Reviews: Fen, Destroy She Said, Synaptik, Light Freedom Revival (Reviews By...
Fen: Winter (Code666 Records)It's hard to know where to start with Winter. Perhaps the most beautifully crafted black metal album for many years, the East Anglians fifth album is an astonishing mix of...
View ArticleReviews: Steve Hackett, One Desire, Hydrogyn
Steve Hackett: The Night Siren (InsideOut)After 2015's amazing Wolflight legendary guitarist Steve Hackett returns with his twenty-fifth (!) solo album, according to Hackett this record is "a bird's...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Record Company (Live Review By Paul)
The Record Company, The Fleece BristolThose with good memories will recall that Los Angeles based The Record Company supported Blackberry Smoke on their 2015 UK tour. If your memory is even better,...
View ArticleReviews: Alunah, Cryonic Temple, Impavidus
Alunah: Solennial (Svart Records)Solennial is the fourth record from East Midlands Doom troupe Alunah, led by the bewitching vocals and feedback drenched guitar of front woman Sophie Day, the band have...
View ArticleReviews: Helion Prime, Saille, Solitary (Reviews By Rich)
Helion Prime: S/T (AFM)Helion Prime is the self-titled debut album by the Californian power metallers of the same name. This is a fantastically energetic album chock full of anthemic songs all...
View ArticleReviews: Mastodon, Lock Up, Mantar (Reviews By Paul)
Mastodon: Emperor Of Sand (Reprise Records)I like Mastodon. I liked them ever since I heard March Of The Fire Ants. They have developed into an interesting band on record. Technically brilliant, not...
View ArticleReviews: The Obssesed, KXM, Doomocracy, The Mighty Wraith
The Obsessed: Sacred (Relapse)Someone call Dave Grohl and tell him The Obsessed have a new album. The Foo Fighters frontman professed his love for anything involving Scott 'Wino' Wenrich on his Probot...
View ArticleReviews: House Of Lords, The Raven Age, Blacktop Mojo (Reviews By Paul)
House Of Lords: Saint Of The Lost Souls (Frontiers Records)Polished hard rock with an AOR edge? Then you’ll be familiar with House Of Lords, the Connecticut/New Jersey/Florida outfit who rose to...
View ArticleA View From North Wales: HRH United - Hammerfest 2017 (Review By Rich)
HRH United (Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli)Spring has arrived in the UK and with it has arrived the first festival on the calendar - HRH United or as it is better known Hammerfest. Taking place in...
View ArticleReviews: Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics, Art Of Anarchy, Order Of Voices,...
Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics: The Man With The Stars On His Knees (Self Released)Do you remember Heaven's Basement? They released a very well received album a few years ago, with massive...
View ArticleReviews: Carnivorous Forest, Enepsigos, Laura Cox Band (Reviews By Paul)
Carnivorous Forest: Frozen Rivers (Blackened Death Records)Multi-instrumentalist and multi-talented Richard Alan Weeks or Amarok to his friends is the man behind Carnivorous Forest. After single...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Interview With Sonata Arctica
Before their mighty show at the Tramshed I managed to grab an interview with Henrik Klingenberg (keys) and Pasi Kauppinen (bass) of headliners Sonata Arctica.MoM: So this is your first gig in Cardiff...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Ghost
Ghost & Zombi, Cardiff University Great HallWhen the opportunity to see Ghost on home turf came up it was an experience that was too good to miss, having only seen the band in Bristol, at Festivals...
View ArticleReviews: Nightrage, Doctor Cyclops, Cybernetic Witchcult
Nightrage: The Venomous (Despotz Records)Nightrage have been around since 2000 and in the 17 years they have been around they have been playing precision guided melodic death metal. The band hail from...
View ArticleReviews: Brother Firetribe, Heavy Tiger, Operose
Brother Firetribe: Sunbound (Spinefarm)Finnish melodic rockers return with their first album since 2014. What's immediately evident is that this release is much more keyboard heavy than previous...
View ArticleReviews: Night Ranger, Mage, Beyond The Labyrinth (Reviews By Paul)
Night Ranger: Don't Let Up (Frontiers Records)If you like your hard edged melodic rock then Night Ranger, the multi-million selling AOR merchants from the 1980s will be very familiar. Of course, this...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Magenta
Magenta & The Kinky Wizzards, The Globe CardiffOn a glorious Friday night myself and my lovely other half made our way to the Globe for our first of 2 gigs at the venue in the same number of days....
View ArticleView From The Back Of The Room: Grand Magus (Review By Paul)
Grand Magus & Planet Of Zeus, The Globe, CardiffIt may have been April 1st but those who attended this show were no fools. Support was provided by the excellent stoner metal of Athens based Planet...
View ArticleReviews: Troubled Horse, Nightmen, Emerald, Death Blooms
Troubled Horse: Revolution On Repeat (Rise Above Records)Here's a band that have risen from the figurative ashes, Troubled Horse's debut album in 2012 saw them arrive, raise retro hell and then leave...
View ArticleReviews: Darkest Hour, Evocation, Crystal Viper (Reviews By Paul)
Darkest Hour: Godless Prophets And The Migrant Flora (Southern Lord)Over 20 years and on album number 9, Washington DC's Darkest Hour return with a chaos filled battering which takes their death metal...
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