Album Reviews

Welcome back British Blues/rock guitarist/singer songwriter Jack J Hutchinson as he unleashes a brand new single ‘Days Are Gone’, the second one taken from his forthcoming studio album Battles released on February 9th 2024 via Earache Digital Distribution. The single is out now on Earache Digital that sees Jack crank …

Lancaster based metal maniacs Promethium raise up the spirits with their latest studio album ‘Bleeding The Ghost’, due for release late 2023. The ten tracks here crackle with energy, point proven by opening track ‘Goat’. It’s a calm before the metal storm of bubbling bass guitar lines, metronomic drum patterns …

Welcome back Robert Jon & The Wreck who are currently touring full throttle on a seemingly endless European tour, then head off into a US Fall tour and have just released a new video single ‘Stone Cold Killer’ which can be streamed here :- https://bit.ly/StreamStoneColdKiller . It’s been released via …

Welcome back Joanne Shaw Taylor with her brand new single “Sweet ‘Lil Lies” which is also the first song written for a forthcoming studio album. It’s a totally captivating five minutes of heart worn on the sleeve verses that slow burn to stadium filling choruses that rocket skywards from earworm …

Derbyshire based blues-rockers These Wicked Rivers prove that this river is not dry as they unleash a brand new single and video ‘Black Gold’ to support the pre- order launch for their sophomore album Force Of Nature, due for release on March 1st 2024 via Fat Earth Records that follows …

As if the first two albums We Fly Free and Saving Grace both hit the ground running, the husband and wife duo of Grace and Aaron Bond in When Rivers Meet have just released their third stunning new studio album Aces Are High on September 15th 2023 , with the …

Welcome back from the dead, the Dead Demons with with their brand new EP Trial By Fire. Due to the quality of these five songs, this trial was thrown out of court with ease. Formed in December 2019 in South Yorkshire, the EP kicks off with ‘Devil May Care’ and …

The Indiana DM band’s first full-length release is pure filth… Desekryptor are relative newcomers to the death metal scene, having formed in 2017. Since then, they have released a couple of demos, one split (with Dragkhar), and one EP. Now we have their full-length debut to assault our listening flaps! …

A very welcome return sees guitar slinger Joe Bonamassa release ‘Hope You Realize It’ (Goodbye Again), a brand new original song written by Joe and Tom Hambridge, the fourth single taken from his upcoming studio album Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, due for release on October 6th 2023. Joe proclaims “Part …

Well here’s a quick bit of time travel as 2023 sees the return of Gypsy’s Kiss as they release a brand new single ‘Better Than Me’, accompanied by a music video from a gig in Lublin, Poland, October 22nd and June 2023. The band originally started in 1974 by Steve …

Welcome back Brighton based blues rock raconteur Mike Ross as he releases ‘Face By Your Window’, a video single taken from his currently available Third Eye Open album to coincide for six solo UK dates throughout September. He proclaims that “It’s a song about a jealous lover.” He captures this …

Welcome back Elles Bailey as she releases a one-off standalone single, a cover of ‘Long Road Ahead’ originally recorded by Delaney & Bonnie. Elles proclaims, “I’m a big Delaney & Bonnie fan and this song resonates with me as I travel on this musical journey. There’s a long road ahead …

Birmingham based Vanitas return with a bang and not a whimper with their monumental, recently released new single ‘Between Lune & Eden’. To these ears it’s the heaviest song they’ve unleashed vocally and musically for five fast and furious minutes. They class themselves as ‘cinematic djent’ and this genre weaves …

Welcome back Scarborough based beer swillers This House We Built as they release the fourth song and accompanying video from their self titled debut album on their own THWB Records for the very impressive ‘Nobody’s Fool’ which sees them definitely not bricking it as they blast it out with cocksure …

Aussie Death Metal Machine set out to smash you further underground with their 4th full-length release. Since their inception during the delights of the Covid pandemic, Australia’s Werewolves have been relentless in their aim to deliver a succession of uncompromising pure DM albums. For those unfamiliar with them, the band …

Argentinian Black Metallers release a ferocious third full-length offering. Since forming back in 2008, Argentina’s Infernal Curse has released a slew of EPs, 4 compilations, 2 Splits, and 2 full-length albums. Now with the release of “Revelations Beyond Insanity” that full-length count rises to 3. Now, the Argentinian scene is …

It’s Black Metal, but it’s Québécois Black Metal… Indeed! And that can only mean one thing – that Miserere Luminis‘ second full-length offering is going to be good! Much like the Norwegian contingent, the Quebec BM scene is definitely influenced by extreme cold, snow, and the hardiness of the people …

We must give thanks to Barrie, Ontario, Canada for unleashing Spades GT as they fire up the furnace in hell with their incendiary debut album Sewer City Radio, saying that “We’ve come to save rock n roll” These eight party starting and finishing songs crash and burn with a put …

Can you remember the first time you saw Jurassic Park with the scene when the ground is shaking from an oncoming Tyrannosaurus Rex? Well, Stoke-On-Trent noisy bastards Red Spektor try to emulate that scenario with their third studio album 3, recently released by KOZMIK ARTIFACTZ. Lead vocalist and guitarist Rob …

Syteria return as the self proclaimed “A realm of colourful, pounding and punked – melodic rock” with third album SyteriaWorld via Cargo Records on August 11th 2023! The Yorkshire based quartet welcome you to their world with fourteen tracks, kicking off with ‘Chasing Dreams’. It’s driven by a huge main …