Reviews: Salvation Jayne, Nine Miles Down, Prognosis, Saarkoth
Salvation Jayne: S/T (Self Released)Salvation Jayne are a four piece alt-rock band from Kent who take as much from blues as they do from grunge. This EP is the six track affair with five fully plugged...
View ArticleReviews: Gama Bomb. New Haunts, Horrendous, Irreversible Mechanism (Reviews...
Gama Bomb: Speed Between The Lines (AFM)This is Gama Bomb's 7th album, coming 3 years after their last, Untouchable Glory. So, what have Joe, Philly, Paul, Domo and John got for us this time. Well, if...
View ArticleReviews: Grave Digger, Terror, Shining, Dream Patrol (Reviews By Rich)
Grave Digger: The Living Dead (Napalm Records)With a career spanning nearly 40 years German metal legends Grave Digger show no sign of slowing down or taking it easy with the release of their...
View ArticleReviews: Empire, Boston Manor, Mia Klose, Lords Of The Lost (Reviews By Alex)
Empire: Glue (Self Released)One trend I have been pleased to see envelop rock in 2018, is the tendency to mesh post-hardcore, with shades of progressive or complex metal, and even dashes of funk....
View ArticleReviews: Crippled Black Phoenix, Deadwood Lake, Famyne, Malum Sky
Crippled Black Phoenix: Great Escape (Season Of Mist)Crippled Black Phoenix are an enigma of a band, more of a musical collective the only constant being Justin Greaves, having been tagged as "stoner...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Cegvera & Void Titan, The Old England, BristolDoom, really freaking heavy DOOM! That was what we were going to get one sunny evening in Bristol, the slowest, grisliest,...
View ArticleReviews: Conan, Vreid, Kadavar, Solus Ex Inferis (Reviews By Paul H & Paul S]
Conan: Existential Void Guardian (Napalm Records) [Paul S]This is Conan’s fourth album, the first to feature new drummer Johnny King. The main template that we know and love hasn’t changed that much,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Demon & Dendera (Live Review By Paul H)
Demon & Dendera, Fuel Rock ClubThis was a strange evening. Billed as a co-headline gig, it was clear upon arriving in the dark and sweaty venue that 95% of the audience had no idea who Portsmouth’s...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Sons Of Apollo (Live Review By Paul H)
Sons Of Apollo, SWX BristolSometimes you witness something so mind-blowing that you find it hard to describe what you’ve seen. When the progressive supergroup Sons Of Apollo released one of the albums...
View ArticleReviews: Billy F. Gibbons, Supersuckers, Dragonlord, Betzefer (Reviews By...
Billy F. Gibbons: The Big Bad Blues (Concord Records)Is there a cooler man in the world of rock than the Reverend Willie G? No, you are wrong. The hustler of the masters of boogie, the mighty ZZ Top,...
View ArticleReviews: Sign Of The Jackal, The Loudest Silence, Temtris, Manic Outburst...
The Loudest Silence: Aesthetic Illusion (Spinnup) [Stief]Despite being founded in 2010, this is the debut album from Sarajevo’s The Loudest Silence, and boy, what a debut! Straight from the outset, the...
View ArticleOpinion: Anti-Fascist Black Metal & NSBM (Essay By Paul S)
Discussion Of Anti-Fascist Black Metal and NSBM.I love black metal. Out of all of the sub-genres of heavy metal, black metal is the one that speaks to me the most. Although I love it almost...
View ArticleReviews: Monuments, Outloud, Sky Empire, Costas Varras
Monuments: Phronesis (Century Media)We're into the teenage years of djent now and the bands who have been at the forefront of this style have had to adapt their sound and mature if they have any hope...
View ArticleReviews: Anaal Nathrakh, Leader Of Down, Crimson Throne, Windfall (Reviews By...
Anaal Nathrakh: A New Kind Of Horror (Metal Blade) [Sean]If you’re in some way unfamiliar with nihilistic misery merchants Anaal Nathrakh, then where the fuck have you been? The Brummie gruesome...
View ArticleReviews: In The Woods..., Sadist, Commonwealth, City Of Thieves (By Rich,...
In The Woods…: Cease The Day (Debemur Morti Productions) [Rich]Coming two years after their stunning 2016 comeback album Pure, In The Woods… are back with their stunning fifth album Cease The Day. The...
View ArticleReviews: Slash, Arabrot, Wolfheart, Creye (Reviews By Alex, Paul S, Rich &...
Slash With Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators: Living The Dream (Snakepit/Roadrunner) [Alex]Eight years have passed since Slash, decided to kind of launch a solo career, by which I mean he has still...
View ArticleReviews: Hardcore Superstar, Thrice, Emma Ruth Rundle, Therapy? (Reviews By...
Hardcore Superstar: You Can’t Kill My Rock N Roll (Gain Music Entertainment)Just a cursory glance at the cover art of Hardcore Superstars 12th album will show you what you are in for. An overturned...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Crowbar (Live Review By Paul Scoble)
Crowbar & Ingested, The GlobeThe Globe has been getting some great bands in recently. Even with the quality gigs they have been putting on, getting a legendary doom/sludge band like Crowbar on a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Voivod (Live Review By Rich)
Voivod & Bio-Cancer at The Globe, CardiffNot only did they release one of the finest albums of the year but Voivod are also on tour celebrating their 35th anniversary of existence as a band and so...
View ArticleReviews: Bad Wolves, Evil Scarecrow, Hammer King, Black Viper (Reviews By...
Bad Wolves: Disobey (Eleven Seven) [Matt]Sometimes we miss things here at MoM towers and the one record we missed back in May was the debut from American metal supergroup Bad Wolves. Now supergroup is...
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