Album Reviews

The greatest selection of albums, reviewed and rated

Silurian – End of Ordovicia EP review

Three great tracks from the era of trilobites, ammonites and Eurypterids… Just to clarify, this isn’t a recording that has recently been unearthed in a palaeontological dig somewhere! This is in fact a release from earlier this month by US blackened death metal trio Silurian. It may only be three …

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Bastette-Fiction-Single Review-Planetmosh

Formed in 2019 by lead vocalist/songwriter Caroline Eve Kenyon, Blackburn based alt-rock band Bastette (The Egyptian Goddess Of Protection) release new single ‘Fiction’ taken from their four track EP Awakening via Rock People Management on September 30th 2022. It’s an eerie song, point proven by Caroline saying “Fiction is about …

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The Midwich Affair-Energy-Single Review-Planetmosh

Staffordshire based The Midwich Affair step away from their usual high energy covers gigs to record another attention grabbing original song as they hit hard and heavy with the utterly bonkers new single release of ‘Energy’, something we all need these days if we can afford it. This tune to …

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Dirty Honey-Dirty Honey-EP/LP Review-Planetmosh

Another day and another band that almost slipped passed my radar until fellow Planetmosh collleague Alex English put Dirty Honey my way. Formed in Los Angeles in 2017 the quartet have come on in leaps and bounds as they release their fourteen track debut release ‘Dirty Honey EP/LP’ on Dirt …

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156/Silence – Narrative

Pittsburgh metalcore band 156/Silence are back with this follow-up to last year’s ‘Don’t Hold Your Breath ‘ EP, and it’s a cracker. The first thing that hits you within this album is its intensity. Evident straight from the off in ‘A Past Embrace ‘. You feel like you’re on the …

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