Album Reviews

Montreal rockers The Damn Truth are back to blow your speakers and your minds with their brand new video single ‘I Just Gotta Let You Know’ to coincide with current UK dates supporting Glenn Hughes as well as headlining dates of their own. These four fiery minutes of the song …

Morlocks deliver a bewildering array of Industrial, Neoclassical, and truly Alternative music on their third full-length release. Bugger me, that was a hell of a heading to start a review off with! But, as you will see as you read on dear hearts, it’s all true!! I had never heard …

Sophomore album from these Finnish Tech-Death wizards doesn’t disappoint Relative newcomers to the technical side of death metal, Finland’s Omnivortex released a strong debut back in 2020 called “Diagrams of Conciousness“. Following that now in 2023 is “Circulate” continuing as strongly as the last album left off. First things first: …

This is close to being one of my favourite live albums of all time as Night Ranger celebrate their 40th anniversary with ‘40 Years And A Night With Contemporary Youth Orchestra’, due for release on October 20th 2023 via Frontiers Music SRL on CD/Vinyl (inc. ltd editions), DVD, Blu-Ray and …

For a debut album this is very, very impressive as Tailgunner unleash Guns For Hire via Fireflash Records. The five piece band have British heavy metal flowing through their veins for ten potent songs, opening up with ‘Shadows Of War’. It slams in full force from the off with earworm …

Let’s welcome back The Midwich Affair who return as erm, erm, The Midwich Affair who have dropped their covers band gigs in return for original songs and judging by the strength of their first collaboration, ‘There’s Something In The Beat’ on Friday 13th October 2023, proves to be a lucky …

So just when I thought ‘Between Lune & Eden’ was the heaviest song that Vanitas have released, they prove me wrong by unleashing their latest single ‘Secrets’. The Birmingham based five piece band have certainly raised the heavy bar higher with an overwhelming rush of adrenaline fuelled metal, describing it …

It seems apt that ‘The Weekend’, debut single from Crewe based band ‘Chasing The Fall’ is released on Wednesday today, which is of course hump day and almost the weekend so we can rock out after a hard week! They’ve changed their band name from Mankind Arise recently and now …

Yeehaw pardners, it’s time to get the moonshine out and rejoice for the release of ‘Lover On The Side’ from Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton taken from their critically acclaimed album ‘Death Wish Blues’. The single and music video are ahead of the duo’s “Death Wish Blues” October 2023 UK …

Welcome back Felix Rabin who has just released a new single ‘As She Comes’, taken from a forthcoming EP to be released early 2024 via Damp Music. It’s blues but with a bite that flows along with a feelgood vibe. Vocals by Felix swoop and soar over snappy snare work, …

If you like your guitars raw and raging then look no further than Philip Sayce as he releases his first new music for three years, a single called “Oh That Witches Brew”, taken from a forthcoming studio album The Wolves Are Coming on his own record label Atomic Gemini on …

Doesn’t time fly? Point proven by first meeting and seeing Devils Henchmen play at the Badass Bash Festival at the Snooty Fox in Wakefield, then a three piece they were all only fourteen. They showed great promise then which has been fulfilled. Now a four piece, they prepare to release …

Welcome back British Blues/rock guitarist/singer songwriter Jack J Hutchinson as he unleashes a brand new single ‘Days Are Gone’, the second one taken from his forthcoming studio album Battles released on February 9th 2024 via Earache Digital Distribution. The single is out now on Earache Digital that sees Jack crank …

Lancaster based metal maniacs Promethium raise up the spirits with their latest studio album ‘Bleeding The Ghost’, due for release late 2023. The ten tracks here crackle with energy, point proven by opening track ‘Goat’. It’s a calm before the metal storm of bubbling bass guitar lines, metronomic drum patterns …

Welcome back Robert Jon & The Wreck who are currently touring full throttle on a seemingly endless European tour, then head off into a US Fall tour and have just released a new video single ‘Stone Cold Killer’ which can be streamed here :- https://bit.ly/StreamStoneColdKiller . It’s been released via …

Welcome back Joanne Shaw Taylor with her brand new single “Sweet ‘Lil Lies” which is also the first song written for a forthcoming studio album. It’s a totally captivating five minutes of heart worn on the sleeve verses that slow burn to stadium filling choruses that rocket skywards from earworm …

Derbyshire based blues-rockers These Wicked Rivers prove that this river is not dry as they unleash a brand new single and video ‘Black Gold’ to support the pre- order launch for their sophomore album Force Of Nature, due for release on March 1st 2024 via Fat Earth Records that follows …

As if the first two albums We Fly Free and Saving Grace both hit the ground running, the husband and wife duo of Grace and Aaron Bond in When Rivers Meet have just released their third stunning new studio album Aces Are High on September 15th 2023 , with the …

Welcome back from the dead, the Dead Demons with with their brand new EP Trial By Fire. Due to the quality of these five songs, this trial was thrown out of court with ease. Formed in December 2019 in South Yorkshire, the EP kicks off with ‘Devil May Care’ and …

The Indiana DM band’s first full-length release is pure filth… Desekryptor are relative newcomers to the death metal scene, having formed in 2017. Since then, they have released a couple of demos, one split (with Dragkhar), and one EP. Now we have their full-length debut to assault our listening flaps! …