Album Reviews

Los Angeles-based guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert released his 13th and latest studio album, Stone Pushing Uphill Man, on August 5th, 2014. The 11-track disc features instrumental adaptations of eight famous “oldies” tunes, along with three of Gilbert’s original songs. The result is something like being at the mercy of his …

Aonia are a band from the East Midlands who play metal with female operatic vocals.  They are unusual though in that instead of having a single classically trained vocalist either by themself of paired with a male singer doing growls, Aonia have two classically trained (i.e. operatic style) female vocalists. …

Brighton based band, Bad for Lazarus, have a lineup that includes former members of bands including The eighties matchbox B-line disaster, Unkle and Nine inch nails, so you probably expect these different musical backgrounds to lead to an interesting combination, and you aren’t going to be disappointed. I’m not sure …

.@louelladeville_ @planetmosh review of .@IronKnightsBand self-titled Album Iron knights released their self-titled album via Metalbox Recordings on 5th May 2014. Original members Paul ‘Beam’ Robbie and Larry Paterson have a shared musical history, having been in bands together on and off since 1983, when they formed Aftermath in New Zealand. …

Body Count featuring legendary rapper Ice-T return with their 5th album ‘Manslaughter‘ on Sumerian Records. Opening with the first single off the album ‘Talk Shit, Get Shot’ and a classic Ernie-C riff shows that it’s business as usual from the LA rockers, going straight for the jugular as Ice-T spits …

Spike’s album 100% Pure Frankie Miller will be released on 8th September 2014 through Cargo Records. Scottish singer-songwriter Frankie Miller enjoyed chart success in the late 1970s with songs including Darlin‘ and Be Good To Yourself.  He then suffered a brain haemorrhage which curtailed his song writing career.  The BBC filmed …

The Flesh Prevails is the second album of Californian band, Fallujah. Now, for most people when one of their favourite bands put out new material it’s treated as good news. As for me, I tend to freak out and worry that I won’t like it and that the band will …

One of the masters of the Swedish Death Metal scene has managed to split into 2 camps one being led by LG Petrov and another Entombed with Alex Hellid at the helm. This is the 10th release from the band and it will be interesting to see how the fanbase …

@planetmosh reviews 1000HP by .@Godsmack_Music out on .@SpinefarmUK Sept 1st It’s felt like four long years for me waiting on the new Godsmack album to arrive. It’s even more painful living in the hope that one day they may well do more than just a one stop London gig (but …

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 …