A View From The Back Of The Room: Anaal Nathrakh, Akercocke & Agrona (Live...
Anaal Nathrakh, Akercocke & Agrona, Thekla, BristolSundays are generally seen as a day of rest but peace, quiet and restfulness was the last thing you would find in Bristol on this Sunday evening...
View ArticleReviews: Gasoline Outlaws, Kurokuma, Red Handed Denial, Raised By Owls (Matt...
Gasoline Outlaws: Light Up The World (Self Released)The sophomore album from Belfast rockers saw them setting up a PledgeMusic to fund the album successfully, however once the PledgeMusic platform...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Quireboys, FM, Bad Touch & Vega (Live...
The Quireboys, FM, Bad Touch & Vega at The Globe, CardiffTuesdays are generally rubbish. Stuck in a void between the start of the week and the middle of the week and with no end in sight they are...
View ArticleReviews: Tronos, Satan Takes A Holiday, The Pilgrim, Drunken Crocodiles...
Tronos: Celestial Mechanics (Century Media) [Paul H]In a week when the crazy Canadian Devin Townsend released one his most over the top albums, this beast landed in the inbox to review. A mind-altering...
View ArticleReviews: Manowar, Iced Earth, Sin Theta, Stahlmann (Matt, Paul H & Polly)
Manowar: The Final Battle EP I (Magic Circle Music) [Matt]"It's the end of the world as we know it" one would be intrigued to see what Michael Stipe would think of Manowar, however this EP does indeed...
View ArticleA View From Another Country: Dream Theater (Live Review By Manus)
Dream Theater, The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, TorontoThe Sony Centre For The Performing Arts isn’t somewhere you’d expect to see a metal show, but Toronto suffers from a dearth of mid-size...
View ArticleReviews: Nordjevel, Tug Of War, West Of Hell, King Zebra (Rich, Matt & Pascal)
Nordjevel: Necrogenesis (Osmose Productions) [Rich]I first heard Nordjevel last year and was completely taken aback by how good they were considering they had only been in existence for a mere three...
View ArticleBloodstock Metal To The Masses Heat 6 Review
Metal To The Masses South Wales Heat 6, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffThe final heat in what has so far been an enthralling contest arrived. A real change in styles in comparison to other heats and another...
View ArticleReviews: Jordan Rudess, Avem, Sanguinary Trance, Hand Of Fate (Sean & Rich)
Jordan Rudess: Wired For Madness (Mascot Records) [Sean]Ah, Mr. Rudess. What will Dream Theater’s king of keys and sultan of synths have in store for me, I wonder? Having already been a very busy man...
View ArticleReviews: Celestivl, Joanovarc, Las Dispute, Nine Shrines (Alex)
Celestivl: Tentimestwo (Self Released)Celestivl detail their inspirations as being 20th-century Classical art, Theatre, Pop Music, The Learned style (nope, me neither) and Disney. That’s quite an...
View ArticleReviews: Waste Of Space Orchestra, Totaled, Glitter Wizard, Marvel (Paul H,...
Waste Of Space Orchestra: Syntheosis (Svart Records) [Paul H]Initially commissioned as an original performance for the 2018 Roadburn Festival in Holland, Syntheosis is the recorded version of the very...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: The Black Dahlia Murder (Live Review By Polly)
The Black Dahlia Murder, Ingested & Embodiment, The Fleece, BristolEmbodimentUntil tonight I hadn’t heard of Embodiment and I am so disappointed in myself for not making a point of listening to...
View ArticleReviews: Lion Shepherd, LA Guns, Rome, Numenorean (Paul H & Paul S)
Lion Shepherd: III (Universal Records) [Paul H]It’s been almost two years since Polish progressive outfit Lion Shepherd released their second album Heat. I’ve been enthralled by this band since seeing...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Lords Of The Land
Lords Of The Land Festival, SWG3 Complex, GlasgowSo our first time at Glasgow based metal was memorable for a number of reasons, mainly due to it being a few of our number's first time in Glasgow,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: In Flames (Live Review By Paul H)
In Flames, Norma Jean, Light the Torch, SWX BristolNot a gig I’d usually have been that interested in, this proved to be a decent evening and for me the discovery of a band who really killed it in the...
View ArticleReviews: Grand Magus, New Years Day, Dead River Kings, Devil's Gun (Matt &...
Grand Magus: Wolf God (Nuclear Blast) [Matt]Janne 'JB' Christoffersson (guitar, vocals), Mats 'Fox' Hedén Skinner (bass) and Ludwig Witt (drums) return with their ninth(!) album of 'proper' heavy...
View ArticleReviews: Asomvel, Mage, Elephant Riders, Son Of Boar (Paul H)
Asomvel: World Shaker (Heavy Psych Sounds)World Shaker is the third album from Ralph, Lenny Robinson and Jani Pasanen. The band are as close to Motörhead as you can get these days, but this is not...
View ArticleReviews: Hitherside, Brothers In Arms, Okilly Dokilly, Suzi Quatro (Pascal &...
Hitherside: Blue Lotus (Painted Bass Records) [Pascal]Hitherside is a Belgian /American band based in Antwerp according to their press pack. Which also tells you that Dirk Verbeuren, current Megadeth...
View ArticleReviews: Witchlords, The Flaying, Volt, Angel Black (Manus)
Witchlords: Demons In The Dark (Independent)Witchlords have come out swinging in full force with this monstrous debut album. It’s a lot grittier than most power metal albums, with low guitar chugs and...
View ArticleReviews: Fractal Universe, The Southern Revival, Wretch, I Prevail (Paul H,...
Fractal Universe: Rhizomes of Insanity (Metal Blade Records) [Paul H]Following on from 2017’s debut album Engram Of Decline, Fractal Universe’s foundations for progression have been helped by...
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