Reviews: Municipal Waste, Secret Sphere, Anasarca (Reviews By Rich)
Municipal Waste: Slime And Punishment (Nuclear Blast)Municipal Waste have always been one of the best loved bands of the thrash metal revival and their sixth album Slime And Punishment shows just why....
View ArticleReviews: Orden Ogan, Blackwater Conspiracy, Bloody Hammers
Orden Ogan: Gunmen (AFM)I've had a soft spot for Orden Organ since their third record To The End the German band successful marry heavy power metal with a cinematic feel but in an unfussy way, they are...
View ArticleReviews: Nickelback, Bulletback, Edge Of Free
Nickelback: Feed The Machine (Sony/BMG)Have Nickelback changed their sound? No, Will they ever? No, Do they need to? Probably not. However what we have on this ninth studio album from the Canadian band...
View ArticleReviews: Iced Earth, Furyborn, Analog Bandits
Iced Earth: Incorruptible (Century Media)Iced Earth have never been a band where things have run smoothly they have an almost revolving door policy of vocalists and musicians throughout their 11...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Metal 2 The Masses Final 2017
Metal 2 The Masses South Wales Final 2017, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffIn case you live under a rock and don't know what it is the Metal 2 The Masses is UK wide battle of the bands competition for unsigned...
View ArticleReviews: Gov't Mule, Entrails, Temple Of Lies, Onegodless (Reviews By Paul)
Gov't Mule: Revolution Come Revolution Go (Universal Music)Formed by Warren Haynes and Allen Woody back in 1994 as a side project from The Allman Brothers, the Mule have churned out releases more...
View ArticleReviews: Valor, Scarletborn, Jaw Bones
Valor: Arrogance- The Fall (Pitch Black Records)Valor were formed in 2002 by ex-Battleroar members Vaggelis Krouskas (vocals) and Chris Remoundos (bass) who along with Spyros Soldatos (guitars) and...
View ArticleReviews: Cheap Trick, Styx, Wizard (Reviews By Paul)
Cheap Trick: We’re All Right (Universal Music)Having waited seven years for the arrival of Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello, Cheap Trick is straight back at ya with album no.18. There is no real change of style...
View ArticleReviews: Anthriel, Greta Van Fleet, Moscow
Anthriel: Transcendence (Lion Music)If you're a Finnish band that play neo-classical progressive power metal then you will immediately be compared to the genre leaders Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Metal Church (Live Review By Paul)
Metal Church - Thekla, BristolThe triumphant return of legend Mike Howe to the Metal Church ranks in 2015 saw the release of one of the best albums for many years in XI. Since then the band have toured...
View ArticleReviews: Cellar Darling, Rabid Bitch Of The North, The Sun Explodes
Cellar Darling: This Is The Sound (Nuclear Blast)Cellar Darling are a trio of Anna Murphy (vocals, hurdy gurdy). Merlin Sutter (drums) and Ivo Henzi (guitars & bass), all three are formerly of...
View ArticleReviews: Moonbow, Circle, Angelwings
Moonbow: War Bear (Ripple Music)Moonbow have the rhythm section made up of Steve Earle (Afghan Whigs, Hermano) on drums and former Valley Of The Sun Ryan McAllister on bass so the groove is all you are...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Interview With Metal Church (By Paul)
Metal Church InterviewAhead of their much anticipated show at Bristol's Thekla, we were extremely lucky to be interview Mike Howe and Kurdt Vanderhoof from the band. On a balmy evening a couple of...
View ArticleReviews: White Skull, Siena Root, Weapönizer
White Skull: Will Of The Strong (Dragonheart Records)White Skull are an Italian power metal band that deal in fantasy, medieval, viking and battle themes in their music, Will Of The Strong is their...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Cheap Trick (Review By Paul)
Cheap Trick - O2 Academy, BristolSometimes you realise just how amazing musicians can be. I can't play a note. Failed guitar and piano lessons in my youth. Three Blind Mice on the recorder was the...
View ArticleReviews: Dying Fetus, The Thirteenth Sun, Fellwarden (Reviews By Paul)
Dying Fetus: Wrong One To Fuck With (Relapse Records)Wrong One To Fuck With, the eighth studio release from Maryland Death Metal giants Dying Fetus is a belter. Crushingly heavy from start to finish,...
View ArticleReviews: Goatwhore, Bison B.C, Critical Solution (Review By Rich)
Goatwhore: Vengeful Ascension (Metal Blade Records)NOLA supergroup Goatwhore are back with their seventh album Vengeful Ascension which is another 41 minutes of blackened death thrashing. Goatwhore...
View ArticleReviews: Goldray, Shade Empire, Ghost Community
Goldray: Rising (Akashic)Kenwyn House is probably best known as the riff master for Brit rockers Reef but Goldray take that bands more psychedelic elements and embellishes them for a much more...
View ArticleReviews: Blind Guardian, Owl Company, Space Witch (Reviews By Paul)
Blind Guardian: Live Beyond The Spheres (Nuclear Blast)Few gigs are as close to a religious experience as a Blind a Guardian concert. Crammed to the gunnels with themes of epic fantasy, long, intricate...
View ArticleReviews: Mutation, Decapitated, Kill For Eden (Reviews By Rich)
Mutation: III-Dark Black (Undergroove)Mutation is the extreme metal side project of Ginger (of The Wildhearts fame) and Dark Black is the third album from the project. For this album Ginger has teamed...
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