflow Part 1: Frames Of Humanity (Reigning Phoenix Music)Proggy, really damn proggy. This was the initial response to Everflow Part 1: Frames Of Humanity, a mouthful of a title that's a...
View ArticleReviews: Shotgun Sawyer, Virtual Symmetry, Citizend, The Old Dead Tree...
Shotgun Sawyer - Shotgun Sawyer (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]Look, I could write 2000 words on why the new Shotgun Sawyer record rules and is an album of the year finalist for sure. I could talk about how...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Orphaned Land - Motocultor Festival Tour...
Orphaned Land, Dirty Shirt, Stråle, Ring of Gyges & Royal Rage – Motorcultor Festival European Tour, Academy 3, Manchester, 01.012.24 And here we go again as we head to the Academy to catch...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Goat Major (Live Review By Matt Bladen)
Goat Major, Thrakian & Risperidrone, Fuel Rock Club, 01.12.24Another Sunday night of riffs at Fuel Rock Club and a case of déjà vu all over again with the opening act of the night. 7 days ago in...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Myles Kennedy & Devin Townsend (Live Review...
Myles Kennedy & Devin Townsend, Great Hall Cardiff, 02.12.24I can't say I've experienced a gig like this before, almost a 50/50 split in audience meant that both acts were really only playing to...
View ArticleReviews: 200 Stab Wounds, Wretched Fate, Ghostwound, Tak Matsumoto Group...
200 Stab Wounds - Piles Of Festering Decomposition (Metal Blade Records) [Mark Young]As titles go, this goes some way into giving you a clue of what is about to unfold. And, as I type their name into a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Torpor (Live Review By Dan Bradley)
Torpor, Host Body & Warren Schoenbright, The Louisiana, Bristol, 22.11.24As I was getting ready to go out for a night of sludge, doom and post-metal at The Louisiana, I glanced at my phone and saw...
View ArticleReviews: Ice Exiled, Burn Down Eden, Denigrate, Old Forest (Reviews By Matt...
Ice Exiled - Reset The Sky (Inverse Records) [Matt Bladen]Sonata Arctica, Turisas and Children Of Bosom jamming together as the ultimate expression of the Nordic heavy metal scene, that's how I would...
View ArticleReviews: Desert Near The End, Sunlight, Soulskinner, Nomos (Reviews By Matt...
Desert Near The End - Tides Of Time (Theogonia Records)Epic power/thrash is a perfect description of what Greek band Desert Near The End have been doing for 14 years now, formed in 2010, Tides Of Time...
View ArticleReviews: Lynx, Steel Inferno, Demon Bitch, Salem UK (Reviews By Rick...
Lynx – Caught In The Trap (Cold Knife Records/No Remorse Records) [Rick Eaglestone] Delving deep into the past’s raw energy, powerful melodies, and electrifying riffs that defined the golden age of...
View ArticleReviews: Powell-Payne, The Sabians, Mudlarker, Dear Deceased (Reviews By Matt...
Powell-Payne - Voilà (Frontiers Music Srl) [Matt Bladen]Some Welsh AOR now from a band formed by Mark "Penfold" Powell (ex-Psycho Kiss drummer) and the ex-vocalist of Airrace, Adam Payne. Both now...
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