Reviews
ANGEL NATION – Do It Anyway (Independent)
What’s in a name? You may recall Enkelination, the Finnish band who released the ‘Tears Of Lust’ album back in 2014. - Read More
ODDLAND – Origin (Sensory)
From the heavier end of the progressive metal spectrum, with weighty, thrashing riffs that assault the senses and demand attention, Oddland come more from the point of view that progressive music should be stimulating and aggressive. - Read More
EDENSONG – Years In The Garden Of Years (The Laser’s Edge)
I’ll probably get shot down for this, but I can’t think of too many recent American progressive rock bands. - Read More
INSIDE METAL: THE LA METAL SCENE EXPLODES (MetalRock Films)
The next step on the journey started with last year’s 'Inside Metal: Pioneers Of LA Hard Rock And Metal’, ‘The LA Metal Scene Explodes’ throws the spotlight on the period in the early Eighties when everything metal centralised itself on LA. - Read More
QUARTZ – Fear No Evil (High Roller Records)
Despite a couple of dodgy skeletons in their back catalogue ‘Fear No Evil’ – their first full length studio release since 1983’s ‘Against All Odds’ – is a stonkingly good album. - Read More
HUNTED – Fallen Angel-The Collection (Bristol Archive Records)
Musically, Hunted played goodtime rock ’n’ roll that was never going to change the world to people who couldn’t change it anyway but wanted to have fun for an hour or so. - Read More
CAIRO - $@y (Independent Release)
‘$@y’ is a fabulous debut; can’t wait to see how they follow it up. - Read More
DARKWELL – Moloch (Massacre Records)
A band resurrected, an album of sublime beauty… What more could you ask for? - Read More
VICIOUS RUMORS – Concussion Protocol (SPV)
So, if you’ve got a massive asteroid heading towards the Earth, who’re you gonna call? Vicious Rumors, that’s who. - Read More
STORMTROOPER – Pride Before A Fall – The Lost Album (Bristol Archive Records)
Famous for their sole, highly-prized 1980 single ‘Pride Before A Fall’ Stormtrooper battled their way out of the arse end of Bristol at the height of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal to record an album’s worth of material over three sessions. - Read More