The View From The Back Of The Room: Meat Loaf
Meatloaf: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff So the Neverland Express makes last stop in the UK after few cancelled shows it was all or nothing for this final show on the UK leg of the Last At Bat Tour....
View ArticleParamore (Guest review by Mike Chapman)
Paramore: S/T (Fuelled By Ramen) Paramore is the first album the band have written and recorded since the Farro brothers rather public and venomous departure. Hayley Williams recently told us Paramore...
View ArticleReviews: Within Temptation, Orchid, Sacred Gate
Within Temptation: The Q Music Sessions (Roadrunner)A covers album from a symphonic metal band? Well that's what you get from Dutch band Within Temptation's new record recorded for Q Music radio in The...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Counting Crows (Reviewed By Paul Hutchings)
Counting Crows/Lucy Rose – Colston Hall, Bristol 20 April 2013A welcome return to the lovely Colston Hall in Bristol and something a little lighter for a change.Laura Marlin23 year old Laura Marlin is...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Kreator (Review by Nick Hewitt)
KREATOR & EVILE @ HMV FORUM LONDONEVILESo after making the long trip to London to get to this gig my excitement was getting stronger and stronger the closer it got. One solitary night where I would...
View ArticleOut Of The Beyond 26
Darkwater: Where Stories End (2010)Where Stories End is Swede's Darkwater's second album and it is a far more direct approach to progressive metal than their debut was (if that's possible with prog)....
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Saxon (Guest review by Paul Hutchings)
Saxon at O2 Academy, Bristol 28 April 2013 Many readers will know the anticipation I was experiencing for this gig. After popping my gig cherry 31 years ago, Saxon will always be incredibly special to...
View ArticleReviews: Deep Purple, Malefice, Sacred Mother Tongue
Deep Purple: Now What?! (earMusic)Deep Purple two words that are forever engrained in the minds of rock and metal fans, much like their peers Sabbath and Zeppelin they are band that will always be...
View ArticleReviews: Tracer, Purson, Failure To Follow
Tracer: El Pistolero (Mascot Records)Australia's Tracer come back with their second album of grunge influenced hard rock. The trio have gone all Mexican on this album with four tracks making up the...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Killswitch Engage (Guest Review By Steve Jenkins)
Killswitch Engage, Great Hall, CardiffHaving already acted on my fan boy instincts, the afternoon of this gig was spent loitering outside the Doc Martens store, queuing to meet Mike and Jesse from...
View ArticleReviews: TesseracT, Battle Beast, Shooter Jennings
TesseracT: Altered State (Century Media)So the British djent originators return with their second album, between the two albums TesseracT have been through two vocalists and have finally settled on...
View ArticleReviews: Queens Of The Stone Age, Airbourne, Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart
Queens Of The Stone Age:...Like Clockwork (Reckords Reckords)So Josh Homme and his cavalcade of stoners, clowns and madmen return for their first album since 2008's Era Vulgaris and it is a return to...
View ArticleReviews: Alice In Chains, Kylesa, Invictus
Alice In Chains: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Virgin/EMI)So this is the second album in AIC post Layne period and its a case of if it ain't broke don't fix it, this follows on immediately from Black...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Journey
Journey, Whitesnake & Thunder - Motorpoint Arena CardiffSo another year another package deal featuring an opening band and a double headliner for a reasonable sum. This time it was on again/off...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Rush (Review By Paul Hutchings)
Rush – NEC Birmingham 26 May 2013 Friends of mine will know that I have a small admiration for Canada’s finest power trio and, coming on the back of a magical three day visit to Venice, this was the...
View ArticleReviews: Timo Tolkki's Avalon, Blood Ceremony, Leprous
Timo Tolkki's Avalon: The Land Of New Hope (Frontiers)The former Stratovarius guitarist hasn't had much luck on the solo front since leaving the band he formed his Revolution Renaissance project...
View ArticleView From The Front Of The Room: Evil Scarecrow, Counterhold & Darksite
Evil Scarecrow, Counterhold & Darksite: Mojo's NewportInto Newport for another night with Nottingham's premier purveyors of stupidly entertaining blackened metal, replete with silly names, silly...
View ArticleReviews: Anvil, Children of Bodom, Artlantica
Anvil: Hope In Hell (The End Records)Since their biographical expose Anvil! The Story Of Anvil, the Canadian metal bands have had something of resurgence in popularity. With Juggernaut Of Justice the...
View ArticleReviews: Christopher Lee, White Wizzard, New Device
Christopher Lee: Charlemagne: The Omens Of Death (Charlemagne Productions Ltd)With this being Sir Christopher Lee's second album I was expecting more of the symphonic style metal of his first...
View ArticleReviews: Black Star Riders, Buckcherry, Evile
Black Star Riders: All Hell Breaks Loose (Nuclear Blast)So the band that have been touring as Thin Lizzy had a reshuffle and a rename before releasing this album of new material, mainly out of respect...
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