Reviews

UFO - A Conspiracy Of Stars (SPV Records)

It’s hard to remember now when UFO finally managed to slip out from under the shadow of ‘Strangers In The Night’ and the halcyon days of the late Seventies/early Eighties. - Read More

MONSTER MAGNET – Milking The Stars (Napalm Records)

Milking The Stars’ is a spin on last year’s ‘Last Patrol’ album, although it’s neither a remix nor a remake, lying in the nebulous, grey area betwixt the two. - Read More

KNIGHT AREA - Hyperdrive (The Laser’s Edge)

‘Hyperdrive’ is one of those albums that craves attention, and quite rightly so. - Read More

MALPRACTICE – Turning Tides (Sensory/The Laser’s Edge)

Going down the more aggressive side of the progressive metal spectrum, with razor-sharp riffs that wouldn’t be out of place on a Megadeth album and which perhaps betray the band’s original thrash roots, are Finland’s Malpractice. - Read More

MY BROTHER THE WIND – Once There Was A Time When Time And Space Were One (Free Electric Sound/The Laser’s Edge)

Wholly instrumental, ‘Once There Was A Time…’ was recorded live with no overdubs on 26 January 2013, giving it a feeling of both spontaneity and looseness. - Read More

REDEMPTION – Live From The Pit (Sensory)

For a band like Redemption, there’s probably no better stage than ProgPower USA, the annual autumnal metalfest in Atlanta, Georgia. - Read More

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