Reviews: Visionatica, Wormwood, Vile Extortion, Mean Machine (Matt, Val & Manus)
Visionatica: Enigma Fire (Frontiers Records) [Matt Bladen]Led by vocalist Tamara Amedova (who hails from North Macedonia) Visionatica are a German band now on their second full length album. Alongside...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Agrona (Live Review By Matt)
Agrona, Blind Divide, Black Pyre & Misanthropia, Fuel Rock Club, CardiffThis was supposed to be a headline gig from Liverpool black metal band Ethereal, unfortunately the band had to withdraw from...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA New Blood Interview With Bastard (Paul H)
Bastard, almost the original name for Motörhead [that was Bastards], and a thousand bands since. This bunch of hardcore in your face maniacs hail from Norwich and won their M2TM final. Here’s what they...
View ArticleReviews: Hemina, Deadwood Lake, Dream Troll, Northtale (Matt, Paul H & Val)
Hemina: Night Echoes (Self Released) [Matt Bladen]Australian progressive metal is probably at the best it's ever been with bands such as Voyager, Caligula's Horse and Chaos Divide all flying the flag...
View ArticleReviews: The Price, Barbarian, Overt Enemy, Disentomb (Matt, Manus, Paul H &...
The Price: A Second Chance To Rise (Graviton Music Services) [Matt Bladen]Marco Barusso is something of a jack of all trades not only is he the songwriter of Heavy Metal Kids and Cayne he is also a...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA New Blood Interview With Pravitas (Paul H)
Pravitas is a technical death metal outfit from Leeds. For fans of Decapitated, Thy Art Is Murder and Periphery, the band stormed to a M2TM win in their final and were kind enough to give us the...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA New Blood Interview With AeSect (Paul H)
Dublin has a proud tradition of M2TM winners alongside a thriving metal scene. I found time to explore the latest winners, AeSect whose guitarist Dave did the honours. Paul: Let’s start with a brief...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA New Blood Interview With Empire Warning (Paul H)
With a classic metal style, Empire Warning took the honours in the London final of M2TM and were good enough to provide us with some history and share their plans for world domination.Paul: Let’s start...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA New Blood Interview With Fear Bound (Paul H)
Fear Bound is a Dread Metal five-piece from Cambridgeshire. Another M2TM veteran outfit, the Hitchin winners had their say.Paul: Let’s start with a brief history of the band?Fear Bound: We originally...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA New Blood Interview With Voluntas (Paul H)
It was a real treat to be invited to review the Bristol M2TM final and the winning band on the night, Voluntas certainly worked their nuts off to win a tough evening. The band are a four-piece thrash...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA New Blood Interview With Blind Divide (Paul H)
Of all the bands that have won M2TM in recent years, none will make me smile more that our own Blind Divide. Veteran campaigners, they’ve completed a couple of interviews before the heats and the...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Bloodywood (Live Review By Matt D)
Bloodywood, Armada Of Secrets, Endeavour & Liquid State, The Lanes, BristolNu-metal from New Delhi? It can only be Bloodywood! Bristol, UK. It was warm. Very warm. The term Indian Summer is thrown...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA Interview With Damim (Paul H)
Of all the bands playing at Bloodstock this year, few excite me as much as London based Damim. Having seen these guys a few times, I know the power of their live show. Their down to earth frontman...
View ArticleReviews: Lagerstein, The Oklahoma Kid, Morbid Cross, Frozen Dreams (Liam & Val)
Lagerstein: 25/7 (Kegstand Records) [Liam True]I first heard of Lagerstein a few years back when they toured with Alestorm, a fellow pirate metal band. And I've been following them since. With 25/7...
View ArticleReviews: Billy Sherwood, Formicarius, Hyvmine, Forlorn Hope
Billy Sherwood: Citizen - In The Next Life (Frontiers Records)If you are a Yes fan or indeed an Asia fan you'll have heard of Billy Sherwood. He was the guitarist and keyboardist from 1997 to 2000 and...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Witch Tripper, Lifer & Beneath The Divine...
Witch Tripper, Lifer and Beneath The Divine at Aunty Als, The White Lion, ChepstowAs the hottest week in living memory dripped into the weekend, this free gig put on by the excellent people at Rock N’...
View ArticleReviews: Rosalie Cunningham, Bones, Insurrection, The Drippers (Matt, Sean &...
Rosalie Cunningham: Self Titled (Cherry Red Records) [Matt Bladen]Originally planned as a PledgeMusic release the debut solo album from Rosalie Cunningham, was saved from doom by Cherry Red Records so...
View ArticleReviews: Swamp Coffin, Pathetic, Wardomized, Ribspreader (Lee & Scott)
Swamp Coffin: Flatcap Bastard Features (Self Released) [Lee Burgess]I love a bit of Sludge and with this little offering entitled Flatcap Bastard Features from Swamp Coffin, I find myself in the deep...
View ArticleThe Spotlight: BOA Interview With Grief Ritual (Paul H)
Grief Ritual’s EP Life Is A Phase hit the right spot with our reviewer Mark back in April when he awarded it an impressive 8/10. Vocalist Jamie took the contestant’s chair as I played Magnus Magnusson....
View ArticleReviews: Mind Key, Nad Sylvan, Oh Hiroshima, Vibrant Heels
Mind Key: MK III - Aliens In Wonderland (Frontiers Records) [Matt Bladen]Italian prog metal band return after a nearly 10 year absence, they formed in 1999 with a debut coming in 2004 and a follow up...
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