Album Reviews

Autumn Killers are back with a vengeance as they release ‘Black Heart’, the second single taken from their current studio album Making Waves, billing themselves perfectly as alternative electronic rock from South Wales UK. They’ve pulled out all the stops here as this is their most unnerving song to my …

I can’t quite think how long I’ve been looking forward to hearing a band’s new album, as on January 31st, 2025, Black Eyed Sons unleash Cowboys In Pinstriped Suits via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. A tantalizing taster is a new single taken from it, “Foolin Yourself”. After one listen, I …

Wolverhampton, Black Country based hard rockers Tender Vendetta seem far from tender as they bash out their recently released four track debut Redux EP. Opening track ‘Redux’ is a hairy headbanger to give those neck muscles a workout, taking me back to those early Motorhead albums when they were unstoppable …

Goddamn! As The Hot Damn finally unleash their long awaited debut album, Dancing On The Milky Way! Their may be trouble ahead with World unrest, but these twelve tracks from the all female band will bring a smile to our faces, point proven by this very impressive release via Fat …

Lock up your daughters! Lock up anything the Takeaway Thieves might purloin off you as the interminable wait is finally over, as they release their sophomore album Diamond Point on October 11th, 2024, via Coffee ‘N’ Mint Records. The band were formed in 2018, Blackpool, Lancashire and are with RPM …

It’s time to bang your head as Hedra unleash their The Pecking Order EP, not just pecking but ripping your head off! They are a Norwich based heavy metal band, formed in 2014 by guitarist Kamil Korsak and vocalist Jim Marten to make an alternative style of heavy metal music, …

It’s time to whoop and a holler like a lucky son of a gun as EDDIE 9V releases ‘Halo’, a single taken from his upcoming studio album Saratoga, to be released on Friday,November 22nd,2024, via Ruf Records. During November and December in the UK, he’ll be supporting Robert Jon & …

As the old saying goes, “You can’t keep a good band down”, point proven by Fahran, formed in Derbyshire, 2012. The five piece rock, metal, alternative band have now gone for a harder edge, shown by ‘Sever The Ties’, third single unleashed from their new studio album, The Hope That …

I saw Kent based noisy bastards Spreading The Disease a few months ago at a gig in Whitchurch, Shropshire, sporting a new line up following a four year break which sees them chomping at the bit to regain their fire and fury which they’ve done with ease, courtesy of new …

The wait is over, as Massive Wagons release their seventh studio album, Earth To Grace, released by Earache Records on November 28th, 2024. They’ve just released their third single from it, ‘The Good Die Young’ and after only one play, I think it’s the best song they’ve penned. Lead vocalist …

Is the debut solo album from the Front Line Assembly main man a towering success or just a “Kollapse”?! I was quite surprised to find that Bill Leeb, the towering frontman of the above-mentioned Front Line Assembly, has only just released a solo album! As a long-time FLA fan, I …

Jack J Hutchinson has his roots in the blues, albeit on the heavier side, point proven by ‘Road To Hell’ of course not a cover of the Chris Rea classic but a song taken off his current studio album ‘Battles’. It’s new lyric is a Western inspired video that features …

Currently putting the finishing touches on a live album, and a record they made with multi Grammy award winner and producer Dave Cobb, Vancouver, Canada based Lions In The Street release ‘Shangri-La’, the second single taken from their forthcoming Moving Along album via Cargo Records on November 8th 2024. The …

It’s here! It’s finally here, as Nantwich based ankle biters Twitch’s Rats, lash out with their debut, four track EP, Nobody Left. I’ve been following them since their covers days, releasing a single of hard rock, ‘Shot Down’ in March 2024 and now this four track EP shoots from the …

Hot on the heels of their July 2024 single ‘Northwest Coast’, taken from their upcoming fourth studio album The House Beyond The Fires on November 1st 2024, ‘There Ain’t No Future’ is a real balls to the wall four minutes of rage to say the least which I think tips …

Hot on the heels of ‘Kickin My Heart Around’, the first single taken from ‘Diamond Point’, the second album from Takeaway Thieves. The Blackpool terrors waste no time in keeping ahead of the pack with the second single ‘Gypsy’, taken from the album due for release on October 11th, 2024 …

Being of a certain age, regarding Iron Maiden, it’s always been the first two albums that I still go to for my Maiden fix, as both contain lead vocals from Paul Di’ Anno. Of course it’s well known that he was replaced in 1982 by Bruce Dickinson but he still …

The Milk Men shake, rattle and roll over Beethoven with their new single ‘Misty Road’, fourth single taken from their latest studio album Holy Cow, released in the summer of 2024. They’re also currently celebrating their recent success of their performance at the Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival in …

Twitch’s Rats, from Nantwich, Cheshire scurry along, foraging for a new single, resulting in ‘On Their Own’, released on September 14th, 2024. It follows their debut single ‘Shot Down’, earlier on in the year. The five piece rock/metal noisemongers, formed in the summer of 2022, have matured since their debut …

Longevity in the music business is a cherished lifeline which is quite rightly proven by Marc Storace who is still raging away at the ripe old age of 72, born in Silema, Malta and he has lost none of his vocal prowess with his new band Storace, as he delivers …