Reviews: Grand Magus, Mayan, The Vintage Caravan
Grand Magus: Triumph And Power (Nuclear Blast)J.B, Fox and Ludwig together they are the trad metal tour-de-force that is Grand Magus. Triumph And Power is their seventh album and their fourth since...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Molly Hatchet (Review By Paul)
Molly Hatchet, Islington Academy, LondonMy first gig of 2014 finally arrived in the shape of legendary Southern rock outfit Molly Hatchet who were in the UK for a short round of dates in some quite...
View ArticleReviews: Transatlantic, The Treatment, No Sinner
Transatlantic: Kaleidoscope (InsideOut)So the pro-rock supergroup release their fourth album and it is a possibly their most adventurous yet, their last release The Whirlwind was a concept...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 5: Valtari, Unscarred, Running Death
Valtari: Hunters Pride (Self Release) (Review By Nick)Coming from the land down under Valtari is a melodic Death Metal project with a twist… there is but one of them! Fronted and indeed solely brought...
View ArticleReviews: Primal Fear, Chrome Division, Augustines
Primal Fear: Delivering the Black (Nuclear Blast) (Review By Paul)2014’s power metal season opens on a high with this offering from German veterans Primal Fear. Opener King For A Day opens at a...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Limp Bizkit (Review By Lee Burnell)
Limp Bizkit, Crossfaith, Nekrogoblinkon & Baby Godzilla, Great Hall CardiffOn a dampened night, nothing dampened the spirits of God knows how many people who turned up to see them in The Great...
View ArticleOut Of The Beyond 31
Royal Southern Brotherhood: S/T (Ruf 2012)What do you get if you form a band the features the son of an Allman Brother with a Neville Brother? Well you get 12 tracks of soulful blues rock from the...
View ArticleThe View From The Front Of The Room: Evil Scarecrow
Evil Scarecrow & Ten Cent Toy, Bristol ExchangeSo once more along the bridge the merry travellers did go, this time it was for the the mighty Evil Scarecrow who continue to draw us to their...
View ArticleReviews: Troubled Horse, Elysion, Amoral
Troubled Horse: Step Inside (Rise Above)Sweden does seem to be in it's purple patch at the moment with some very fine rock and roll bands coming out of the country in recent years Troubled Horse are...
View ArticleReviews: Hatriot, Freedom Call, Vanden Plas (Reviewed By Paul)
Hatriot: Dawn Of The New Centurion (Massacre Records)The latest project of long standing thrash veteran Steve Souza basically grabs you in the nuts, kicks seven shades of shit out of you and leaves...
View ArticleReviews: Majesty, Klogr, Tides Of Sulfur
Majesty: Banners High (NoiseArt Records)Lets lay it down now before we start, that Majesty (no not the band that were to become Dream Theater) sound like Manowar, a lot like Manowar, in fact if...
View ArticleReviews: Bigelf, Adrenaline Mob, Dark Forest, Savage Messiah
Bigelf: Into The Maelstrom (InsideOut Records)Is this Bigelf or creative genius Damon Fox's solo album? That was what went through my mind as I read the liner notes, Fox handles the vocals, guitar,...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: Crowbar (Review By Paul)
Crowbar – The Garage, LondonHang The BastardI arrived too late to see openers Dripback but was in time to catch London based sludge outfit Hang The Bastard put in a 30 minute set which whilst mildly...
View ArticleWorld Of Metal 6: Human Decay, Marshroom, Trigant
Human Decay: Figli Di Dio (Self Released)Human Decay are thrash band hailing from Italy and Figli Di Dio is their debut EP, it features three tracks of furious thrash with some technical guitar playing...
View ArticleHammerfest 2014
Hammerfest Hafan-Y-Mor Park North WalesSo once again the metal hordes descend upon North Wales for 3 nights of debauchery in a holiday park. This time it's the Haven in Hafan-Y-Mor Park that hosted the...
View ArticleReviews: The Cadillac Three, Shrapnel, Panic Room
The Cadillac Three: Tennessee Mojo (Big Machine Records)The Cadillac Three are southern and as they say in the opening salvoI'mSouthernit ain't their fault. This is music for beer drinking and hell...
View ArticleReviews: Primitai & Winterstorm (Reviews By Nick)
Primitai: Rise Again (Green China)So, a little late on this one (my bad) but one of my favourite bands of the last few years Primitai return with their long awaited third album. No time wasting form...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Lords Of The Riff Vol.1
Lords Of The Riff Vol.1: Monster Truck, Scorpion Child & Buffalo Summer, Exchange BristolBack from Hammerfest and after a quick change, across the bridge and into the tiny Exchange for what was the...
View ArticleAnother Point Of View: The Answer
The Answer – The GlobeThe bar for this gig had been set extremely high following the previous night’s storming Lords of the Riff tour in Bristol but if ever there was a night to catch Northern...
View ArticleReviews: Vandenberg's Moonkings, Vanishing Point, Ring Of Fire
Vandenberg's MoonKings: MoonKings (Mascot Records)Adrian Vandenberg is a former guitarist of Whitesnake co-writing most of their comeback album Slip Of The Tongue, however all of the guitars on the...
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