Album Reviews

Over a year in the making, Swedish Norse metalers King Of Asgard build on their growing reputation from the previous studio albums with the much anticipated third album ‘Karg’, out now on Metal Blade Records. With bands like Amon Amarth blazing a trail for so called ‘Viking Metal’ making high …

.@Planetmosh @AnybodyBC reviews “The World We Left Behind” by @nachtmystium released via @centurymedia Despite the last couple of confusing and hard years for Nachtmystium, these experimental black metallers have risen from the ashes with a new and final mind wrecking album, “The World We Left Behind”. As the band have stated themselves, it …

Since forming in Wheeling, West Virginia in 2011, retro-rock/doom metallers, Brimstone Coven, continue to develop their personal fusion of “Dark Occult Rock”.  Up ‘til now, Brimstone Coven has been busy, with scores of shows, a couple of album releases (with drummer, Dan Hercules, joining the band before the release their …

The Ghost Wolves are a married duo hailing from Austin, Texas. They released their debut album ‘Man Woman Beast’ on May 27th 2014 through Plowboy Records. This album was recorded at Arlyn Studios and mastered by Howie Weinberg. The first track ‘Shotgun Pistol Grip’ swings through the speakers with a …

New York Hardcore rebels ‘Madball’ are back, keeping the same rage, remaining relevant and embracing the responsibility of carrying on with tradition their status in Hardcore, even without the original line up from the 1990s. Hardcore Lives is tracked and engineered by Unearth guitarist Ken Susi and mixed and mastered …

  Southern Californian metal heavyweights ‘Suicide Silence’ were formed 10 years ago. After three successful records; which included remixes and guest appearances by Shawn “Clown” Crahan (Slipknot) and Jonathan Davis (Korn), the band unfortunately lost the much loved late ‘Mitch Lucker’ in 2012. The beloved frontman was tragically killed while …

If you were to stop a random person on the street and ask them to name a blues musician, the chances are they’d come out with names like John Lee Hooker, BB King, or maybe even Joe Bonamassa.  If you were to ask them to name a Blues-Rock musician or …

Epta7 are a four piece from Cork, with a mixture of Irish and Italian backgrounds.  They formed in late 2012, with two additional members joining in 2013 and released their, their demo EP, ‘Eptasystem’ in May 2014. ‘Eptasystem’ is a four track EP and from the first listen it is …

If there is one thing the German’s know well, it is their power metal, so there is no suprise that German Label Pure Noise have picked up Sunless Sky from the USA and are releasing their debut album Firebreather. Made up of fourteen tracks of solid melodic power metal the …

At last and here now, we have the very much awaited full debut album from Blues Pills, called simply ‘Blues Pills‘. So where do I start with this one? Well to be very honest, when this new album landed on my door mat I thought, “Ok, an album full of …

The Courtesans are a London based all female band consisting of Sinead La Bella (vocals), Saffire Sanchez (guitar), Agnes Jones (bass) and Victoria Brown (drums).  Their music is dark, sultry, fascinating and addictive.  Their live shows are a blend of beautiful music, superb vocals and a large theatrical element as …

British Power Metal band Dragonforce release their sixth album in August.  Entitled Maximum Overload, it’s their second album with their current singer Marc Hudson, and will be followed by a Headline tour of the UK – and unlike many bands that announce a “UK tour”, this one isn’t jsut dates …

Sometimes it’s amazing how far a studio project can take you. Eluveitie is a great example of this. Initially formed in 2002 by leading man Chrigel Glanzmann as just that, the band have gone on to release five studio albums (four of which have been via Nuclear Blast), have more band …

For those that haven’t heard of Swiss band Bölzer they are without a doubt the band-du-jour of the extreme metal scene, but with one difference. Bölzer are the band most people have been wanting but just didn’t realise it. They are better produced than black metal bands, more interesting than …

Rising from the ashes of As I Lay Dying, the four remaining members got together with Oh Sleeper vocalist Shane Blay, to form Wovenwar and record their self titled debut album which is out on august 5th on Metal Blade Records. With guitarist Nick Hipa growing up with Shane Blay, …

From The Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 via Maniac Spider Thrash, to the Murderdolls, Gunfire 76, Bourbon Crow and on to his solo career, Wednesday 13’s power to write catchy horror themed anthems has never been in doubt. In fact, his punk rock sleaze tinted frolics have always been …

Barcelona’s Kilmara have released their third full-length disc, Love Songs And Other Nightmares, an 11-song sojourn into melodic metal. Very nicely recorded, mixed and mastered, the album doesn’t have a raw “demo” sound that many acts seem to foster lately. Pleasant and paced well, the disc’s tunes don’t seem to …

I have put this off for as long as I possibly could. I am a huge Chris Jericho fan; he is one of my favourite wrestlers and I think that Fozzy have done an impressive amount of work as a band. There is nobody that I would like to talk …

Jesus Crost are a 2 piece grind machine from the Netherlands who started life back in 1996 as a crustcore project. This is their 4th full length based upon the abhorrent subject of football. The album is based around the 1986 world cup final and whatever was special about it. …

    The one man machine that is Vardan, can never be accused of resting on his laurels and watching time drift by. This album is the second release so far this year, continuing the trend of the three offerings made last year. It really interests me as to what …