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View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Gun (Live Review By Debby Myatt & Tony Gaskin)
Gun, Kira Mac & Collateral at KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 05.12.24Tonight’s offering on a grim, grey night in Wolverhampton is a triple header of Brit Rock spanning a generation.Up first are a...
View ArticleReviews: After Lapse, Illusion Force, DELLA NOVA, Trouble County (Reviews By...
After Lapse - Pathways (Frontiers Music Srl)Spanish prog metal band After Lapse have already released one record on the Italian label and they look to follow up their debut with Pathways. This second...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: While She Sleeps (Live Review By Toki Ward)
While She Sleeps, Currents, Thrown & Resolve, O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester, 07.12.2024 Despite the horrendous weather and early doors at 6:00PM, Resolve (7) played to a very respectable turn...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Eyehategod & Goatwhore (Live Review By Matt...
Eyehategod, Goatwhore & Silverburn, Hangar 18 Music Venue, 10.12.24What better way to get into the festive spirit than with two of NOLA's loudest bands? Hangar 18 played host to these New Orleans...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Dayseeker/Rain City Drive (Live Review By SJ)
Dayseeker, Rain City Drive & Heart Of Gold - Albert Hall, Manchester, 10.12.24I arrived early to Albert Hall to interview Matt and Zachery from Rain City Drive before the gig (more on this later!)....
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Interview With Rain City Drive By SJ
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View ArticleReviews: Neckbreakker, Subway To Sally, Dom Martin, Marcus Trummer (Reviews...
Neckbreakker – Within The Viscera (Nuclear Blast)Neckbreakker, spelt with two K’s to separate it from the pro wrestling move of the same name, have just the same amount of impact and flash as that...
View ArticleReviews: Mörk Gryning, KillerKorp, Magic Kingdom, Sequester (Reviews By Mark...
Mörk Gryning - Fasornas Tid (Season Of Mist) [Mark Young]As I sit in the comforting glow of a Christmas display, amongst tinsel and Mariah Carey giving it large, I'm drawn back to Fasornas Tid and what...
View ArticleReviews: White Tower, Yovel, Nothing Thrives, Arysithian Blade (Reviews By...
White Tower - Night Hunters (Steel Gallery Records)Speed/power/thrash metal band White Tower come from Thessaloniki and name themselves after the White Tower in that famous city. Night Hunters is their...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Fury (Live Review By Tony Gaskin)
Fury & The Black Hounds, The Billesley Rock Club, 07.12.24We recently popped along to our “local”, The Billesley Rock Club, a favourite haunt of ours tucked away in a leafy suburb of Brum that puts...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Alcest (Live Review By Nat Sabbath)
Alcest, Svalbard & Doodseskader, Manchester Academy, 12.12.24On a cold winter evening in December, Manchester Academy 2 opened its doors to a night of sonic exploration and emotional resonance....
View ArticleAOTY 2024: Llyr Williams
Top 20 Of 2024 By Llyr Williams (Root Zero)1. Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet2. Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja3. Vower - Apricity4. Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To5. Codespeaker -...
View ArticleAOTY 2024: Dan Sierras
Top 20 Of 2024 By Dan Sierras (DoomCharts Contributor)20. Guenna - Peak of Jin ‘Arrah19. Magick Potion - Magick Potion 18. Erronaut - The Space Inbetween 17. Kitsa - Dead by Dawn 16. Valley of the...
View ArticleAOTY 2024: Rick Eaglestone
Top 10 Of 2024 By Rick Eaglestone (MoM & A Certain Taste)1. Winterfylleth – The Imperious Horizon 2. Hekeseblad – Kaer Morhen 3. High Parasite – Forever We Burn 4. Ard – Untouched By Fire 5....
View ArticleAOTY 2024: Joe Guatieri
Top 10 Of 2024 By Joe Guatieri (MoM/BristolVinylGuy)10. Uboa - Impossible Light9. Shellac - To All Trains8. High On Fire - Cometh The Storm7. Human Impact - Gone Dark6. Chat Pile - Cool World5. Knoll -...
View ArticleAOTY 2024: GC
Top 20 Albums Of 2024 By GC (MoM)1. The Hope Conspiracy- Tools of Oppression/Rule by Deception2. Earthtone 9- In Resonance Nexus3. Umbra Vitae- Light of Death4. Mother of Graves- The Periapt of...
View ArticleAOTY 2024: Mark Young
Top 10 Of 2024 By Mark Young (MoM) 1. Heriot - Devoured by the Mouth of Hell2. Homecoming - Those We Knew / Mountain Caller - Chronicle II: Hypergenesis3. Voidgazer - Dance of the Undesirables / Still...
View ArticleAOTY 2024: Rich Piva
Top 20 Of 2024 By Rich Piva (MoM) 1. Luna Sol - Vita Mors2. Kitsa - Dead By Dawn3. Shotgun Sawyer - Shotgun Sawyer4. Free Ride - Acico y Puto5. Tangled Horns - Lighter6. Daily Thompson - Chuparosa7....
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