Reviews: Tiles
Tiles: Pretending 2 Run (The Laser's Edge)If you've never heard of Detroit natives Tiles before then get your head around these figures, Pretending 2 Run is their first studio album in 8 years, their...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Eradication Festival
Eradication Festival Day 1 Friday, Fuel Rock Club Eradication Festival has become a bit of a staple event in the Cardiff metal calendar, it tends to attract high caliber bands that are from the more...
View ArticleReviews: Diamond Head, Texas Hippie Coalition, Savage Master (Reviews By Paul)
Diamond Head: Diamond Head (Dissonance)It’s well-worn history about the influence that Stourbridge’s Diamond Head had on the early thrash movement. We all know the much celebrated Metallica covers of...
View ArticleReviews: Knifeworld, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Red Handed Denial
Knifeworld: Bottled Out Of Eden (InsideOut)Kavus Torabi is somewhat of a prog polymath having had stints in Gong, Guapo, The Mediaeval Baebes and The Cardiacs, he is also the driving force and founding...
View ArticleReviews: Anti-Clone, The Hypothesis, Fear Of Domination
Anti-Clone: The Root Of Man (PHD)"Holy shit this is heavy" these were the initial thoughts I had when The Root Of Man exploded out of my speakers, this band are angry, confrontational and extremely...
View ArticleReviews: Rob Zombie, Tremonti, Universal Mind Project
Rob Zombie: The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser (Universal)The Electric Warlock... is the master of schlock-horror-rock's six album with his solo band, this may seem odd...
View ArticleReviews: Haken, Purson, Massive
Haken: Affinity (InsideOut)Haken are at a point now where they can pretty much go anywhere or do anything they want creatively, for a lot of bands this would mean extreme levels of experimentation that...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Anneke Van Giersbergen
Anneke Van Giersbergen & VerseChorusVerse, Exchange BristolAnneke Van Giersbergen is one of the artists that seems to be everywhere at the moment, having made her name as the singer of Dutch...
View ArticleReviews: Fallujah, Nitroville, Eisenhauer, Craving
Fallujah: Dreamless (Nuclear Blast)The metamorphosis that Fallujah started on their 2013 EP has climaxed on this their third full length, from their early deathcore roots the band have gradually...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Snake Oil & Harmony Tour 2016
Dan Reed & Danny Vaughn, Snake Oil And Harmony Tour 2016, Fuel, CardiffReprising their two man acoustical jam from last year veteran rockers Dan Reed (he of the self titled Network) and Danny...
View ArticleReviews: Vodun, Heavy Star, Hypnos
Vodun: Possession (Riff Rock Records)Vodun means spirit in the Fon and Ewe languages of Ghana, it is pronounced [vodṹ] with a nasal high-tone and is for all intents and purposes a form of Voodoo. Vodun...
View ArticleReviews: The Virginmarys, Mystic Prophecy, Vektor
The Virginmarys: Divides (Wind-Up Records)The Virginmarys are often referred to as a punk rock trio, but I'd say they are more pitched somewhere between the 90's garage/alt rock explosion and 70's...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Metal Church
Metal Church: The Underworld, CamdenIt's been over 20 years since Metal Church graced UK shores and on the back of one of the albums of the year in XI, this was a gig not to be missed. Fortunately I...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Magnum
Magnum & Vega, Tramshed, CardiffLet me set the scene I haven't seen melodic rockers Magnum live since they played what was or indeed what seemed like a labyrinthine set at Steelhouse. At a festival...
View ArticleReviews: Grand Magus, Kvelertak, Secret Rule
Grand Magus: Sword Songs (Nuclear Blast)Sword Songs is Swedish trio Grand Magus' eighth album and it once again shows that if you were to collect all the retro loving NWOBHM/True Metal bands that are...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Virginmarys
The Virginmarys & Ragsy, Retro-Vibe Records, CardiffThe Virginmarys are currently in the mist of their UK/European tour (one that continues into June) supporting their latest album, reviewed...
View ArticleReviews: Destruction, Devildriver, Electric Citizen
Destruction: Under Attack (Nuclear Blast)14 albums? Destruction have made 14 albums? This is what sprang to mind when Under Attack came into my review pile, but after a check online it is indeed the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Buffalo Summer
Buffalo Summer, Florence Black & Staticland; Sin City, SwanseaA day before it was unleashed on the general public Neath's own classic rockers Buffalo Summer staged a little shindig at Swansea's...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian & Gloryhammer, Rock City, NottinghamBlind Guardian do seem to be somewhat of an elusive act for UK shores, their last few tours have been one off shows in London and nothing more...
View ArticleReviews: Crimson Fire, Silverbones, Nightmen
Crimson Fire: Fireborn (Pitch Black Records)Well this is something I didn't expect at all. When I first saw the press release for Greek band Crimson Fire's sophomore album I expected it to be another...
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