Reviews: Alter Bridge, Neurosis, Sumerlands
Alter Bridge: The Last Hero (Napalm) [Review By Paul]After their respective sojourns with Slash and solo careers, Messrs Kennedy and Tremonti reunite with Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips for Alter...
View ArticleMonster Review: Opeth (Review By Paul)
Opeth: Sorceress (Nuclear Blast)From their death metal roots of Orchid through to the creativity of Damnation and Deliverance and the recovery of Pale Communion after the relatively negative response...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Psychostick (Live Review and Interview By Stief)
Psychostick, The Globe CardiffInterview:Before the Psychostick gig, the Musipedia were lucky enough to catch a few words with bassist Matty J Moose and guitarist Josh "The J" Key.Stief: This Is your...
View ArticleReviews: Airbourne, Brujeria, Gong (Reviews By Paul)
Airbourne: Breakin' Outta Hell (Spinefarm)“If it ain't broke, don't fix it”. To be honest, I could end this review there. The fourth album from Aussie hard rockers Airbourne follows exactly the same...
View ArticleReviews: In The Woods, Skreamer, Jinjer (Reviews By Rich)
In The Woods...: Pure (Debemur Morti)It was a complete albeit lovely surprise to find out recently that the legendary In The Woods... had not only reformed but were releasing a brand new album - their...
View ArticleReviews: Insomnium, The Sword, Operation Mindcrime (Reviews By Paul)
Insomnium: Winter’s Gate (Century Media)Shut the gates! Bolt the doors! Lock up the children and prepare the mead. Winter's Gate, the seventh album from Finnish melodic death metallers has arrived and...
View ArticleReviews: Feeder, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Those Damn Crows
For the first time in a long time we get to review three bands that hail from God's Country and our home base of Wales.Feeder: All Bright Electric (Cooking Vinyl)When Feeder first burst onto the music...
View ArticleReviews: Crobot, Tyketto, Desert Near The End
Crobot: Welcome To Fat City (Wind -Up Records)Once again letting their freak flag fly. Pennsylvania psychedelic heavy rockers return with their second full length and as the title track kicks off the...
View ArticleReviews: Possessor, Psychework, Druaden Forest
Possessor: Dead By Dawn (Self Released) [Review By Rich]London-based three piece Possessor unleash their second self-released album Dead By Dawn and what a glorious racket this album is with a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Orange Goblin
Orange Goblin, Electric Citizen, Poseidon, Lacertilla, The Globe CardiffMy fist gig for a while and on paper it looked like an absolute blinder, four riff hungry stoner/psych/doom bands together in one...
View ArticleReviews: Epica, Steven Wilson, Raveneye
Epica: The Holographic Principle (Nuclear Blast)"The holographic principle is a property of string theories and a supposed property of quantum gravity that states that the description of a volume of...
View ArticleReviews: Sahg, Drunkard, Axxion
Sahg: Memento Mori (Indie)Norwegian band Sahg have been around since 2004 and they released an album every 2 or 3 years, each one mixes doom, stoner, psych, space and prog rock and their fifth is no...
View ArticleReviews: Truckfighters, Re-Armed, Veilburner (Reviews By Rich)
Truckfighters: V (Fuzzorama Records)Sweden's Truckfighters are one of the most revered stoner rock bands out there at the moment with an impressive back catalogue and a reputation as one of the best...
View ArticleReviews: The Radio Sun, Anciients, Fallen Temples
The Radio Sun: Outside Looking In (Melodic Rock Records)The Radio Sun are an Australian AOR band that are trying to compete with the huge rise in Scandinavian melodic rock that has been on the rise...
View ArticleReviews: Van Der Graaf Generator, Red Fang, Dynazty
Van Der Graaf Generator: Do Not Disturb (Esoteric Recordings)The VDGG are a different beast to the one that arrived with huge dollop of weirdness back in 1967, the line up has remained reasonably...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: The Birthday Massacre (Live Review By Stief)
The Birthday Massacre, The Fleece, BristolAfter hearing that The Birthday Massacre were doing a tour and playing what seems to be the Musipedia's second home for gigs, Bristol, Me, Nicola and Dan...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Mission (Live Review By Paul)
The Mission, O2 Academy, BristolImperious. Magical. Confident. Captivating. Four words that sum up The Mission live. The hair may be shorter or in Craig Adams case gone, the energy slightly less but...
View ArticleReviews: The Mission, Darkthrone, The Brew (Reviews By Paul)
The Mission: Another Fall From Grace (Eyes Wide Shut)Back in the mid 1980s when I was in high school, metal was my religion. It still is of course but at that time anything without a thumping riff,...
View ArticleReviews: Winterfylleth, Sonata Arctica, Giraffe Tongue Orchestra
Winterfylleth: The Dark Hereafter (Candlelight Records) [Review By Paul]When Winterfylleth, arguably the UK’s most advanced and technically excellent black metal outfit released their masterpiece The...
View ArticleReviews: Meshuggah, Kyng, Gone Is Gone
Meshuggah: The Violent Sleep Of Reason (Nuclear Blast)With the recent uprising in Djent over the past few years it's sometimes easy to overlook the bands that inspired the entire movement. Meshuggah...
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