Reviews: Holy Grail, Persona, Lugnet
Holy Grail: Times Of Pride And Peril (Prosthetic Records)Former White Wizzard members Jame Paul Luna (vocals) and Tyler Meahl (drums) formed Holy Grail in 2009 after leaving White Wizzard, now where as...
View ArticleReviews: Wolfmother, Iggy Pop, Lissie
Wolfmother: Victorious (Universal)Wolfmother's previous album New Crown was digital only release that saw the band reform after frontman Andrew Stockdale embarked on a solo career. If I'm honest the...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Parkway Drive (Review By Lee)
Parkway Drive, Bury Tomorrow, Thy Art Is Murder, Manchester O2 ApolloOn a very chilly saturday night out in Manchester, myself and Dan check out a pretty decent bill featuring Thy Art Is Murder, Bury...
View ArticleReviews: Last In Line Vs Resurrection Kings (Review By Paul)
Last In Line: Heavy Crown (Frontiers) Vs Resurrection Kings: S/T (Frontiers)For fans of traditional heavy metal, the arrival of Dio in 1983 was a pretty substantial event. The combination of a...
View ArticleReviews: Issak, Holy Grove, R.I.P (Reviews By Paul)
Isaak: Sermonize (Small Stone Records)More Italian action with no-nonsense stoner rock from Genova’s Isaak. Sermonize is their sophomore release, following on from debut The Longer The Beard, The...
View ArticleReviews: Avantasia (Monster Review By Matt)
Avantasia: Ghostlights (Nuclear Blast)When Tobias Sammet first released his debut 'Metal Opera' in 2001, many I'm sure thought something as overblown and epic in scale would not last longer than one...
View ArticleReviews: Exhumer, Obscura, Demonstealer (Reviews By Paul)
Exumer: Raging Tides (Metal Blade Records)In amongst the huge number of excellent thrash bands that emerged during the 1980s, one could be forgiven for missing some real gems. Many of those bands fell...
View ArticleReviews: The Cult, Myrath, Simo
The Cult: Hidden Cities (Cooking Vinyl) [Review By Paul]The tenth album by British rockers The Cult, Hidden Cities contains all the ingredients required for an album by The Cult; from the swirling...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Kataklysm (Review By Paul)
Kataklysm, Septicflesh & Aborted, The Fleece BristolThe first in a number of trips across the bridge in February saw the intrepid trio of Lee, The Ed and me head for a night of brutality at the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Thunder
Thunder, Colston Hall BristolDay two of our trio of gigs across the bridge, this time it was indeed time for something completely different with a night of hard rock lined up in the beautiful Colston...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Symphony X
Symphony X & Myrath, Bristol BierkellerSo the third and final trip into Bristol in a week that started with death metal, then classic rock and then this was the night that we got our prog on with...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Cult
The Cult – Bristol Colston HallWhen The Cult released the monumental Love in 1985, with the slew of hit singles including “that song”, even they would never in their wildest dreams have thought that...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Devilskin
Devilskin & Skarlett Riot, The Iron Road EveshamA road trip is always something I welcome on a Saturday especially for gigs, so it was great anticipation and my oldest friend that we packed the car...
View ArticleReviews: Beyond The Black, Ethereal Riffian, Wisdom
Beyond The Black: Lost In Forever (Airforce 1 Records) [Review By Paul]Symphonic power metal? Hmm, often bordering dangerously close to Eurovision and a genre which often either floats your boat or...
View ArticleReviews: Inglorious, Exmortus, Sage's Recital
Inglorious: Inglorious (Frontiers)Are Inglorious the next big thing? Well or arrows point to yes, with recent tour in support of The Winery Dogs, triumphant sets at Planet Rockstock, up and coming sets...
View ArticleReview Number 666: Enzo & The Glory Ensemble, Metratone, God Syndrome
Enzo and the Glory Ensemble: In The Name Of The Father (Symphony Records)Metal and Christianity are not comfortable bedfellows. If you search for Christian rock and metal bands on the internet, you’ll...
View ArticleReviews: Voivod, Delain, Hällas (EP Round Up)
Voivod: Post Society (Century Media)Canadian progressive thrash legends Voivod history are well know but since the loss of Piggy the band have soldiered on with 2013's Target Earth being the fists...
View ArticleReviews: Redemption, Now Or Never, Blackhour
Redemption: The Art Of Loss (Metal Blade)The sixth album from Progressive metal supergroup Redemption goes some way to recapture the glorious sounds of the bands' fourth album Snowfall On Judgement Day...
View ArticleReviews: Monster Truck, Anvil, Ancient Spell (Reviews By Paul)
Monster Truck: Sittin’ Heavy (Mascot Records)2013’s stonking debut Ferocity saw Canadians Monster Truck crash into our world with all the subtlety of well, a monster truck rally. A blistering...
View ArticleReviews: Subsignal, Karybdis, To Wither (Reviews By Paul)
Subsignal: The Beacons Of Somewhere Sometime (Golden Age Records)Released late in October 2015, Subsignal’s fourth full release oozes quality. The band who were formed in Munich in 2007 deliver high...
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