Reviews: Joe Satriani, Legend Of The Seagullmen, Mother Misery, Phillip H...
Joe Satriani: What Happens Next? (Legacy Recordings)The guitar legend is back with a new album which unsurprisingly shreds, rocks, rolls and stops at all stations in between. The king of the arpeggio...
View ArticleReviews: Venom Prison, Stone Leaders, Purest Of Pain, Death Keepers
Venom Prison: Animus - Deluxe Edition (Prosthetic Records)Animus the debut album from Cardiff based extreme metal band Venom Prison was first released in late 2016 and since then Venom Prison have gone...
View ArticleReviews: Painted Black, Blood Red Saints, The King Lot, Desolate Pathway...
Painted Black: Raging Light (WormHole Death Records)Painted Black, the Portuguese quintet who released their debut album in 2010, deliver their latest opus which is a confident, eclectic and mature...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Interview With Michale Graves (Interview By Elizabeth Phillips)
Interview with Michale Graves, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff Our friend Liz got to do an interview with her teenage idol Michale Graves at Fuel Rock Club just before his first sold out gig at the venue.MG:...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Raveneye (Live Review By Paul)
Raveneye, Skam and Dead Shed Jokers, The Globe, CardiffSometimes gigs just feel a little flat. Maybe it was because this was a Monday evening, maybe it was because the audience in a half-full Globe...
View ArticleReviews: Mike LePond's Silent Assassins, Armored Dawn, Corrupt Moral Altar,...
Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins: Pawn And Prophecy (Frontiers Records)Pawn And Prophecy is the second album by Mike Lepond’s Silent Assassins which is the side project of the Symphony X bassist. He is...
View ArticleReviews: Marmozets, Visigoth, Metaprism, Sam Russell
Marmozets: Knowing What We Know Now (Roadrunner)A lot has happened since Marmozets debut record in 2014, since then they have evolved into an incendiary live act, played all over the world from small...
View ArticleReviews: Saxon, Pestilence, Hooded Menace, Letze Instanz (Reviews By Paul)
Saxon: Thunderbolt (Militia Guard Music)The opening strains of Olympus Rising blast through the speakers and you immediately know where you are. It’s time for Saxon, the legends of British Heavy Metal...
View ArticleReviews: Secret Illusion, Karma Violens, Nightbreed, Rapture
Secret Illusion: Awake Before The Dawn (Lion Music)Greek cinematic power metal that features heavy keyboards that are the driving force of the songs, the keyboard riffs and piano passages really add a...
View ArticleReviews: The Sheepdogs, Letters From The Colony, High Reeper, Michael Landau
The Sheepdogs: Changing Colours (Dine Alone Records)With Greg recently passing only Dickey Betts remains from the original Allman Brothers band and he stopped playing with them in 2000, with Greg gone...
View ArticleReviews: Necrophobic, Loudness, Ritual King, Lark, (Reviews By Paul)
Necrophobic: Mark Of The Necrogram (Century Media Records)If there was any doubt that the return of Swedish blackened death metallers Necrophobic was going to be celebrated, then the opening title...
View ArticleReviews: Lance Lopez, Hypnos, Godstone, Victorius
Lance Lopez: Tell The Truth (Mascot Records)Lance Lopez may be a name that some of you are not familiar with but you will know his voice and guitar prowess from Supersonic Blues Machine records, his is...
View ArticleReviews: Long Distance Calling, Armortura, Lyra's Legacy (Reviews By Rich)
Long Distance Calling: Boundless (InsideOut Records)Instrumental post-rock. Those words can either mean you are in for an epic musical journey or a tedious listening experience. Luckily with the sixth...
View ArticleReviews: Pestilent Reign, Against The Grain, Kill Ritual, Chainer (Reviews By...
Pestilent Reign: Pyres (Rising Nemesis Records)If you fancy some skin peeling death metal, laced with sweet grooves and black metal harmonies, you may fancy this 38 minute kick in the nuts from...
View ArticleReviews: King Witch, Eleine, The Rocket Dolls, Crescent
King Witch: Under The Mountain (Listenable Records)Heavy doom from Scotland, King Witch come from Edinburgh and in the greatest tradition of the sons of Birmingham they riff like complete bastards....
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Black Moth (Live Review By Paul)
Black Moth: Fuel Rock Club, CardiffAh, St Valentine’s Day. Another commercial masterpiece designed to ensnare the quite stupid British public into handing over more cash on overpriced sentimental guff....
View ArticleReviews: Angra, Galvanizer, Necrodeath, Storm Upon The Masses (Reviews By Rich)
Angra: ØMNI (earMusic)Going back many many years when I was discovering heavy metal music and exploring its various subgenres I came across a band called Angra and a song called Angels Cry which just...
View ArticleReviews: Rush, Michael Schenker Fest, Whitesnake (Reviews By Paul)
Rush: Lost In Great Woods And Summer Skies (Bootleg)On June 23rd, 1997 Rush played the Great Woods Music Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. This concert is a timely reminder, in the fortnight where...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Paradise Lost (Live Review By Dean)
Paradise Lost, Thekla, Bristol“I've heard rumours that you only play here twice, once on the way up, and once on the way back down” - a singer I forget, Bristol Thekla, a long-long time agoThankfully...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Wilson & Wakeman
Wilson & Wakeman, Acapella Studios, Pentyrch, CardiffLet it be known that we are an eclectic bunch of musos on this blog. I realise an acoustic two piece probably falls outside of the remit of a...
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