A View From The Back Of The Room: Lordi
Lordi, The Scene Club SwanseaMyself and Brett left Cardiff at 7 ready for a slightly later arrival than normal. Both us have never seen Lordi live, despite my love of them since Get Heavy and Brett's...
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Mono, Alcest & Sinistro, The Globe, CardiffA highly anticipated evening of atmospheric music hit The Globe as Alcest & Mono brought their co-headlining tour to the Welsh capital.There was no...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Delain & Everygrey (Live Review By Paul)
Delain, Tramshed Cardiff 17 November 2016A cold rainy night in Cardiff but a reasonably sized crowd inside the Tramshed was already enjoying Canadian outfit Kobra And The Lotus (6) when I arrived....
View ArticleReview: Pretty Maids, Devilment, Enbound
Pretty Maids: Kingmaker (Frontiers)Danish rockers Pretty Maids have been kicking out the jams since 1981 and since then the only two constants have been founder members Ronnie Atkins (vocals) and Ken...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Opeth (Live Review By Paul)
Opeth: An Evening Of Sorcery, Damnation and Deliverance, SSE Wembley ArenaWhen Opeth announced a one-off November gig at Wembley Arena several months ago, it was touch and go whether we went. The price...
View ArticleReviews: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, Rick Emmett & Resolution 9, Robert...
Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons: Self Titled EP (Motörhead Music)The long-time Motörhead legend has not sat idly by since the passing of his Captain, almost a year ago. Changing the name of his band...
View ArticleReviews: Ulcerate, The Von Deer Skulls, Skyliner (Reviews By Rich)
Ulcerate: Shrines Of Paralysis (Relapse Records)Ulcerate are one of those bands that I have heard nothing but universal praise for but for some reason I have just never got round to checking them out....
View ArticleReviews: Kentucky Headhunters, Herman Frank, Demon, Tiebreaker (Reviews By Paul)
Kentucky Headhunters: On Safari (Plowboy Records)Any band whose opening track is called Beaver Creek Mansion should automatically receive a 10 rating. Kentucky Headhunters roots sit all the way back in...
View ArticleReviews: Maschine, Apollo, Baleful Creed
Maschine: Naturalis (InsideOut)Pipes, Beards, Real Ale and Spectacles at the ready folks it's prog time and I mean 'proper' prog not this modern stuff, think the jazz influenced-likes of King Crimson,...
View ArticleReviews: Dark Tranquility, Graham Bonnet, Scattered Hamlet (Reviews By Paul)
Dark Tranquility: Atoma (Century Media)Melodic death metal legends Dark Tranquility, godfathers of the “Gothenburg scene” return with their 11th album and it’s a solid affair. Fusing Mikael Stanne’s...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Planet Of Zeus
Planet Of Zeus & Welcome Back Delta, Exchange, BristolA Saturday night in Bristol can always be hit and miss, mainly due to the traffic situation, however with a pretty smooth ride into the city we...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Lazuli (Live Review By Paul)
Lazuli: The Fleece, BristolLast year the overwhelming highlight of an otherwise bloated performance from Fish at the O2 Academy was the support band, French outfit Lazuli, whose unique progressive rock...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Alter Bridge (Live Review By Stief)
Alter Bridge, Volbeat, Gojira, Like A Storm - Motorpoint Arena CardiffWith the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena deciding to open doors at 5, it meant Nic, Dan and I got into the arena in time to catch the end...
View ArticleReviews: Civil Wars, Deathspell Omega, Starkill (Reviews By Rich)
Civil War: The Last Measure (Napalm Records)Civil War is a power metal band formed by ex-members of Sabaton and 'The Last Full Measure' is their third album. Much like Sabaton, Civil War play melodic...
View ArticleReviews: Ritchie Blackmore, In Flames, Blazon Stone (Reviews By Paul)
Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow: Memories In Rock: Live in Germany 2016 (Eagle Rock)When the man in black announced he was returning to his rock roots for three dates in June this year, it was unsurprising...
View ArticleReviews: Witchery, Bölzer, Avant Guardian
Witchery: In His Infernal Majesty's Service (Century Music)Hail Satan! Now I've got that out of the way I can get down to reviewing what is Witchery's sixth album and sees them once again with a new...
View ArticleReviews: Sacred Gate, Tower, Damaj
Sacred Gate: Countdown To Armageddon (Metal On Metal Records) They're back, a band that I have an affinity with despite many not knowing who they are, Countdown To Armageddon is Sacred Gate's third...
View ArticleReviews: Burning Point, Chronos, Lucifer's Friend (Reviews By Rich)
Burning Point: The Blaze (AFM Records)Finland's Burning Point return with their seventh album of power metal goodness The Blaze which is also their first full original album with vocalist Nitte Valo...
View ArticleReviews: Sixx:A.M, Sirenia, Superjoint, Haddock (Reviews By Paul)
Sixx AM: Prayers For The Blessed Vol 2 (Universal)Back in May I reviewed Prayers For The Damned Vol 1, album number four from Sixx AM, giving it a 6/10. I stated at the time that it was probably the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Bigfoot (Live Review By Paul)
Bigfoot, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffMaybe we've just been spoilt in recent weeks with our gigs. Maybe the sun and beer back in July messed with our judgement and maybe we got caught up in the social media...
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