Single and EP Reviews

Christmas 2022 will arrive early this year as Massive Wagons announce the release of a brand new studio album Triggered on October 28th via Earache Records with an early present under the tree from new single ‘Fuck The Haters’ taken from it, now available on all steaming platforms. The songs …

It’s always a joy to review self proclaimed “UK Goth Folk N Rollers” Cadence Noir. Their releases may be as rare as rocking horse shit but they always come up smelling of roses, point proven by their garden of delights that is the just released EP Return Of The Electric …

I’m always looking for new genres of music to keep me on my toes so a big welcome goes to Vanitas, who describe themselves as ‘Cinematic Djent’ with their recently released self titled EP Vanitas. The Birmingham based five piece band played a well attended EP launch party gig on …

Purchase links to the single and band info are here :- https://bfan.link/the-power-of-the-nightstar-1 I https://linktr.ee/dragonlandband Power metal, overblown? Yes! Power metal, preposterous? Yes! Power metal, using every cliche in the book? Yes! Do we love power metal? YES! So welcome back Dragonland! Formed in 1999, Gothenburg, Sweden, they’re back with new …

Welcome back husband and wife duo Grace and Adam Bond from When Rivers Meet with new single ‘I Can’t Fight This Feeling’ taken from their sophomore album Saving Grace. They’ve come a long way since their debut album We Fly Free, so much so that they’ve recently received some very …

Purchase links to the single and band info are here :- https://linktr.ee/jailbirds Welcome back for the long awaited return of the Australian/Irish riff macine Jailbirds. They hit hard and heavy with their 2019 debut album Great Escape and in the same year destroyed the Bloodstock Open Air Festival in the …

Purchase links to ‘Wasted Times’ and other band info are here :- https://gingerwildheartwcr.bandcamp.com/album/wasted-times I https://orcd.co/wastedtimes I https://www.facebook.com/gingersinners/?ref=page_internal Welcome back royalty! Rock royalty that is as Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners unleash ‘Wasted Times’ from a forthcoming new studio album via Wicked Cool Records. Judging by the quality here, no time …

Bad Habit and the following Show Me Your Teeth albums from Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters have set the scene for the July 8th 2022 album release of Mythos, Confession, Tragedies And Love from the Cardiff band on Beautiful Disaster Records and ‘Sin Eater’ is the first single taken …

Welcome back Bang Bang Firecracker who have returned with the Hear Evil EP,released on May 22nd 2022, part two that follows part one, See Evil in July 2021 of the trilogy See Evil, Hear Evil and Speak Evil. It’s another full on release from the Stoke based trio who kick …

Purchase links to ‘Runaway’ and other band info are here :- http://white-spirit.co.uk/ I https://www.facebook.com/White-spirit-442344595808862 Back in the late 1970’s a genre of music called NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) came to be via Sounds magazine (which went on to be known as Kerrang). One of these bands were …

Heavy metal warriors Tailgunner return with their latest single ‘Shadows Of War’ released today and is the opening track of their debut album planned for release in January 2023. It’s slower than the previous two release but still has plenty of power due to the songs subject that highlights the …

Blackburn based alternative rockers Bastette impress highly with this reviewer once again with the release of their latest single ‘Psycho’ via Rock People Management. It’s taken from a forthcoming EP titled ‘Awakening’ on September 30th 2022 and judging by the quality of the songwriting, it’ll be an essential purchase! A …

At first glance you may think this has something to do with Ted Nugent (Motorcity Madhouse) but it’s the debut EP 187BPM just released by Bradford based noisemongers Motor City Murder. The three songs here rage hard and heavy, point proven by opener ‘St.Gabrielle’ as a wah-wah howled intro heads …

Kira Mac, a new band to me but already early in their career being championed by Planet Rock radio. Their debut single ‘One Way Ticket’ now sees them make the return journey with their second recently released single ‘Dead Man Walking’ on all streaming platforms. Dubbed as “Blues-rock on steroids” …

It’s time to take a lesson off Lips from Anvil as they unleash ‘Take A Lesson’, the second single taken from their upcoming studio album Impact Is Imminent due to be released via AFM Records on May 20th 2022. Formed in Toronto, Ontario 1978, if anyone can warn of the …

A Titan, A Deity, formed in Birmingham 2016 are a new band to me but what a way to discover them by their latest crushing single ‘lo’, a raging slab of melodeath. Totally captivating madness ensues for four brain mangling minutes of clean/lung busting vocals to make for an interesting …

It seems fitting that the week I go for a hearing test coincides with me reviewing the Crows Of Golgotha EP from Norwich based noisemongers Alpha Omega. I first came across this thrashtastic trio when they played on the Jagermeister stage at Bloodstock 2018 and they delivered with an unrelenting …

To say my normal genres were blown away is an understatement when in April 2020 I reviewed the Last Light On The Highway album, a potent blend of country and rock by Robert Jon And The Wreck. Just over a year later saw them release the follow up Shine A …

Purchase links to ‘Out Of Our Minds’ and other band info are here :- https://smarturl.it/TBS–OutOfOurMinds I https://www.facebook.com/theblackskeleton/ I https://www.instagram.com/theblackskeletonband/ I https://goldenrobotrecords.com/golden-robot-records/the-black-skeleton/ Ihttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+black+skeleton I https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Eyx6UIVyOSsoqOE4qFhbK?si=VRcSZ9VQTL2x64XCTlSlCg&dl_branch=1&nd=1 It’s 2am Sunday morning so I decide to do a quick review to try to get tired then all of a sudden THIS voice comes thundering …

A song doesn’t always have to be played through a wall of Marshalls to move you, point proven by ‘We Cry‘, recently released single by Liverpool based band Xander And The Peace Pirates, taken from forthcoming studio album Out Of Chaos, due out on May 6th 2022. It’s a poignant …