A View From The Back Of The Room: Marillion (Live Review By Paul)
Marillion, The Tramshed, CardiffI have to admit that I've not seen Marillion since the 1986 Misplaced Childhood tour rolled into St Davids Hall. Thirty years is a long time to leave it and it was with...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Electric Six (Live Review By Paul)
Electric Six- The Globe, CardiffIt's been three years since the Six has graced our fair city so it was unsurprising that that this gig sold out way before the night. A cold night outside but fully...
View ArticleReviews: Eternal Idol, Dario Mollo's Crossbones, Hevidence
Eternal Idol: The Unrevealed Secret (Frontiers)For many who love their metal like they love their TV shows, full of Dragons and battles then Italian legends Rhapsody(Of Fire) or whatever they are...
View ArticleReviews: Nightmare, Bad Touch, Sister, Vanderberg (Reviews By Paul)
Nightmare: Dead Sun (AFM)The origins of Nightmare can be traced all the way back to Grenoble, France way back in 1979. The band were active in the NWOBHM scene until 1987 when they disbanded. Reforming...
View ArticleReviews: Oni, Solitude, Crown Of Earth (Reviews By Rich)
Oni: Ironshore (Metal Blade)Canada's Oni set out to impress with their fantastic debut album Ironshore and impress they most certainly do with an album which fuses progressive metal, metalcore and...
View ArticleA View From the Back Of The Room: Memoriam (Live Review By Paul)
Memoriam – The Asylum, BirminghamAs the year winds to a close, it was fitting that my 40th gig (including three festivals so many more bands seen) in 2016 was an absolute monster. Travelling with Matt...
View ArticleReviews: Obzidian, Ranger, Sonus Mortis (Reviews By Paul)
Obzidian: Obliteration Process (Black Rock Records)This is the fourth full release from Stafford’s thrash and groove metal four piece Obzidian. It’s fair to say this is the UK’s answer to Lamb Of God...
View ArticleReviews: Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Thunder & Lightning, Bronco
Church Of The Cosmic Skull: Is Satan Real? (Kozmik Artifactz)Band, cult, collective call it what you will Church Of The Cosmic Skull are a group of musically inclined individuals all of whom are...
View ArticleReviews: Super Vintage, Nash B.C, The Mighty N
Super Vintage: Welcome To Mojo Land (Grooveyard Records)Stavros Papadopoulos leads Greek rockers Super Vintage into their third full length disc, again it's full of bluesy, soul-driven, twin-guitar...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats & Vôdûn, The Globe CardiffThis to me was an interesting gig as I have yet to see Vôdûn or Uncle Acid in a small venue as the former has only been at festivals and the...
View ArticleReviews: Conjuring Fate, Iron Bastards, Vanik
Conjuring Fate: Valley Of Shadows (Self Released)Belfast's Conjuring Fate play proper British metal and Valley Of Shadows is their debut full length. Now what I mean by proper British metal is heavy,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Clutch (Live Review By Paul)
Clutch – Great Hall, CardiffThe final gig for 2016 saw the mighty Maryland outfit Clutch play one of just four UK dates at the Great Hall. Supported by Montgomery County’s Lionize and North Carolina...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Interview With Lionize (Interview By Paul)
Before the Clutch gig in Cardiff, we were lucky enough to have ten minutes to chat to the band’s bassist Henry ‘Hank’ Upton.Interviewing bands isn’t as glamorous as you might imagine and we conducted...
View ArticleReviews: Deadwood Lake, Defiant, Gravebreaker (Reviews By Paul)
Deadwood Lake: Remembrance (Self Released)This six track EP is astonishingly good. Created by vocalist and bassist Bruce Powell in memory of his late brother Gary, and available for free download with...
View ArticleReviews: Ulysses, Lux Divina, Saboter
Ulysses: Law And Order (Black Glove Recordings)Bath based band Ulysses can rightfully claim to be the UK kings of Glam/Psych/Rock on the back of this their third full length record. It's one that I...
View ArticleReviews: Piledriver, Vesen, Battery (Reviews By Paul)
Piledriver: Brothers In Boogie (Rockwall)You've got to hand to the Germans. With their love of David Hasselhoff, sauerkraut and Grave Digger, they really don't give a shit. Enter Piledriver, a band...
View ArticleReviews: White Widdow, Heaven Below, King Hiss
White Widdow: Silhouette (AOR Heaven)When I say Australian rock music to you what comes to mind? Probably big power chords, brawny vocals, heavy drinking and a man in a school boy outfit who should...
View ArticleReviews: Blackfield, Boneyard Dog, Psycho Kiss
Blackfield: Blackfield V (Kscope)Blackfield V is the fifth collaboration between Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen and it sees them returning with yet another Blackfield record even though Wilson did say...
View ArticleReviews: Deathvalves, Debackliner, Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side
Deathvalves: Dark Stories From The Past (New Dream Records) (2016)I was informed that Thessaly band Deathvalves were an alternative metal band but my how wrong that was this is sublime heavy metal/hard...
View ArticlePaul's Top 20 Of 2016
My top ten (well, it's 20)What a year. It's that time again when we reflect on the magnificent and the rotten and as in previous years the challenge to pick a top ten from a field of fine music is a...
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