Reviews
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO...MOB RULES – Celebration Day – 30 Years Of Mob Rules’ (Steamhammer / SPV)
What better way can there be to celebrate your thirtieth birthday than issuing a jumbo, career-spanning double CD? - Read More
Reviews Round-Up April 2024
TYGERS OF PAN TANG – ‘Live Blood’ / MOONSPELL – ‘Under The Moonspell (The Early Years Collection)’ / LAURI PORRA’ – ‘Matter And Time’ / MY DYING BRIDE – ‘A Mortal Binding’ - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO...DOOL – The Shape Of Fluidity (Prophecy Productions)
Unquestionably one of today’s most exciting bands, Dool are as innovative as they are beguiling... - Read More
Reviews Round-Up March 2024
FIREWIND – ‘Stand United’ / VICINTY – ‘VIII’ / MIDAS FALL – ‘Cold Waves Divide Us’ / RAGE – ‘Afterlifelines’ / ALTERIUM – ‘Of War And Flames’ - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO...DESPERATE MEASURES – Sublime Destruction (Cadiz)
If, as the adage goes, desperate times call for Desperate Measures, this could be the band to save rock ‘n’ roll. - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO...WHOM GODS DESTROY – Insanium (InsideOut Music)
Reuniting the Sons Of Apollo soloists Derek Sherinian and Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, and fronted by Croatian multi-instrumentalist Dino Jelusick Whom Gods Destroy are an uncompromising progressive metal juggernaut. - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO...MINISTRY – HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES (Nuclear Blast)
Once again pushing a thorn into the claw of the American right and rallying against present-day injustices Jourgensen picks off – amongst other things – misogyny, violence against women and the Incel movement, and reflects on the ridiculousness of certain politicians in ‘Aryan Embarrassment’... - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO...AMARANTHE – The Catalyst (Nuclear Blast)
As with the Metalite’s ‘Expedition One’ released earlier this year, stylistically Amaranthe blend metal and pop – their nation’s two greatest musical exports – into a not unpleasing potpourri of the two. - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO...TVINNA – Two – Wings Of Ember (By Norse Music)
Perhaps the first obvious observation about ‘Two – Wings Of Ember’– aside from the exhilarating range and depth of the musicianship – is that there’s not one single track that can truly be called representative of the album as a whole. - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO...CATHUBODUA – Interbellum (Massacre Records)
Frenetically paced and fiercely proud, Cathubodua’s second full album ‘Interbellum’ is a symphonic metal fan’s dream. - Read More