Reviews

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

JAMESON RAID – Nine Reasons (Independent)

There are nine Reasons why you should go to the Jameson Raid website and buy this three-track EP. - Read More

SABBATH ASSEMBLY - 'Quaternity' (Svart Records)

The third full release from the enigma that is Sabbath Assembly, ‘Quaternity’ is very much a game of two halves. - Read More

HELLION – ‘To Hellion And Back’ (Hear No Evil/Cherry Red)

To Hellion And Back’ is both the first time a ‘best of’ has appeared on this side of the Atlantic as well as a long-overdue re-appraisal of the career of one of the greatest cult bands of the Eighties. - Read More