Reviews: Maiden UniteD, Hercules Morse, Circle Of Silence, Petyr
Maiden UniteD: Empire Of The Clouds (Self Released)Bassist Joey Bruers was asked by the Dutch Iron Maiden fanclub to do something special for a live show back in 2006. Born out of this was Maiden...
View ArticleReviews: Shinedown, Amorphis, Witchsorrow, Big Boy Bloater (Reviews By Paul)
Shinedown: Attention Attention (Atlantic Records)Huge in the USA, becoming increasingly big in the UK and Europe, there is no doubt that Jacksonville quartet Shinedown have worked incredibly hard since...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics
Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics, Clwb Ifor Bach, CardiffThere are a few bands that you will never turn up the chance to see and Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics are becoming one of those...
View ArticleReviews: Feral Chaos, Perfect Plan, Coltsblood, Svalbard (Reviews By Rich &...
Feral Chaos: Mankind In Ruin (Self Released) [Review By Rich]Mankind In Ruin is the debut album by Finnish grinders Feral Chaos. Although not known for it there is some quality grindcore to be found in...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Machine Head (Live Review By Paul)
Machine Head, Catharsis Tour, Cardiff University & O2 Academy Bristol 2018Cast your mind back to 2007. Oakland power house Machine Head released arguably the album of the decade, The Blackening....
View ArticleReviews: Doomsday Outlaw, Monument, Primitai, Petrichor
Doomsday Outlaw: Hard Times (Frontier)Rockers Doomsday Outlaw made an impression on us back in 2016, their debut was filled with 15 tracks that walked a fine line blues rocking and AOR ballads, it was...
View ArticleReviews: The Damned, Jizzy Pearl, Aura Noir, Mother Trudy (Reviews By Paul H)
The Damned: Evil Spirits (Spinefarm)I’ve only seen The Damned once live supporting Motörhead way back in 2009. My knowledge of the band was limited to their hits back in the 1980s; namely Eloise and...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Foreigner (Live Review By Nick)
Foreigner, Joanne Shaw Taylor & John Parr, Birmingham Symphony HallAfter seeing Foreigner blow away the entire of what was the LG arena 5 years ago while supporting Journey, it was our mission to...
View ArticleReviews: Reef, Bleeding Through, Willow Child, Limb
Reef: Revelation (earMusic)Reef were one of the shining stars of the start of that 'Cool Britannia' revolution in the mid-Nineties, before the Gallagher Brothers and Blur stole all the limelight. Their...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Eradication Festival 2018 (Live Review By...
Eradication Festival 2018, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffDay 1Now in its fifth year, Eradication Festival, for the uninitiated is held over two evenings and two days at Fuel Rock Bar, Cardiff’s premier rock...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Wiegedood (Live Review By Both Paul's)
Wiegedood & Dawn Ray’d, Louisiana, Bristol (Review By Paul Scoble)The Louisiana is quite an odd venue (that’s not a criticism). Downstairs is a normal, comfortable pub. The gigs happen upstairs, in...
View ArticleReviews: Vega, Hell's Gazelles, Praying Mantis, Head With Wings (Review By...
Vega: Only Human (Frontiers Records)Melodic hard rock is a genre not showing any signs of slowing down thanks to quality releases from Frontier Records and one band that is leading the way are British...
View ArticleReviews: Overkill, Graveyard, '77, Duel (Reviews By Paul H)
Overkill: Live In Overhausen (Nuclear Blast)Few people in the metal scene dislike New Jersey’s thrash pioneers Overkill. Those that do are wrong. The band were already a vital force by 1983 as the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Marduk (Live Review By Sean)
Marduk, Ragnarok, Infernal War, Unlight, Azziard, The Globe CardiffEditor's Note: The below review is based upon the musical performance only, we here at MoM do not in anyway support or endorse...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: M2TM South Wales Semi Final 1/Agrona Album...
Metal To The Masses - South Wales Semi Final 1, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffA week after the astonishingly brilliant Eradication Festival it was back to Fuel for the first Semi Final of the South Wales 2018...
View ArticleReviews: Lords Of Black, Awooga, Electric Monolith, The Slyde
Lords Of Black: Icons Of New Days (Frontiers)Having been following Lords Of Black since their debut album, I've seen them turn from a reasonably underground heavy/prog/power metal band into one of the...
View ArticleReviews: De Profundis, Kite, Alkaloid, The Shiva Hypothesis (Reviews By Paul...
De Profundis: The Blinding Light of Faith (Transcending Obscurity Records)The Blinding Light Of Faith is De Profundis 5th album. This is the follow up to 2015’s huge Kingdom Of The Blind album. So, is...
View ArticleReviews: Varathron, Tondra, Voices (Reviews By Alyn)
Varathron : Patriarchs Of Evil (Agonia Records)Hailing from Greece, Varathron are an outfit that have long spent time in the shade of the likes of SepticFlesh and Rotting Christ, even sharing members...
View ArticleReviews: Lunatic Soul, Deadly Carnage, Nocturnal Graves, Dream State (Reviews...
Lunatic Soul: Under The Fractured Sky (Kscope) [Paul H]It would appear at times that Mariusz Duda is attempting to outdo Steven Wilson in the workaholic stakes. The sixth Lunatic Soul release, coming...
View ArticleReviews: Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Crystal Tears, Black Coffee, Silent Winter
Church Of The Cosmic Skull: Science Fiction (Kozmik Artifactz)I've always thought that music is a more powerful unifying force than any religion can be and the band that agree with me are Nottingham...
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