Reviews: Alice Cooper, Byzantine, Rage, Thunderstick (Reviews By Paul)
Alice Cooper: Paranormal (earMusic)Where do you start with a legend like Alice Cooper? From the late 1960s the man has been a real survivor with a string of anthems that litter his vaudeville shock...
View ArticleReviews: Black Path, The Curf, Skydawn
Black Path: Final Act - Martyr (Self Released)Greek death metal is always of a high quality and Black Path are no exception, the gnarly riffs and gruff grunts burst out of your speakers on the back of...
View ArticleA View From The Top Of The Mountain: Steelhouse Festival 2017 (Live Review By...
Steelhouse Festival 2017 - Hafod y Dafal Farm, Aberbeeg, WalesThe annual Welsh International classic rock festival, situated high on a mountain top in South Wales, has grown in stature year on year....
View ArticleReviews: The Tangent, Shaman's Harvest, Eagleheart
The Tangent: The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery (InsideOut Music)The Tangent are a long established prog group with fluctuating line up. They are still led by founder member Andy Tillison who takes...
View ArticleReviews: Paradise Lost (Review By Paul)
Paradise Lost: Medusa (Nuclear Blast)2015 saw Yorkshire's doom merchants Paradise Lost return to their blackest roots for the monumental The Plague Within. Vocalist Nick Holmes focused on the death...
View ArticleReviews: Absolva, Exit Eden, Blind Haze
Absolva: Defiance (Rocksector Records)Metal it's funny old thing, with so many sub genres and hybrid genres sometimes it can be hard to keep up and work out what certain bands will sound like. Absolva...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics
Aaron Buchanan, Florence Black & Those Damn Crows, Clwb Ifor Bach, CardiffSmall sweaty venues are where rock n roll really shows it's appeal and it doesn't get much smaller or sweatier than...
View ArticleReviews: Steven Wilson, Prong, Voodoo Highway, Serperus (Reviews By Paul)
Steven Wilson: To The Bone (Caroline International P&D)The sixth solo release from one of workaholic Steven Wilson sees him return to the progressive pop inspiration of his youth. Wilson has...
View ArticleReviews: The New Roses, Ruby The Hatchet, The Nights
The New Roses: One More For The Road (Napalm Records)I cam across The New Roses reasonably recently and once I picked up their second album Dead Man's Voice it was on repeated for about a week...
View ArticleReviews: Quiet Riot, Klogr, Fifth Density
Quiet Riot: Road Rage (Frontiers Records)"Bang Your Head! Metal Health To Drive You Mad" those lines are etched into many old school rockers psyche, Quiet Riot were at the height of their popularity in...
View ArticleReviews: Triggerfinger, Kryptonite, Carousel Vertigo
Triggerfinger: Colossus (Mascot Records)Triggerfinger are an odd band their music is a jarring mix of smoky blues, jagged alt rock and trippy desert rock influences, their albums can move from a heavy...
View ArticleReviews: Queens Of The Stone Age, Walter Trout, World Trade
Queens Of The Stone Age: Villains (Matador)...Like Clockwork Queens Of The Stone Age previous album was dark and in parts ominous, Villains the band's sixth album is more upbeat and carefree, Feet...
View ArticleA View From The Field: Bloodstock 2017 (Review By Paul)
Bloodstock 2017 10 – 13 August, Catton Hall, DerbyshireA mouth-watering line-up of some of best heavy metal around meant that for the first time the weekend camping at Catton Hall sold out several...
View ArticleAnother View From The Field: Bloodstock 2017 (Review By Rich)
Bloodstock 2017, 10 – 13 August, Catton Hall, DerbyshireThe yearly pilgrimage of metal to Catton Hall was another brilliant weekend full of fantastic music, fantastic company and plenty of alcohol...
View ArticleReviews: Devilfire, Portrait, Twelve Boar
Devilfire: Dark Manoeuvres (Self Released)Devilfire is a band hailing from Birmingham formed by producer Alex Cooper (no relation to the master of schlock rock) and Uli Jon Roth drummer Lars Wickett...
View ArticleReviews: Nightlord, Devil Electric, Subservience, EZoo
Nightlord: Reborn In Darkness (Evil EyE Records)Nightlord come from that wave of British thrash bands that took on the American big boys in the late 90's as they morphed into more mainstream...
View ArticleReviews: Venom Inc, Rex Brown, Dawn Of Disease, Thor (Review By Paul)
Venom Inc: Avè (Nuclear Blast)Way back in the early 1980s a black metal band from the North East blew a hole in the metal establishment. Venom were the originators of early black metal. Cronos, Mantas...
View ArticleReviews: Dyscarnate, National Suicide, Overoth (Reviews By Rich)
Dyscarnate: With All Their Might (Unique Leader Records)Back in 2012 with the release of their previous album And So It Came To Pass, Dyscarnate were the centre of adoration in the UK metal media cited...
View ArticleReviews: Kim Seviour, Arturius, Doom Side Of The Moon
Kim Seviour: Recovery Is Learning (White Star Records)Kim Seviour is the former vocalist of British prog act Touchstone, she had to step down from the band she was with for the best part of a decade...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Interview With Karl Wilcox of Diamond Head (By Paul)
Email interview with Karl Wilcox drummer from Diamond HeadMoM: Hi, Paul here from Musipedia. Many thanks for agreeing to the email interview. Much appreciated.Karl: No worries. MoM: You've been with...
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