Album Reviews

15 Times Dead could be described as metal’s ultimate “nearly men”.  The Glasgow based band initially formed as a 5 piece back in 2004 and built up a strong following, gaining great critical reviews for their live performances that lead the band to the UK finals of Bloodstock Festival’s Metal …

You Me At Six  are set to play their biggest headline show to date at Wembley Arena on 8th December 2012. To herald this monumental announcement release their new single from their  Gold-selling ‘Sinners Never Sleep’ album‘You Me At Six’ on the 22nd October 2012. ‘Reckless‘ is full of  simple …

Progressive rock masters Coheed and Cambria should add the word “consistency” into their name somewhere. Coheed, Cambria and Consistency. All right, fine, so it doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, but it does accurately describe the band’s illustrious career so far, as they’ve managed to constantly spew out …

Mystery surrounds this band. Who are the members and where they are from? All we know is they have been making a racket in the underground and striking worldwide since 2009.  Live they play in near total darkness, thick smoke and for the majority of their set with their backs …

  Fall Of The Rebel Angels, the 3rd full length release from Canadian based metal band Soulstorm brings extreme metal to it’s next crushing level. Released on August 30th 2012 via Full Blast PR, Soulstorm have captured the sound of early Godflesh and Fudge Tunnel and brought it kicking and …

French Philharmonic Metal masters return with a follow up of truly epic proportions.     Formed in 2007 by guitarist Vynce Leff, Whyzdom’s still short career has already been a truly eventful one. A very well received debut E.P. released in 2008 titled “Daughter Of The Night” laid solid foundations …

The sudden surge of success that progressive metal has enjoyed in the past decade is quite an intriguing subject indeed. Kickstarting the “trend” so to speak in 2004, Mastodon released what was to be a watershed moment in modern progressive metal with the almost universally lauded Leviathan. Despite their deluge …

Formed in 2007, Severenth have toured the UK with their debut album ” The Age Of Paranoia” The album gained critical acclaim with outstanding reviews, and also won the Playmusic UK best unsigned metal act of 2009. They have toured America knitting factorys in 2010 and have also played Ibiza,hammerfest …

The Devil Wears Prada is a band that has been on the metal scene since 2005. Hailing from Ohio, they’ve managed to branch out and make a name for themselves outside of the US and have gained a solid, loyal fan base. Style-wise they tick all the boxes required to …

Kopperhed were one of those nice surprise discoveries for me, I saw them last year at Nambucca and I have kept a keen eye on them ever since. I have bumped in to the guys a few times since and each time they have dangled the proverbial carrot of their …

In Spanish, ‘El Dorado’ means ‘The Golden One’. Originally attributed to an ancient Colombian chieftain who covered himself in gold dust and then committed suicide, it has become much better known as the mythological city sought by the Spanish Conquistadores in the 15th and 16th centuries, which resulted in genocide …

Hotel Diablo should know a thing or two about sleaziness… after all, guitarist Alex Grossi has been involved with Bang Tango and Quiet Riot, as well as being an on-off-on touring (and sometime recording) member of Adler’s Appetite, the latter alongside vocalist and fellow HD founder Rick Stitch. Throw in …

As noted in our recent review of their debut hometown gig last month, Rex Shachath, as an entity, may be a new name to many but, individually, the various members are highly experienced and veterans of several stalwarts of the Belfast scene, such as Overoth and Condemned. And, just as …

There’s a lot to be said about the musical elitism that follows extreme metal around like a third wheel, but damn it if it isn’t sometimes completely justified. If not for elitism, Deicide would still be taken seriously, Cradle Of Filth would be seen as the epitome of black metal …

Hooded Menace hail from Finland the home of other Doom stalwarts such as Reverend Bizarre, Lord Vicar, Shape of Despair and Unholy. The line up consists of two people but for live appearances there are a series of live musicians.  The band released their first demo in 2007 and since …

Formed way back in the shadowy depths of 1998, a full 12 months before Prince started partying like it was.. well you know, Scornage surfaced with their full blooded razor sharp brand of killer Thrash ,that up until now has spawned three deservedly well received albums, the latest of which, …

Indie-rock giants, The Killers are back with a new album after a four year exile, “Battle Born” shows The Killers take on life through the eyes of their hometown, Sin city, Las Vegas. Even the title is a reference to the state of Nevada, so if you don’t quite get …

Neal Schon, the guitarist and ringleader in Journey, is set to release his second solo album, Neal has at some time or another worked with everybody from John Waite and Jeff Scott Soto, Paul Rodgers and Carlos Santana, and Sammy Hagar. It has been seven years since his last solo …

Concerto For Group And Orchestra, a groundbreaking meeting of rock and classical music was first recorded by Deep Purple back in 1969, and some say paved the way for other groups to push their own experimental music , I.E Pink Floyd. This new version, the definitive, was performed by the …

The undisputed kings of Latin metal are back.  Ill Niño are set to release their 6th full length album Epidemia through AFM Records on October 22nd  and I’m here to tell you it is a stormer!! Founded in the late 90’s by drummer Dave Chavarri, Ill Niño have carved out a …