Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
You always remember the great ones, like that first time you dropped the needle on ‘Lynyrd Skynyrd’ or ‘ZZ Top’, the very first time you heard ‘The Black Crowes’ or the time ‘Mountain’ came on […]
This has to be one of my favourite albums of the year so far: Black Diamonds, formed in 2004, are a hard rock band based in the Rhine Valley in eastern Switzerland and if you […]
“This phenomenal debut album is a hard hitting slab of savage, bleak metal that seamlessly blends melodies and raw emotions, dark and delicious music with huge riffs and a pounding backbeat, an enticing glimpse […]
Dontcha sometimes just hate some aspects of record labels, sure they put out the goodies for us when we want them but this whole re-packaging thing should surely contain a ‘this material has been previously […]
This alternative rock release from Italian band Down The Stone is a nice little gem that kind of blends the classic rock sounds of the 80’s and 90’s with an injection of modern alternative […]
In my humble opinion THUNDER is the UK’s greatest Rock band of the 80’s and I’ve been a paid up member of the ‘Thunder Channel’ ever since I saw them supporting AEROSMITH back on the PUMP tour. […]
It’s not often I come across heavy Italian bands (Lacuna Coil being the most well known) and I don’t know why as there is no reason why great music shouldn’t be coming from the […]
UK progressive metal band Hedra have released a 5 track EP titled “Mind Dimensions” which throws down some out of the box grooves mixed with a really heavy sound that compares to many of […]
Years ago when I was a kid they used to have these comics called Marvel Team-Up that threw together two of your favourite superheroes and let the games begin. Well Frontiers records seems to have […]
Every now and again a band sneaks up on you and gives you a real surprise. JOANOVARC are one of those bands.They caught my attention completely by accident. Such was the impression they made, getting […]
Great band Armored Saint – to me they were the one band that perfectly stood astride Metal and Hard Rock and really ‘got’ both genres. Since The Rockpit’s inception there have been two albums – […]
To some of us ASIA were that band who bridged the 70’s and pointed the way forward to Rock in the 80’s . For more than a few years, quite unexpectedly for a band born […]
Best known for his own band Prophets of Addiction and his stint in 80’s Glam legends Pretty Boy Floyd Lesli Sanders latest solo release may only be 5 tracks long but it packs a punch […]
These days Pop Punk bands are about 20 for a dollar, most sound remarkably similar, write to the same formula and for every decent song produce a dozen that dissolve and vaporize as soon as […]
Every so often an album drops that you feel might just be one that will stay with you for a very long time, less frequently you hear an album that perfectly exemplifies a certain genre […]
The music world is a strange place these days with bands that aren’t bands, bands that never tour, bands that create albums living in different cities and hundreds of solo and side projects that will never […]
Opening with the rather odd ‘The Last Bell Ringing’ on which a sparse backing track accompanies a foreboding lyric, sung seemingly through clenched teeth by David Moran doing his best ‘Tom Waits’ and mouthing what […]
Three albums in Lionville has found a home with Frontiers Records and released what is probably their best album to date. Mixing Melodic Rock with AOR and a laconic take on Westcoast they draw on […]
Black Star Riders will be known to most as the band that was formed by the current day line-up of Thin Lizzy in December 2012 as a vehicle for new music. Since making that decision they have […]
Over 35 years in the business and thrash legends Overkill show absolutely no signs of wear and tear with the fittingly titled “The Grinding Wheel” referencing the longevity of Overkill. In a world where […]
Formed in Ohio as LOVE AND WAR in 1991 and despite some minor successes, the newly reformed/reborn APOCALYPTIC LOVERS missed out on the brass ring of mega musical success the first time around. Now geographically […]
A new name to some, Shallow Side already sounds like a band that many will be sitting up and taking notice of in the near future. IF, that is they can get the balance right. […]
Southern Drinkstruction are from Rome, Italy and this is the ultimate Death ‘n’ Roll machine, a pavement pizza straight in your face! Drink, Fight & Fuck!!! (Featuring members of Corpsefucking Art) After reading that […]
Oxford, UK progressive metal band Perception have released a new EP titled “Collapse” which combines elements of prog, metalcore and some neat groove based heavy riffs and drum patterns. I’m not a fan of […]
DESPITE features three guitarists, each playing on eight-stringed instruments tuned a full octave below standard guitar tuning which makes for a brutally heavy sound which is pretty apparent on this crushing album titled “Synergi”. […]
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