A View From The Back Of The Room: The Rock N Roll Circus Mencap Charity...
The Rock And Roll Circus Mencap Charity Fundraiser, The Doll’s House, AbertilleryA journey to the Ebbw Fach valley on a warm spring day is not something I do that often, but this was an event we’d had...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Dead At 27 (Alex)
Dead At 27, The 501's & Chris Morgan, Fuel Rock Club CardiffDead at 27 has a sizeable following – a fact evidenced by the amount of gig-goers sporting branded t-shirts tonight. Of course, that’s...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Cellar Darling (Live Review By Rich)
Cellar Darling, Blanket & Appearance Of Nothing, The Globe, CardiffBefore this last week I had never heard Cellar Darling but upon being offered a chance to review this gig I gave their material a...
View ArticleA View From Another Country: John 5 And The Creatures (Live Review By Manus)
John 5 And The Creatures, Jared James Nichols, Dead Girls Academy, Lee's Palace, Toronto, CanadaJohn 5 seems to be pretty busy most summers hitting a bunch of big festivals with Rob Zombie, but he’s...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Pineapple Thief (Live Review By Paul H)
The Pineapple Thief & O.R.K. - SWX, BristolA return to SWX three days after Polish band Riverside had put on a masterclass in progressive rock for another serving of progressive music and to be...
View ArticleReview: Devin Townsend (Rich)
Devin Townsend: Empath (InsideOut Records)Easily the most prolific Canadian musician in modern day rock and metal Devin Townsend has had a long and varied career in which conformity and predictability...
View ArticleReviews: Cellar Darling, Waylander, Enterprise Earth, Blood Youth (Rich,...
Cellar Darling: The Spell (Nuclear Blast) [Rich]The Spell is the second album by Swiss progressive metallers Cellar Darling. The band is comprised of ex-members of folk metal band Eluveitie though...
View ArticleReviews: The Mute Gods, Rival Tides, Colt 48, Anthem (Paul H, Manus & Alex)
The Mute Gods: Atheists and Believers (InsideOut Records) [Paul H]Despite being one of the busiest touring and recording musicians in the rock world, Nick Beggs also finds time to deliver high quality...
View ArticleReview: The Treatment, Whitechapel, American Sin, Marianas Trench (Paul H,...
The Treatment: Power Crazy (Frontiers Records) [Paul H]Cambridge quintet The Treatment have been delivering the goods for over a decade now. I’ve seen the band several times, opening for Black Stone...
View ArticleReviews: Haunt, Turner, Burning Rain, Mindmare (Matt, Polly & Manus)
Haunt: If Icarus Could Fly (Shadow Kingdom Records)Trevor William Church must be easily bored. He's prolific as the leader of stoner/doom riff masters Beastmaker pumping out records at a rate most...
View ArticleReviews: Warpit, Bleed Someone Dry, Good Tiger, Wraithborn (Liam)
Warpit: Reborn EP (Self Released)Some melodic death metal from Canada, and this just destroys the stereotype that Canadians are just all about hockey, maple syrup and saying ‘Sorey’. This EP, only 20...
View ArticleReviews: Exumer, Obscure Infintity, Invictus, Lost In Kiev (Paul H & Manus]
Exumer: Hostile Defiance (Metal Blade Records) [Paul H]Three years ago, I reviewed the fourth full-length by German thrash merchants Exumer. The Raging Tides was full throttle old school, thrash which...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Holding Absence (Live Review By Polly)
Holding Absence, The Globe, CardiffIt has a certain ring: “Love’s a funny thing”.Well after reviewing their album and being totally blown away it was imperative that saw Holding Absence live and what a...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Idles (Live Review By Stacey)
Idles Tramshed, CardiffEditor's Note - Yet again we were at a loss for this gig until we managed to get another friend of the blog to write a review for us about the Sold Out show at The Tramshed. Once...
View ArticleBloodstock Metal To The Masses Heat 5 Review
Metal To The Masses South Wales Heat 5, Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff 29th March 2019 A break of three weeks has flown by and we rolled into Heat 5 of the qualifying heats. Back at Fuel at the end of a...
View ArticleMetal To The Masses South Wales 2019 Heat 6 Preview
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses, South Wales Heat 6 Another hard-fought heat last week provided us with an enjoyable evening with a range of styles throughout the evening. The final heat arrives on 5th...
View ArticleReviews: Lord Dying, Final Coil, Desert Near The End, Tillian
Lord Dying: Mysterium Tremendum (eOne)Lord Dying are Erik Olson - guitar/vocals, Chris Evans - guitar, Matt Price - bass and Chase Manhattan - drums and their press release states that the reasons to...
View ArticleReviews: The End Machine, Drudkh, Bleeding Utopia, Forever Still (Paul H,...
The End Machine: The End Machine (Frontiers Records) [Paul H]Another release from the Frontiers label, who specialise in putting together high-quality hard rock projects. The End Machine is another...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Who Knows Didley, King Kraken & Eulogy...
Eulogy, King Kraken And Who Knows Didley at Fuel Rock ClubA return to the scene of the crime as the sound of hard melodic rock filled Fuel on a Saturday night. Having seen the quality of King Kraken in...
View ArticleReviews: Lik, AntropomorphiA, None, Hypnotic Nausea (Paul S, Paul H & Mark)
Lik: Mass Funeral Evocation (Metal Blade Records) [Paul H]Their name means Corpse in Swedish, but the blistering death metal which the Stockholm trio produce is anything but stiff rigidity. Mass...
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