A View From The Back Of The Room: Katatonia
Katatonia, Ghost Bath & The Great Discord, Marble Factory, BristolFirst gig in Bristol for a while and it was one I was anticipating was going to be good indeed, this was to be my first viewing...
View ArticleReviews: Magenta, The Unity, Earth Witch
Magenta: We Are Legend (Tigermoth Records)Magenta's new album should have been titled 'the prog returns' as it harks back to the band's first three records. With the three (yes three) songs on this...
View ArticleReviews: Avatarium, Hawkwind, Woodhawk (Reviews By Paul)
Avatarium: Hurricanes And Halos (Nuclear Blast)One of the hardest working men in metal is Leif Edling, bassist of doom godfathers Candlemass and about a billion other projects. We recently reviewed the...
View ArticleReviews: The Lonely Robot, Selene, Revival
Lonely Robot: The Big Dream (InsideOut)Musician/producer/writer all round Renaissance man John Mitchell has returned to his solo love affair that is the no rules, no boundaries Lonely Robot project....
View ArticleReviews: The Night Flight Orchestra, Other View, Imperivm
The Night Flight Orchestra: Amber Galactic (Nuclear Blast)Björn "Speed" Strid and David Andersson will probably be best known respectively as singer and guitarist of melodic death metal/metalcore...
View ArticleReviews: Snakecharmer, Inglorious, The Picturebooks, Roguenoire (Reviews By...
Snakecharmer: Second Skin (Frontiers Records)Back in 2013 the debut album from the Blues soaked rock outfit Snakecharmer earned high praise here at the Musipedia with a 9/10. For those of us who loved...
View ArticleReviews: Below, Sideburn, My Regime The Ruins Of Beverast (Reviews By Paul)
Below: Upon A Pale Horse (Metal Blade Records)Doom metal from Sweden? Hey, that's a new concept! Meet Below, a five piece from Nykoping whose second album Upon A Pale Horse was nearly mistaken for a...
View ArticleReviews: Nad Sylvan, Nighon, End Of The Dream
Nad Sylvan: The Bride Said No (InsideOut)Nad Sylvan's name may not be well known to those outside of the prog circles but his voice will be recognisable as the Gabriel in Steve Hackett's Genesis...
View ArticleReviews: Seether, Sabbath Assembly, Apocalypse Orchestra
Seether: Poison The Parish (Canine Riot)I like Seether I really do, but the last few albums have been a bit too lightweight moving away from their Nirvana-like grunge stylings they favoured in their...
View ArticleReviews: Solstafir, Backwood Spirit, Distillator (Reviews By Paul)
Solstafir: Berdreyminn (Seasons Of Mist)It's been three years since Icelandic metallers Solstafir released the stunning Otta, an album that really put them on the radar in the U.K. Live performances at...
View ArticleReviews: Astral Doors, Ghost Bath, Bare Infinity (Reviews By Rich)
Astral Doors: Black Eyed Children (Metalville Records)Swedish heavy/power metallers Astral Doors return with new album Black Eyed Children which is their eighth album and out on Metalville Records....
View ArticleReviews: Dragonforce, Danzig, Mark Slaughter
Dragonforce: Reaching Into Infinity (earMusic)In the review for their previous album I said that Dragonforce MkII were going from strength to strength with Marc Hudson on vocals, the songs were faster,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Riverside (Live Review By Paul)
Riverside: The Marble Factory, BristolFew could have imagined the horror that Riverside would go through in 2016. Back in October 2015 we watched as the band, well into their 14th year together, glided...
View ArticleThe Big Story: Iron Maiden - Choices Of The Beast (By Paul)
Iron Maiden – The Choices Of The BeastWith the Maiden juggernaut about to hit South Wales for the first time in six years and reports of their live shows thrilling audiences around the UK and Europe, I...
View ArticleReviews: Hate, Vandroya, Gurt (Reviews By Rich)
Hate: Tremendum (Napalm Records)Hate are a long running Polish death metal band who formed back in 1990. They are a band I know about but am not too familiar with so with the release of their tenth...
View ArticleReviews: Ursinne, Earth Electric, Running Death (Reviews By Paul)
Ursinne: Swim With The Leviathan (Transcending Obscurity)What happens when you allow two death metal legends to combine on a project? Absolute brutality and one of the best old school death metal...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Iron Maiden (Review By Paul)
Iron Maiden - Motorpoint Arena CardiffThere was no getting away from the shadow of Manchester. An arena gig in the capital of Wales, two nights after the atrocities meant that everyone was on...
View ArticleReviews: Helker, Junkyard, Morass Of Molasses
Helker: Firesoul (AFM)Helker are probably one of Argentina's top metal acts, although kudos if you can name another without Google. Firesoul is their fifth full length album and it's been released on...
View ArticleReviews: Motionless In White, Voyager, Sea (Reviews By Paul)
Motionless In White: Graveyard Shift (Roadrunner)US metalcore is a genre I tend to avoid but having read a recent interview with Chris Motionless in the excellent Powerplay magazine, and having been...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Skunk Anansie (Live Reviews By Paul)
Skunk Anansie – O2 Academy, BristolOn a blisteringly hot evening one of the UK’s seminal bands demonstrated once again, that 23 years on nothing can beat the power of a good rock show. The 02 was...
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