View From The Sunny Field: Bloodstock Day 2
Bloodstock Festival, Catton Hall, Burton On Trent Day 2So day two and the sun was still shining (and the hand still hurting) so after another round of bacon (from our endless supply) we venture once...
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Bloodstock Festival, Catton Hall, Burton On Trent Day 3So our final day on BOA's hallowed turf had a leisurely beginning and a hectic end. We missed the two opening bands and made our way in for the...
View ArticleReviews: Turisas, Revamp, Newsted
Turisas: Turisas2013 (Spinefarm)Finland's premier exponents of Battle Metal Turisas have continued in the vein from their last albums slight change in style, with a more straight power metal approach...
View ArticleReviews: Annihilator, Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Haken
Annihilator: Feast (UDR)The most recent album from Canada's premier thrash band is nothing new, it is technical, speed driven thrash with some absolutely stunning guitar work from main man Jeff...
View ArticleReviews: Ashes Of Ares, Western Sand, Chelsea Wolfe
Ashes Of Ares: S/T (Nuclear Blast)Ashes Of Ares is somewhat of a prog/power metal supergroup as it features ex-Nevermore stickman Van Williams on the skins and THE voice of Iced Earth Matt Barlow,...
View ArticleReviews: Black Spiders, Reckless Love, The Jokers
Black Spiders: This Savage Land (Dark Riders)The Black Spiders have balls, massive brass balls that AC/DC sang about see Balls. They are the type of band that play during a bar fight, the type of band...
View ArticleOut Of The Beyond 28
So I haven't done one of these for a while but I've managed to pick up three great albums that many of you might have missed. So without further ado...Morpheus Rising: Let The Sleeper Awake...
View ArticleThe View From The Back Of The Room: Attica Rage
Attica Rage, Tidal & Black Light Machine; Bogiez CardiffSo into Bogiez again for another night of heavy metal, this time the headliners were Scottish road dogs Attica Rage and support was coming...
View ArticleReviews: Volture, Lancer, Sign Of The Jackal
So I thought with this review I'd bring together a few retro/trad metal revivalists for one review, because I'm a bit of a fan of tight jeaned, bullet belted metal!Volture: On The Edge (High Roller...
View ArticleReviews: Avenged Sevenfold, Trouble, Jettblack
Avenged Sevenfold: Hail To The King (Warner Bros.)A7X return with their second album since the death of their drummer Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan and this one is not the tribute that Nightmare was this...
View ArticleThe View From The Side Of The Room: Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa, Motorpoint Arena CardiffJoey Bones has been coming to Cardiff since 2008 (to the Point as he himself pointed out) and for the last few years he has headlined the Motorpoint arena by...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Nile (Review by Paul)
Nile/Ex-Deo – BogiezAn early start to proceedings meant that I missed the opening acts (sorry but I was there by 8:00). I am led to believe that I missed a good set from Svart Crown so that was a bit...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Justin Currie (Review By Nick)
Justin Currie, The Gate Cardiff.So my long… long awaited chance to see one of my favourite singer songwriters of all time finally arrived set in the perfect back drop of The Gate. A reasonably sized...
View ArticleReviews: Dream Theater, Michael Monroe, The Temperance Movement
Dream Theater: S/T (Roadrunner Records)With their last album A Dramatic Turn Of Events being a big U-turn away from the heavier elements brought in by Mike Portnoy since Train Of Thought I believed...
View ArticleReviews: Alter Bridge, Onslaught, Venrez
Alter Bridge: Fortress (Roadrunner)After a brief hiatus of the band which featured frontman Myles singing for the legendary Slash and guitarist Mark Tremonti releasing his first solo album, Alter...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Motionless In White (Guest Review by Neil Lewis)
Motionless In White / The Defiled / The Glamour Of The Kill – Bristol FleeceUnfortunately The Glamour Of The Kill started their set when I and many others were still filing into the venue. As it...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Fleetwood Mac (Paul Hutchings)
Fleetwood Mac – O2 Arena London 24 September 2013 It was time for a rare to visit to the vacuous O2 arena in London for an equally rare visit from the British-American super group Fleetwood Mac as...
View ArticleReviews: In Solitude, Twilight Of The Gods, Counterhold
In Solitude: Sister (Metal Blade)Three albums into their career and In Solitude have cemented themselves as one of the biggest bands in occult rock and with every album they become more obscure in...
View ArticleThe View From The Back Of The Room: White Wizzard
White Wizzard, Monument & Blackwolf; Bogiez CardiffWeird things happen at gigs sometimes and the White Wizzard show at Bogiez was one that maybe historic for all the wrong reasons, but first let's...
View ArticleReviews: Trivium, The Answer, Death Dealer
Trivium: Vengeance Falls (Roadrunner)Following swiftly on from In Waves which was an album that many saw as a massive return to form and also huge step forward in Trivium's evolution, the band have...
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