Reviews: Ayreon, Avatarium, Kadavar
Ayreon: The Theory Of Everything (InsideOut)Arjen Lucassen has returned to the project that was his first massive project. After 8 albums the project spiralled out of control getting more and more...
View ArticleThe View From The Back Of The Room: Airbourne
Airbourne, Orange Goblin & The Treatment, O2 Academy BristolSo once more across the bridge to Bristol and into the Academy for night of rawk! Into the arena (Michael Schenker) and up to the...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Death Angel (Review by Paul)
Death Angel – Underworld, CamdenMy penultimate gig of 2013 arrived and I found myself at the Underworld in Camden for a night of old school thrash. The Underworld is a 500 capacity venue and is ideally...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Triaxis (Review By Nick)
Triaxis, Counterhold and Blacksphere, Fuel Cardiff.Ok, so first thing is first. I have never liked this venue for live music events as the sound is always dire and well... its just flat out not...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Electric Six (Paul Hutchings)
Electric Six – Glee Club CardiffA Monday night and time for the annual pre-christmas party with Detriot’s finest, the amazing Electric Six. Having missed these guys last year where they performed Fire...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 1
World of metal is a new feature that will concentrate on underground and unsigned bands from around the world. It's a little bit of something new! I hope you guys like it! First we have Alt-metal,...
View ArticleReviews: Toby Jepson, Aeon Zen, Love/Hate
Toby Jepson: Raising My Own Hell (Self Released)Veteran singer Toby Jepson is coming off something of a resurgence these last two years with a successful run in GUN as well as the amazingly well...
View ArticleView From The Altar Of Metal: Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath, Birmingham N.E.CSo as we gathered in our masses at our newly christened Sabbath-mobile my compatriots and I were all full of excitement for the night’s events. We piled into the van and...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 2: Ragestorm, Broken Fate, Barque Of Dante
Ragestorm: The Thin Line Between Hope And Ruin (Independent)Ragestorm hail from Italy and they play true death metal with a massive modern groove metal hook thrown in. This is their first full length...
View ArticleTop 10 of 2013
So it's that time of year again where we find out what the readers and contributors list as their top ten albumsMatt Bladen’s Top 10 of 2013 (In no particular order, except for number 1 & 2)...
View ArticlePaul's Review Of The Year
Review of the year 2013So here I am listening to Voodoo Six’s Songs to Invade Countries To, one of the many albums that passed me by in a quite brilliant year for our genre, whilst reflecting on some...
View ArticleReviews: Iced Earth, Skull Fist, Seven Deadly
Iced Earth: Plagues Of Babylon (Century Media)The American metal machine rolls into town again, this is their second album with new vocalist Stu Block, who managed to defy the critics on Dystopia by...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 3: Toxic Waltz, Type V Blood, Echelon
Continuing our journey through independant metal from around the worldToxic Waltz: Decades Of Pain (Self Released)Toxic Waltz are thrash metal at its most volatile from Germany. All the normal...
View ArticleReviews: Bruce Springsteen, Suicidal Angels, The Brew
Bruce Springsteen: High Hopes (Colombia)So what can the Boss do on his 18th album that he hasn't already done? Well on the previous record Wrecking Ball he made a pseudo-concept piece tackling economic...
View ArticleReviews: Axel Rudi Pell, Animus Complex, Dragonhammer
Axel Rudi Pell: Into The Storm (Steamhammer)16 albums in a career filled with nothing but highs, well… maybe the one low; Axel Rudi Pell returns in fantastic style here with Into The Storm. More...
View ArticleReviews: Alcest, Blackberry Smoke, Within Temptation
Alcest – Shelter (Prophecy Productions) (Review By Paul)At Bloodstock in 2012 I watched Alcest headline in the Sophie Tent and amidst the clouds of weed marvelled at a band whose roots lay ensconced in...
View ArticleReviews: Skindred, BlackWolf, Mustasch
Skindred: Kill The Power (BMG)Benji and the boyos bring the noise again with their fifth album, with the dub infected title track starting things off nicely promising a "Resident Evil attack" which it...
View ArticleThe View From The Back Of The Room: Skindred
Skindred, Soil & Viza O2 Academy BristolSo once more over the bridge to Bristol and after a few coffee's (your intrepid traveller was not at his best) and into the already crammed O2 for the final...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Less Than Jake (Review by Neil Lewis)
Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Zebrahead + Ryland Steen, Cardiff University Great HallThe three bands on this bill are close friends off stage and tour together in various configurations regularly in...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 4: Frozen Hell, Morguenstern, Jesus Christ
Frozen Hell: Rise! (Self-Released)Thrashers Frozen Hell come from Italy and when the percussive intro subsides they explode super speed thrash metal with some great dual guitar riffage, shouted vocals...
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