AOTY 2024: Giacomo Fiderio
Top 20 Of 2024 By Giacomo Fiderio (Root Zero/Risperidrone) Intro: The 2020’s have been a turbulent decade so far. Defined largely by wars, a pandemic, ever increasing living costs and a rise in extreme...
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Top 20 Of 2024 By Matt Bladen (Editor MoM)1. Opeth - The Last Will And Testament2. Flamebearer - Brazen3. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield4. Lowen - Do Not Go To War With The Demons Mazandaran5....
View ArticleReviews: Status Quo, Epitaph, Gudger, Altareth (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Status Quo - Driving To Glory (Cherry Red Records) Status Quo are one of the longest tenured, endearing rock bands inn the UK rock scene. They're perennial road dogs, having been touring for more than...
View ArticleReview: Wastefall, Stormcast, Scarflood, Empty Mirror (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Wastefall - Soulrain 21 (SleaszyRider Records)Originally released in 2004, the second album by Greek prog metal band Wastefall, Soulrain 21 has now been remastered by Yannis Manopoulos (Thelemite) and...
View ArticleReviews: Dominum, Final Siege, Lord Agheros, Mors Atra (Matt Bladen & Liam...
Dominum - The Dead Don't Die (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen]Zombie metal, like pirate metal, dwarf metal etc etc is metal with a gimmick, usually a good gimmick but one that always has the potential to...
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Review: Magnum (Simon Black)
Magnum - Live At KK's Steel Mill (Steamhammer / SPV)Magnum holds a very special place in my blackened heart, because they were one of the first Hard Rock acts I listened to when I was a kid, and really...
View ArticleReviews: Tremonti, PATRIARKH, Ex Deo, Hanry (Matt Bladen)
Tremonti - The End Will Show Us How (Napalm Records)Mark Tremonti seems to be constantly working, between the reactivated Creed and Alter Bridge he has a solo project and also manages to release some...
View ArticleReviews Wyatt E, Beriedir, The Halo Effect, Children Of The Sün (Joe...
Wyatt E - Zamaru Ultu Qereb Ziqquratu Part 1 (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Joe Guatieri]Wyatt E are a band which presents a unique blend of Doom and Drone Metal, hailing from Belgium. They return with holy...
View ArticleReviews: Dragonknight, FAITHXTRACTOR, Necromaniac, Moon Wizard (Simon Black,...
Dragonknight – Legions (Scarlet Records) [Simon Black]Just when you thought that Euro Power Metal couldn’t get any more cheesy, please welcome Finland’s Dragonknight! This five-piece collaborative...
View ArticleReviews: Sacred, Blacksun, Raging Fate, The Cimmerian (Matt Bladen)
Sacred - Fire To Ice (Stormspell Records)Something of a Swedish power metal supergroup Sacred bring us their debut album Fire To Ice. Inspired by the classic metal bands such as Maiden and the legends...
View ArticleReviews: Datura, Sarcator, Howling Giant, Thy Kingdom Will Burn (Rich Piva &...
Datura - Visions For The Celestial: Beneath The Desert Floor Chapter 8 (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]I did this backwards…I found Dead Shrine in 2023 via the amazing release, The Eightfold Path, before I...
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A View From The Back Of The Room: The Jesus Lizard (Live Review By Joe Guatieri)
The Jesus Lizard & Lice, The Fleece, Bristol, 10/01/25I never thought that I would be at The Fleece for this gig… People couldn’t have been more excited for it on this cold January night, taking it...
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Review: Godzillionire (Rich Piva)
Godzillionaire - Diminishing Returns (Ripple Music)Godzillionaire has had an interesting journey. Lead singer Mark Hennessy was the main man in the criminally underrated 90s alt/grunge band Paw, a band...
View ArticleReviews: Grave Digger, Dunes, Slinky Vagabond, Lifer (Liam Williams, Rich...
Grave Digger – Bone Collector (ROAR/RPM) [Liam Williams]Power metal band Grave Digger have released a large catalogue of albums over the last 40 years, and now they’re adding to that catalogue with...
View ArticleReviews: Landfall, The Big Deal, Time Rift, Axetasy (Matt Bladen)
Landfall - Wide Open Sky (Frontiers Music Srl)Frontiers Music have been mining a lot of musical gold from South America over the last few years, picking up prog metal, symphonic metal and plenty of...
View ArticleReviews: Tokyo Blade, Crimson Storm, Lethal X (Simon Black, Liam Williams &...
Tokyo Blade - Time Is The Fire (Dissonance Productions/Cherry Red Records) [Simon Black]Tokyo Blade are one of those seminal NWOBHM bands that everyone mentions as influential, but who never had made a...
View ArticleReviews: Hierarchies, Inerrant, Proprioception, Sypha (Matt Bladen)
Hierarchies - Hierarchies (Transcending Obscurity Records)Transcending Obscurity Records open 2025 with what may be the most dissonant death metal record you will have heard for a long time. Featuring...
View ArticleReviews: Dark Fortress, Alfavrak, Bottlebelt, The Blackwall (Matt Bladen, Dan...
Dark Fortress - Anthems From Beyond The Grave: Live In Europe 2023 (Century Media) [Matt Bladen]Dark Fortress are probably one of the most important German bands in the second wave of black metal. They...
View ArticleReviews: Avatarium, The Great Old Ones, Martyrion, Kosmogonia (Matt Bladen &...
Avatarium - Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead (AFM Records) [Matt Bladen]Avatarium were founded over 10 years ago and initially very prolific as a continuation of the doom sound created by...
View ArticleReviews: The Breathing Method, Voidfallen, Sisters Doll, TFNRSH (Rich Piva &...
The Breathing Method - After Everything Else (Self Release) [Rich Piva]The Breathing Method are a new Scottish band who definitely love Therapy? This is, of course, a really good thing, and those good...
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