Reviews: Killing Joke, Graveyard, Ozone (Reviews By Paul)
Killing Joke: Pylon (Spinefarm)Pylon is the 16th album by Killing Joke, a band that shows absolutely no sign of slowing down. In fact, if anything the band have upped the intensity of their performance...
View ArticleReviews: Lucifer's Child, Sebastien, Violent Divine
Lucifer's Child: The Wiccan (Dark Essence Records)Lucifer's Child hail from Athens Greece, they were formed by guitarist George Emmanuel who normally wields his axe in Greece's premier extreme music...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: An Evening With Opeth (Review By Paul)
An Evening With Opeth: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, LondonSunday trips to London for gigs are never particularly enjoyable but when Opeth announced that they would be playing a special 25th anniversary...
View ArticleReviews: Queensryche, Operation Mindcrime (Reviews By Nick)
Queensryche: Condition Human (Century Media)Having been a big Queensryche fan for about eight years or so, it was needless to say that when all the hooha and kerfuffle broke out around the band three...
View ArticleThe View From The Back Of The Room: Riverside (Review By Paul)
Riverside: The Marble FactoryArriving half way through the opening set, we were immediately taken by the sight of a lute at the side of the stage. This later came into play during the latter part of...
View ArticleReviews: Spock's Beard, With The Dead, Satan
Spock's Beard: The Oblivion Particle (InsideOut)American progressive merchants Spock's Beard are now into their 20th year and after all these years the band are still going strong with their third...
View ArticleReviews: Antimatter, Sadist, Lion Shepherd (Reviews By Paul)
Antimatter: The Judas Table (Prophecy Productions)Melancholic moods, gothic atmosphere and delicate themes feature heavily in the sixth release by Liverpool’s Antimatter, the long term project of...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Deathcrusher Tour (Review By Paul)
Deathcrusher Tour: Marble Factory, BristolFive of the heaviest bands to walk the earth in one place? It was a given that MoM ensured a presence at the Deathcrusher tour; in fact there were several...
View ArticleReviews: Dark Moor, Eldritch, Joel Hoekstra's 13 (Reviews By Paul)
Dark Moor: Project X (Scarlet Records)It never ceases to amaze me how many bands churn out album after album with little if no mainstream recognition. Such is the way the metal media is dominated by...
View ArticleReviews: Hotei, Earthside, Gamma Bomb, Starblind
Hotei: Strangers (Spinefarm)Tomoyasu Hotei is something of a legend in Japan he has released 15 albums that have sold millions of copies in his native country, he is a bona fide superstar in his...
View ArticleReviews: Def Leppard, Skindred, Avatarium
Def Leppard: Def Leppard (Bludgeon Riffola/earMUSIC)Paul is going to hate this album, I can tell you that for a fact, thus why I'm going to review it instead. Each to their own and that, but I've never...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Mötley Crüe (Review By Paul)
Mötley Crüe/Alice Cooper: Genting Arena BirminghamWhen Mötley Crüe crashed into the hard rock scene in the early 1980s, I don’t think anyone could have predicted that over 30 years later they would be...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Evil Scarecrow
Evil Scarecrow, Triaxis: Clwb Ifor Bach CardiffSo yet another Evil Scarecrow gig and as is normal it was a cavalcade of laughs and downright silliness from the get go so after meeting with two of the...
View ArticleThe View From The Back Of The Room: Howlin' Rain
Howlin' Rain & Ulysses: The Louisiana, BristolThis was my first time in the Louisiana and it was to see a band I've always admired but I've never seen live Californian's Howlin' Rain were the band...
View ArticleReviews: Gentleman's Pistols, Ram, Fuel Eater
Gentleman's Pistols: Hustler's Row (Nuclear Blast)After a few years away the Leeds based retro rockers come back in glorious form with yet another album of their 70's boogie rock, from a time where...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Blackberry Smoke (Review By Paul)
Blackberry Smoke: 02 Forum, Kentish Town, LondonOur recent gigs have thrown up some pretty impressive supporting acts that have enhanced the experience and generally made the overall experience even...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Snakecharmer (Review By Paul)
Snakecharmer The GlobeDecisions made on impulse can often turn into a disaster. A bad food choice, the wrong turn on a road trip, you get the picture. However, occasionally they turn out to be absolute...
View ArticleReviews: Devil You Know, Waken Eyes, Stormbringer
Devil You Know: They Bleed Red (Nuclear Blast)Howard Jones was always the part of Killswitch Engage that I could tolerate both on record and live, he always seemed a little out of place, almost like he...
View ArticleA View From Another Country: Scorpions (Review From France By Paul)
Scorpions & Europe: Zenith Arena, Lille, France 21 November 2015Due in part to the frustrating lack of shows in the UK, the rare opportunity to attend a European gig combined with the venue being a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Triaxis, One Machine, Krysthla, Bull Riff...
Triaxis, One Machine, Krysthla, Bull Riff Stampede, The Tunnels BristolNow here's a novel idea, get four of the best bands in the UK scene, give them 45 minutes to play each and charge the punter £10....
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