Reviews: Burn The Priest, Kataklysm, The Fierce & The Dead, Blind River...
Burn The Priest: Legion XX (Nuclear Blast)A blast from the past as Lamb Of God return in ferocious form, ten tracks under the old school moniker off Burn The Priest and an album off covers from their...
View ArticleReviews: Jonathan Davies, Gazpacho, Nervosa, Gruesome (Reviews By Paul H)
Jonathan Davis: Black Labyrinth (Sumerian Records)I’m not sure if the debut solo release by Korn front man Jonathan Davis is long awaited or not. Certainly, solo work has been mooted since the early...
View ArticleReviews: Ghost, Spock's Beard, Dopethrone, Motorjesus
Ghost: Prequelle (Loma Vista/Spinefarm)Papa Emeritus is dead...I know this tends to be how we start a review of nearly all Ghost albums but as III became a vaudeville false prophet he was killed by...
View ArticleA View From The Back of The Room: Britrock Must Be Destroyed! (Live Review By...
Britrock Must Be Destroyed tour (Reef, The Wildhearts, Terrorvision & Dodgy) – Motion, BristolLife is full of little moments of joy: Breaking the seal on a new jar of coffee, waking up after a...
View ArticleReviews: Alien Weaponry, Witchskull, Marc Rizzo, Shotgun Rebellion, Moon...
Alien Weaponry: Tū (Napalm Records)Fuck me! I’d heard the rumours about this New Zealand three-piece, but I wasn’t quite prepared for the onslaught that hit me when I first hit play on their debut...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Metal 2 The Masses Semi Final 2 (Live...
Metal to The Masses Semi-Final 2. Fuel Rock Club, CardiffA much tighter one to call at the second South Wales Semi Final than the previous week with some stellar performances demonstrating once again...
View ArticleReviews: Five Finger Death Punch, Sevendust, My Brother, The Wolf, Meliah...
Five Finger Death Punch: And Justice For None (Eleven Seven Music)FFDP return with album number seven, three years since previous release Got The Six in 2015. A band that polarises opinions, I’m very...
View ArticleReviews: Matterhorn, Nomad, Secret Society, Scimitar
Matterhorn: Crimes Of Man (Self Released)Hailing from the "crime capital of Australia" Adelaide Matterhorn are an unadulterated, unashamed heavy metal band. Starting their life a s covers act with...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Blind River (Live Review By Paul H)
Blind River/Nitroville – The Patriot, CrumlinA rare journey North of the Wall (Well, Newbridge) saw us head to the Patriot Rock Club in Crumlin. The headline act was The Dead Daisies bassist Marco...
View ArticleReviews: Ryder's Creed, Hatchet, Dorian Sorriaux, Mississippi Bones (Reviews...
Ryder’s Creed: Self Titled (Off Yer Rocka)Winners of the HRH Highway To Hell 2017 competition, Ryder’s Creed is a five-piece from the Midlands who deliver classic hard rock in a style which is...
View ArticleReviews: Follow The Cipher, Summoner's Circle, The Great Electric Quest, aAnd?
Follow The Cipher: Follow The Cipher (Nuclear Blast)Coming from Falun (city of Sabaton, Twilight Force & Billion Dollar Babies) Follow The Cipher are the latest in long line of Scandinavian power...
View ArticleReviews: Age Of Taurus, Spiral Skies, Engel, Hidden Intent (Reviews By Paul H)
Age Of Taurus: A Colony Slain (Rise Above Records)I’d never heard of Age Of Taurus before receiving this album to review. The band was formed in 2009 by vocalist/guitarist Toby Wright, initially as a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: A Forest Of Stars (Live Review By Paul H)
A Forest Of Stars, Dammin, Praecantator, Levitas, Yylva, Fuel Rock Club CardiffWhilst men in tight shirts who can’t get things off the top shelf due to their bulging biceps headed to the Cardiff City...
View ArticleReviews: Sinaya, Yatin Srivastava Project, Yovel (Reviews By Rich)
Sinaya: Maze Of Madness (Brutal Records)Maze Of Madness is the debut album by Brazilian death metallers Sinaya. Much like fellow Brazilian band Nervosa, Sinaya have an all female line up and these...
View ArticleReviews: Here Lies Man, Betrayer, Naisian, Black Crucifixion (Reviews By Paul...
Here Lies Man: You Will Know Nothing (Riding Easy Records)You Will Know Nothing is Here Lies Man’s second album, the band, which is made up of members of the band Antibalas, claim to be mixing Black...
View ArticleReviews: TNT, Toledo Steel, Monolith Grows!, Kilmore
TNT: XIII (Frontiers Music)Norwegian rockers TNT have been have been kicking out the jams for a long while now, 1982 to be exact. XIII is their thirteenth record and their first with new vocalist Baol...
View ArticleReviews: Don Airey, Subsignal, Infared, RSO (Reviews By Paul H)
Don Airey: One Of A Kind (earMusic)One of the unsung heroes of the hard rock scene, Don Airey needs no introduction. If you don’t know who he is then you really need to brush up on your rock history....
View ArticleReviews: Trillium, Refuge, Cryonic Temple, Fire Down Below
Trillium: Tectonic (Frontiers)Since the first Trillium Amanda Somerville has been involved in numerous projects including Kiske/Somerville, Exit Eden, Serenity, Avantasia (Live) and of course...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Psychedelic Furs (Review By Paul H)
The Psychedelic Furs - Tramshed, CardiffMrs. H has always been a bit of an indie fan. And when I say indie, I mostly mean the art/alternative rock and miserable post-punk gothic leanings which includes...
View ArticleReviews: Khemmis, The Heretic Order, Deus Vermin, Born Of Ire
Khemmis: Desolation (Nuclear Blast)Denver based doomsters Khemmis have been whipping up the riffs for a long time now but it's only on their previous record Hunted that they became a noteworthy outside...
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