Reviews
STAM1NA – SLK (Sakara Records)
Stam1na’s biography refers to the band as “the Finnish metal phenomenon” and that pretty much sums the five-piece up. - Read More
SOLDIER – Chronicles (Starhaven Records)
Although they didn’t record an album back in the glory days, that didn’t mean that Soldier hadn’t amassed a healthy amount of demo material by the time they hit the buffers. - Read More
THE DREAMSIDE – Sorrow Bearing Tree (Spin Moon Media)
Why has no-one signed this band? That’s the first thing that springs to mind as you listen to The Dreamside’s new album unveil its many treasures. - Read More
ECHOTERRA – A Sanguinary Greed (Blinding Force)
With ‘A Sanguinary Greed’ Echoterra are back in business once more with a new singer, the delightfully-named Chelsea Wrathchild, and a brooding, melancholy nod to Victorian London - Read More
VIRGIN STEELE – The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part One & Part Two/ Invictus (SPV)
SPV Records continues its rehabilitation of lost treasures from the Virgin Steele back catalogue. - Read More
SOLDIER – Recorded Live @ The Heathery, Wishaw In Scotland 1983 (Starhaven Records)
‘Recorded Live @ The Heathery…’ captures the band onstage on the penultimate night of their February 1983 Scottish tour. - Read More
VICIOUS RUMORS – Live You To Death 2 – American Punishment (SPV)
New releases in 2014 are hotting up faster than a barbecue on Bondi Beach, and the biggest scorcher around at the moment is ‘Live You To Death 2 – American Punishment', an album so blistering it’s damn near a fire hazard. - Read More
DAWN – Darker (The Laser’s Edge)
Coming at things from an incisive and instinctive prog rock angle, Dawn are as Swiss as cuckoo clocks and equally as precise. - Read More
SAVN – Savn (CDR Records Norway)
Despite off-and-on rumours of a re-union, Norway’s The Sins Of Thy Beloved was finally laid to rest last year, leading to founder member and drummer Stig Johansen and keyboard player Anders Thue immediately bouncing back with Savn. - Read More
SPARTA – Welcome To Hell (High Roller Records)
Back in 2011 High Roller issued a wide-ranging compilation of Sparta’s material under the title ‘Use Your Weapons Well’, the success of which led to the original line-up to have a stab at some new material. - Read More