Reviews: Obituary, Riverside, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Asphyx (Reviews By Paul)
Obituary: Ten Thousand Ways To Die (Relapse)Two new songs and a slab of live tracks from the Inked In Blood tour make Ten Thousand Ways To Die a pretty neat appetiser for the new studio album incoming...
View ArticleReviews: DangerAngel, Hail Spirit Noir, Wardrum, Void Droid
More Greek bands in this post (seeing as I'm currently inundated with them)DangerAngel: All The Kings Horses (Melodic Rock Records)Danger Angel are a melodic rock band from Athens, their sound leans...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: UFO (Live Review By Paul)
UFO – Tramshed CardiffI've reviewed UFO a couple of times for the Musipedia so regular readers will be aware of my unrestrained love for Mr Mogg and co, from way back in the early 1980s when Pete Way...
View ArticleReviews: Hammer King, Joanovarc, Angelcrypt
Hammer King: King Is Rising (Cruz Del Sur Music)For the lovers of hammers, Templar, kings and everything that entails November is a great month as it sees not only the releases of the new record by...
View ArticleReviews: Stick Men, Skewered, Alone With Wolves (Reviews By Rich)
Stick Men: Prog Noir (Iapetus)Being only a casual listener of prog rock, Stick Men are one of those bands that have completely slipped my radar. After a little reading up on their background I...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Saxon (Live Review By Paul)
Saxon: O2 Academy BristolLemmy’s sad death in January this year meant that the opportunity to see Saxon and Girlschool perform on a bill with their natural peers was denied. This tour was no substitute...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Anathema (Live Review By Paul)
Anathema: The Globe, CardiffThere are some gigs that you just have to take a bit of time after to reflect on what you have just witnessed. This was one of those evenings. On Bonfire’s Night in a...
View ArticleReviews: Glen Hughes, Beth Hart, Roth Brock Project, Serpentine Dominion
Glenn Hughes: Resonate (Frontiers)"The Voice Of Rock" Glenn Hughes has been part of and has worked with some of the greatest bands and musicians in rock history, from Trapeze, Deep Purple and Black...
View ArticleReviews: Enemy Of Reality, False Coda,1000mods, Inhuman Rage
Again I turn my attention to a glut of Greek bands currently releasing albumsEnemy Of Reality: Arakhne (F.Y.B Records)Arakhne is the second album by the Athens based symphonic metal band, it is a...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Amon Amarth (Live Review By Elle)
Amon Amarth: O2 Academy, BirminghamOn Saturday afternoon myself and the three younger male Hutchings' made our way to the infamous O2 Academy in Birmingham. A quick bite to eat at the fish and chip...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Blues Pills (Live Review By Paul)
Blues Pills – The Marble Factory, BristolAs we headed to Bristol for the first time this week we had to fight all the way there through the heavy rainfall that lashed down as we drove.Our mood had been...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Impericon Never Say Die Tour (Live Review By Stief)
Impericon Never Say Die Tour, Marble Factory, BristolThat's right folks, it's time for the annual Impericon Never Say Die! Tour, something I've never actually attended before, but enjoyed nonetheless....
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Lacuna Coil (Live Review By Paul)
Lacuna Coil – The Marble Factory, BristolThis year’s surprisingly heavy and very good Delirium release was sufficiently tempting to facilitate a return across the Bridge a mere 48 hours after we had...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Cadillac Three (Live Review By Paul)
The Cadillac Three, 02 Academy, BristolI'm not sure whether Southern rock has undergone a resurgence of late or whether it has always been welcomed with open arms in the U.K. The success of Georgia’s...
View ArticleReviews: Taylor Hawkins, Stefan Berggren, Trees Of Eternity, Duskwood
Taylor Hawkins: K.O.T.A (Self Released)Another Foo Fighters hiatus, another Taylor Hawkins solo project, following on from two Coattail Riders records and his Birds Of Satan records K.O.T.A takes a...
View ArticleReviews: Vader, Avenged Sevefold, Crowbar, Taken (Reviews By Paul)
Vader: The Empire (Nuclear Blast)Playing it safe has never been in Polish titans Vader’s vocabulary. Powering death metal since 1983, The Empire is a blistering follow up to 2014’s Tibi Et Igni, which...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Graveltones
The Graveltones, Le Pub NewportAfter three almost consecutive trips to Bristol in one week, a gig on our side of the bridge (just) was exactly what was needed, forgoing the car it was public transport...
View ArticleReviews: Freedom Call, Wretched Soul, Atlas
Freedom Call: Master Of Light (Steamhammer)Ninth album, no punches pulls, no quarter given, just bouncy Germanic power metal coming from the Helloween sound. Freedom Call have always had their tongue...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: SOiL (Live Review By Elle)
SOiL: The Globe, CardiffOn Sunday night (ugh school night) I made my way over to The Globe. I arrived nice and early so the queue was minuscule, which was great as I could take my place upstairs at the...
View ArticleReview: Metallica (Review By Paul)
Metallica: Hard Wired...To Self Destruct (Blackened)If you were around when Episode 4 hit the cinema for the first time, the anticipation for episodes 1-3 and the excellent number 7 could just not...
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