Album Reviews

West Midlands based band Homecoming UK return with ‘Distance Means Nothing’, a force of nature three frantic minutes of incendiary pop punk pogo inducing prowess. They shake, rattle and roll, putting the pedal to the metal, shifting the recording levels into the red, especially from the drum bombast that doesn’t …

As someone once sang “If You Go Down To The Woods Today, You’re In For A Big Surprise”, point proven by the above video from ‘Chasing The Fall’, the Cheshire based proto pop punkers. It’s been a very exciting week for them as they have also opened up for Skindred, …

Up and coming UK Hard Rock band Fireheart are releasing their 4th single titled ‘I Don’t Need a Best Friend’ on the 8th October via Earache Digital Distribution. It’s a gnarly, dirt under the fingernails rocker, made even more potent by the accompanying lyric video. Verses fly by on a …

Sometimes metal can be a bit pompous but we’re temporarily saved by Mad Max Maxwell Jeffries as he unleashes Danger! Darkness! Dwarves! his fourth single taken from an upcoming record that follows his previous release ‘Fields Of Fire’. But fear not as it’s a full on tubthumper that takes no …

A rejuvenated Brave Rival, come out of the ring, taking on all comers with their self released, five brand new set of songs that make up their EP 5 to 4, due for release on October 17th, and the wait has been well worth it! It opens up with ‘Let …

A big UK welcome back to ‘The Sheepdogs’, returning with a brand new single,‘Nobody But You’. They turn around a cold climate with ease, bringing back some summer vibes, courtesy of some smile inducing southern rock majesty that reaches up to stratospheric heights when the joyous choruses are certified crowd …

Scarborough rockers This House We Built release their powerful new single “Broken Dreams”, accompanied by a music video. The track is the third single to be lifted from their second album, Get Out Of The Rain, set for release on 21st November. To my ears, it’s another fist fighting son …

Chantel McGregor returns to serenade us with ‘Undercover’, the third single taken from her The Healing album that was released on May 3rd, 2025. My take on the song is that it’s a number of sheer delight as three minutes of rock and raunch fly by far too quickly as …

Sometimes, rock and roll can get a bit too serious so it’s time to kick back and party with the welcome return of ‘The Hot Damn’, and they do know how to party hard, point proven by ‘About Last Night’, latest single taken from their debut studio album, “Dancing On …

“Hey Sister” tells the emotional story of a sister trapped in an abusive, controlling relationship, fighting to reclaim her freedom and self-worth. The song is written from the perspective of a loving sibling who sees the pain, the isolation, and the fear—but refuses to give up on them. It’s a …

CELL GAMES (IRE) are one of the most overwhelming, unrelenting bands I’ve ever heard and that’s no boast. In just under four minutes, they’ve torn up the rulebook as Godzilla stomped, armageddon inducing devastation, lights the fuse for a blink and you’d miss this brain mangler. Imagine Paul Baloff era …

JOANovARC, a new band for me but I don’t know how they slipped under my radar. Anyway, they have just released a fantastic new single, ‘You Don’t Know’. It’s a mid paced thrasher of full on riffing with added fury from the shout them out loud and proud choruses that …

‘Content Provider’ prove that if you look hard enough, a new band will come your way, point proven by this alt-rock trio from Nottingham. Their latest single ‘Moon’s Gravity’ is a real smorgasbord of ideas. They proclaim that their combination of insane funk basslines, post-punk guitars, pounding drums, abstract lyricism …

They’re back! Stoke-On Trent based noisy buggers, ‘The Revenants’ turn their back on August to release their second of two songs, ‘She’s A Quean’, on September 19th, that follows ‘Hard Rock Mutt’. It’s a funked up four minutes of guitar heavy duty of a song that could of been sent …

Well, they certainly kept us waiting as Beth Blade And The Fabulous Disasters have recently released their brand new album “Vintage Rebel X Trauma Bond”, that follows their 2022 album, “Mythos, Confession, Tragedies And Love”. Of course the wait was worth it as it throws out myriads of emotions to …

Welcome back, Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters, who have released ‘Limerence’, the fourth and final single taken from their new studio album, “Vintage Rebel X Trauma Bond” on September 12th, the follow-up to their 2022 album “Mythos, Confession, Tragedies And Love”. ‘Limerence’ is a rumbling, mean and moody four …

Welcome back to Mad Haven as they return in the blink of an eye with new single ‘Wasted On You’, following the recent ‘Take Control’. The North Wales based original trio rock band played their first gig in two years last night at the Motorsport Lounge in Llandudno, supported by …

Now this is what you call a collaboration as Black Eyed Sons, still riding on their coat tails courtesy of their self titled debut album Black Eyed Sons that’s made even more potent by a new version of “Dig Me Out Of This Hole”, that features the bare knuckled Angry …

Tyler Bryant, once again, delivers a song of sheer beauty as he has just released ‘Planted’, an acoustic piece of work. Four minutes fly by way too fast, so another two listens were compulsory to appreciate all the passion that he has unearthed in these four wondrous minutes of folk …

‘Brave Rival’, return kicking and screaming with new single ‘Control’, taken from a forthcoming EP 5to 4 to be released on October 17th. To my ears it’s their heaviest, gnarliest, overwhelming song I’ve heard from them. The opening riff lights the fuse for this rowdy rocker to propel towards the …