Reviews: Lacuna Coil, Pete Spilby, Hex A.D, Crucible Of Hate, Rising (Reviews...
Lacuna Coil: The 119 Show – Live In London (Century Media)A celebration of 20 years of the Milanese based metal outfit Lacuna Coil, The 119 Show was recorded in front of a sold out and extremely...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Bullet For My Valentine (Live Review By Alex)
Bullet for My Valentine, Of Mice And Men, Nothing More, Motorpoint Arena CardiffEvery time Bullet for My Valentine play in Cardiff, the show is dutifully promoted as a homecoming for the Welsh...
View ArticleA Vierw From The Back Of The Room: The Infernal Sea (Live Review By Rich)
The Infernal Sea, Deadwood Lake, Promethean Reign & Saarkoth at Fuel, CardiffThere were two metal gigs on in Cardiff on this Sunday night - boy band Bullet For My Valentine playing a huge show in...
View ArticleReviews: Holter, Voices From The Fuselage, Barbarian Hermit, Slæt
Holter: Vlad The Impaler (Frontiers Records)Trond Holter is the former guitarist of Wig Wam, he's also appeared on solo albums by Jorn Lande which led to the Dracula: Swing Of Death album in 2015 that...
View ArticleReviews: Korpiklaani, Divine Ascension, Eluveitie, Sirenia (Reviews By Stief)
Korpiklaani: Kulkija (Nuclear Blast)The 10th release from Finnish Folk legends Korpiklaani and they just seem to be getting better with age. As soon as Jonne Järvelä’s distinct gravel-gargling vocals...
View ArticleReviews: Unleashed, Unearth, Hank Von Hell, Dunbarrow (Paul S, Lee, Matt N)
Unleashed: Hunt For White Christ (Napalm Records) [Paul S]Unleashed will have been going for 30 years next year, and they have had a stable lineup since 1995. There aren’t that many bands that can...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: Interview With Joe Hoare & Chris Turner From Orange Goblin By...
Orange Goblin InterviewPrior to their explosive gig at Cardiff’s Great Hall on 3rd November we were lucky enough to have time to chat with Joe Hoare and Chris Turner, Guitarist and Drummer respectively...
View ArticleReviews: Antimatter, Psycroptic, Thorium, Cadacus (Reviews By Paul H)
Antimatter: Black Market Enlightenment (Self Released)2015’s The Judas Table was a beautiful album. It’s been three years of patient waiting but finally Mick Moss returns with the seventh album and it...
View ArticleReviews: Sacral Rage, Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy, SuidAkrA, Carbon Black...
Sacral Rage: Beyond Celestial Echoes (Cruz Del Sur) [Paul S]Greek four piece Sacral Rage play, according to their Facebook page, Hi-Tech Metal Lunacy. Which is a great label to attach to yourselves....
View ArticleReviews: Lucifer's Child, Chrome Division, Planet Of Zeus, Crevassian
Lucifer's Child: The Order (Agonia Records)At last the return of the blood-soaked black metal band Lucifer's Child, the bastard offspring of two of Greece's biggest bands. Lucifer's Child was formed by...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Power Quest (Review By Stief)
Power Quest, Hobos BridgendAfter a quick meal in the Kings Head, we headed into Bridgend's premier gig locale, Hobos. I caught a little of support act Chris Bay, but not enough to make a genuine review...
View ArticleReviews: Nita Strauss, Devil's Playground, Doom Side Of The Moon, Devastator
Nita Strauss: Controlled Chaos (Sumerian Records)I've mentioned before about my struggles with instrumental music but I've always had a bit of a soft spot for shred guitar stemming back to my love of...
View ArticleReview: Beth Hart, Dan Patlansky, Cattle Decapitation, Greenleaf, Rifflord...
Beth Hart: Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Provogue Records)A capacity audience hold their breath as a lone figure walks between them. Her usual gutsy, powerhouse voice for once fragile as a glass...
View ArticleA View Of From The Back Of The Room: Thomas Rhett (Review By Nick)
Thomas Rhett, Devin Dawson, Danielle Bradbery, Hammersmith Apollo.Danielle BradberyFollowing winning The Voice America back in 2013, the first country act to do so, Bradbery has slowly risen to be a...
View ArticleReviews: All That Remains, Warkings, Daemonia Nymphe, Collateral
All That Remains: Victim Of The New Disease (Eleven Seven Records)Victim Of The New Disease is the 9th album from American metalcore band All That Remains, it's the final album to feature founding...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Nashville Pussy (Review By Paul H)
Nashville Pussy, The Globe, CardiffDescribed as the “American Motörhead, the powerhouse of inappropriate innuendo and downright filth that is Nashville Pussy (7) rolled into Cardiff on a freezing cold...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Phil Campbell (Review By Paul H)
Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, The Globe, CardiffBack to The Globe for the return of one of South Wales’ favourite sons. If ever there was a poll about the greatest Welshmen, Philip Anthony...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Idlewar
Idlewar, Scarsun & Excursia, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffWith Welsh Ragga-Punks playing a huge show in The Tramshed across town, I headed over to Cardiff's only rock club for a little bit of Southern...
View ArticleReviews: Steven Wilson, Muse, Stephen Pearcy, Valafar (Reviews By Paul H &...
Steven Wilson: Home Invasion (Eagle Rock) [Alex]Paraphrasing Steven Wilson himself, live films are pointless in the sense that they will never truly capture the essence of a concert experience, yet...
View ArticleFunny Business: Andrew O'Neill (Review By Stief)
Andrew O Neill & James Dunn, Clwb Ifor BachAfter a brief intro by Andrew O’Neill, in which he acknowledged the Musipedia’s own Paul Scoble having a comedy event across the road (and apologising),...
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