Reviews: Passcode, The Choppy Bumpy Peaches, Eagle Twin (Reviews By Stief)
Passcode: Locus (Universal Music LLC [Japan])I'll get it out of the way; this is Kpop dressing up as metal. There are some obvious parallels to be made between Passcode and certain other Japanese Idol...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Satyricon (Review By Paul)
Satyricon, O2 Institute 2, BirminghamAnother town, another place. Yep, two days after the late finish at Bristol for Venom Inc and Suffocation I found myself in the Second City on a Sunday night for...
View ArticleReviews: Myles Kennedy, Tax The Heat, Valis Ablaze, Sleep In Heads
Myles Kennedy: Year Of The Tiger (Napalm Records)Listen to the entire Alter Bridge discography, when you do pick out tracks such as Watch Over You these are the 'Myles' songs mainly solem, blues...
View ArticleReviews: Ministry, Memoriam, Winterfylleth, Barren Earth (Reviews By Paul)
Ministry: AmeriKKKant (Nuclear Blast)AmeriKKKant is the 14th Ministry album and the first not only on Nuclear Blast but without long time guitarist Mike Scaccia who died in 2012 but featured...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Turbowolf
Turbowolf, Puppy, Big Spring, Trinity BristolInto the converted church again this time for something a bit more crazy first out was the bristling alt rocking of Big Spring (7) with a myriad of sounds...
View ArticleReviews: Shiraz Lane, El Camino, Signal Red (Reviews By Rich)
Shiraz Lane: Carnival Days (Frontiers Records)I have seen Shiraz Lane live before supporting Brother Firetribe and they were utterly fantastic but their new album Carnival Days is my first experience...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Sepultura (Live Review By Rich)
Sepultura, Obscura, Goatwhore & Fit For An Autopsy, The Fleece BristolIt was to The Fleece for the first of a trilogy of visits to Bristol for live music this month to see the legendary Sepultura....
View ArticleReviews: Crippled Black Phoenix, Auri, Collibus, Greybeards
Crippled Black Phoenix: Horrific Honorific (Season Of Mist)Covers albums are never really welcomed, they are either cheesy rehashes of famous bands songs, slavish copies or completely terrible. So then...
View ArticleReviews: Stormzone, Flickertail, Black Rainbows, Death Alley (Reviews By Paul)
Stormzone: Lucifer’s Factory (Metal Nation Records)The title of the latest release from Northern Ireland’s power metal heroes conjured up images of the poor sods who work for Mike Ashley. However, I...
View ArticleReviews: Mad Hatter, Reprisal, Eldritch, Midnight Force (Reviews By Paul)
Mad Hatter: S/T (Art Gates Records)Power metal from Sweden? Well, there’s a surprise! A debut album from the Swedes opens with Mad Hatter Shine, which initially hits all the right spots for a power...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Steven Wilson (Live Review By Paul)
Steven Wilson, St David’s Hall, CardiffHeard the one about the capacity venue, the seated audience and the frustrated rock star? Well, that’s how this played out on another evening of superb...
View ArticleReviews: Light The Torch, W.E.T, Dead City Ruins, Sense Of Fear
Light The Torch: Revival (Nuclear Blast)Light The Torch are the band formerly known as Devil You Know, the name change was due to “member issues and legalities continuing for a year with no end in...
View ArticleReviews: Drudkh, Møl, Chrch, Dark Buddha (Reviews By Paul)
Drudkh: They Often See Dreams About The Spring (SOM - Underground Activists)Whilst anyone who gardens with any type of passion always dreams about the Spring, Ukrainian black metal legends’ latest...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Cannibal Corpse (Live Review By Rich)
Cannibal Corpse & Black Dahlia Murder, Motion BristolFor the second in a trilogy of gigs in Bristol during the month of March, it was off to The Marble Factory for the death metal legends Cannibal...
View ArticleReviews: Rick Parfitt, Silent Chambers, Falling Red, Godthrymm
Rick Parfitt: Over And Out (earMusic)Rick Parfitt was always the wilder half of the Status Quo guitar/vocal pairing, he was the cheeky chappy who lived life to the full and after three heart attacks a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Buffalo Summer
Buffalo Summer, Pearler & The Ginger Lizards, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffFinally a gig after recent cancellations due to extreme weather it was great to get out of the house to see some fine Welsh rock...
View ArticleReviews: Stone Temple Pilots, FM, Grave Lines, Dorothy (Reviews By Paul)
Stone Temple Pilots: Stone Temple Pilots (Atlantic)I’ve always skirted around STP. Core was an undisputed classic, but Scott Weiland always got on my nerves, with his tragic demise sad yet inevitable....
View ArticleReviews: Primordial, Napalm Death, Convocation, Quantum Hierarchy (Reviews By...
Primordial: Exile Amongst The Ruins (Metal Blade Records)Primordial are one of Ireland's most well known metal exports with the band having been releasing albums of their uniquely styled and...
View ArticleReviews: Rotting Christ, Bonfire, Gus G, Kino
Rotting Christ: Their Greatest Spells (Season Of Mist)Is there a better time of year than Easter to do a review of the Greek purveyors of black metal Rotting Christ? The name itself is a tribute to the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Testament (Live Review By Richard & Paul)
Testament, Annihilator & Vader, Motion BristolFor the third and final in a trilogy of heavy metal shows in Bristol during the month of March, it was a return to Motion & The Marble Factory for...
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