Reviews: Beth Hart, Ross The Boss, Earthless, Underside
Beth Hart: Front And Center - Live From New York (Provogue)Recorded in the intimate setting of NYC’s Iridium Jazz Club the first lady of blues Beth Hart culminates her post-millennial career revival...
View ArticleReviews: The Sword, Caliban, Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik, The Dead Daises...
The Sword: Used Future (Razor & Tie)The first time I saw Texan’s The Sword as supporting Clutch at the sadly missed TJs in Newport was back in the mid-2000s. The band had not long released Age Of...
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Ayreon: The Best Of Ayreon Universe Live (Music Theories Recordings)Prog mastermind Arjen Lucassen, has been creating progressive concept records for 20+ years, his records all link together to make a...
View ArticleReviews: King Goat, Skeletal Remains, Cattail Brew, Nale (Reviews By Paul)
King Goat: Debt Of Aeons (Aural Music)Hard on the heels of their debut album Coduit, UK doom outfit King Goat return with a massive album, full of sprawling lengthy tracks which pound and crush. With...
View ArticleReviews: Behemoth, The Octopus, Headless Crown, ShadowKeep
Behemoth: Messe Noire (Nuclear Blast)Messe Noire is the album portion of the Live DVD of the same name that brings together two live shows, the full The Satanist album recorded at Progresja, Warsaw,...
View ArticleReviews: Monster Magnet, Desert Storm, Eliminator, Firegarden (Reviews By Paul)
Monster Magnet: Mindfucker(Napalm Records)The first new album by the Space Rockers since 2013’s Last Patrol, Mindfucker is just fabulous. A hard driving rocker from the opening strains of Rocket Freak,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Teethgrinder (Live Review By Rich)
Teethgrinder, Foetal Juice, Casket Feeder & OMV, Fuel Rock ClubA Bank Holiday Sunday and with no work the following day it seemed rude not to pop along to Fuel in Cardiff for an evening of grind...
View ArticleReviews: Yes, Bulletboys, Yossi Sassi, BlackWater Holylight
Yes: Fly From Here - Return Trip (Pledge Music)The original release of Fly From Here was the the first record to feature Oliver Wakeman (keyboards) and Benoit David (vocals-replacing Jon Anderson), the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Magenta
Magenta, The Globe CardiffThis was the first of three special nights for Welsh prog band Magenta, it saw them play a special set of shows where they would play two albums back-to-back. The two records...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Epica, Myrkur & Oceans Of Slumber (Live...
Epica, Myrkur, Oceans Of Slumber, O2 Academy BristolIt’s hopefully a sign of the times that women in metal finally appear be increasing in number. Whether intentional or not, this three-band bill...
View ArticleReviews: Blackberry Smoke, The Amorettes, Lowdrive, Crisix (Reviews By Paul)
Blackberry Smoke: Find A Light (Earache)Arguably one of the finest bands in rock music today, album number six from the five-piece from Atlanta, Georgia cements their reputation. 18 months on from Like...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Kris Barras & Blackwater Conspiracy
Kris Barras & Blackwater Conspiracy, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffOn the evening of Wrestlemania we were getting ready for a knockout night of another kind, in the darkness of Fuel Rock Club, cage...
View ArticleReviews: Gozu, Axel Rudi Pell, The Ugly Kings, Odcult (Reviews By Paul)
Gozu: Equilibrium (Metal Blade Records / Blacklight Media Records)Now in their 10th year, Gozu, from Boston, MA, have delivered a meaty slab of hard stoner metal which screams “repeated plays”. The...
View ArticleReviews: Kamelot, Mustasch, Dewolff, QFT
Kamelot: The Shadow Theory (Napalm Records)Symphonic metal mainstays Kamelot return with their latest opus which is their third album with Tommy Karevik and it continues in the same style of previous...
View ArticleReviews: Spiders, Kalmah, Hamerex Jari Tiura (Reviews By Paul)
Spiders: Killer Machine (Spinefarm Records)Down and dirty rock n’ roll from Gothenburg is the name of the game with Spiders’ third album, the fabulous Killer Machine. Full of fuzzy stomping riffs, fast...
View ArticleReviews: Temperance, Whyzdom, Messa, Shadygrove (Reviews By Stief)
Temperance: Of Jupiter And Moons (Scarlet Records)Having followed Temperance from their self titled debut, it's great to see them release yet another album, and what an album! This album introduces two...
View ArticleReviews: Louise Lemon, Glorior Belli, Inkvisitor, Betrayal Incorporated...
Louise Lemón: Purge EP (Icons Creating Evil Art Records)Now for something a bit out of my comfort zone as this is not a rock or metal album. This is the debut album by Sweden's Louise Lemón and I've...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Andrew W.K
Andrew W.K, Y Plas, CardiffSupposed to be taking place in the Great Hall in November 2017 the return of Andrew W.K (8) to Cardiff actually took place in April 2018 to smaller but more intense audience....
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Trivium
Trivium, Code Orange, Power Trip & Venom Prison, O2 Academy BristolFloridian metal band Trivium are one of the first ‘new’ bands I got into when I was first getting into heavy music. Having been...
View ArticleReviews: Boss Keloid, Reigning Days, Temples On Mars, Sixcircles
Boss Keloid: Melted On The Inch (Holy Roar Records)Holy Roar have really established themselves as purveyors of high quality interesting new music, recently we’ve had Conjurer and Mol but now they’ve...
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