All the gigs I’ve been to in 2018 met their Waterloo at the Waterloo Music Bar on Friday 22nd December 2018, a date that will be forever etched in my memory as this little gem of a venue was packed to the rafters with four sets of high octane rock …
Read More »SACRED REICH Announces the Return of Dave McClain
Phoenix-based thrash icons, SACRED REICH, are thrilled to announce the return of former drummer Dave McClain to their ranks, following his departure from Bay Area Metal outfit Machine Head last month after 23 years on the drum throne. Before joining Machine Head, McClain played drums for SACRED REICH for four …
Read More »Blood Feast – Chopped, Sliced And Diced
Blood Feast are a five-piece thrash unit from New Jersey, USA. ‘Chopped, Sliced And Diced is their 8th release since (incredibly) 1987. They have released three full length albums in their 31 year career, and this will be their second EP release. The band split up originally in 1991. They …
Read More »Zealot Cult – Spiritual Sickness
Formed in 2008 hailing from Ireland, Zealot Cult have built themselves a reputation based on hard work and attention to musical detail which is presented here on their first full length in all its glory. The title track arrives with a bang, no intro, no false sense of security – …
Read More »Imperia to release new album in 2019
IMPERIA announce new album The multinational gothic metal outfit IMPERIA will release a new album next year! The band’s 5th studio album is called “Flames Of Eternity”, and will be released on February 22, 2019 via Massacre Records. It will be available as CD Digipak, limited edition vinyl LP, stream …
Read More »Serrabulho – Porntugal
Serrabulho are a four piece grind / hardcore band from Portugal, releasing their third full length album, Porntugal, and I really do not know where to start with this one. This is proper hardcore thrash but when it comes to lyrics I can only describe most of them sounding like …
Read More »The Last Band review at The Parish Huddersfield, 7th December 2018 by Alex English
High energy metal rockers The Last Band are pumped up and ready for action tonight at The Parish in Huddersfield. Before their set, I had the opportunity to grab an interview with The Last Band singer Coffe Blood. Chatting with singer Coffe Here’s an excerpt of some of the question’s …
Read More »Babylon Shakes Reveal Cover Art and Track-list for Exile to the Velveteen Lounge
Babylon Shakes Reveal Cover Art and Track-list for Exile to the Velveteen Lounge.
Read More »Ginger Wildheart – G * A * S * S Mark II
G * A * S * S Mark II or Ginger Associated Secret Society was formed by Ginger Wildheart for fans a few years ago. He would write three songs a month for a year that they had access to and then choose the best of them for a general …
Read More »Skindred / Sonic Boom Six / Scare Tactics – O2 Academy, Liverpool – 15-12-18
There’s three things that I’ve fallen in love with during this latest Skindred tour. The venues, Skindred’s set-list and most importantly the exposure of new, raw talented bands. ‘I Saw The World Burn’ and ‘Mr.Shiraz’ are just two bands that have shone for me and tonight we had another. Scare Tactics …
Read More »Furor Gallico – Dusk Of The Ages
Furor Gallico brings their unique brand of Folk Death Metal to the table with the long awaited album ‘Dusk Of The Ages’. Formed in 2007, the band have honed their sound into something rather special, combining highly contrasting styles of music together to create a real breath of …
Read More »King Creature – To The Bone
King Creature were formed in 2013 and have had the amazing honour of supporting Motorhead at The Eden Sessions in 2015. I have to say I am stunned by opening track ‘World Of Sin’. This takes me back to Alice In Chains’ ‘Sap / Jar Of Flies’ EP. It’s hauntingly …
Read More »Wolfsbane – Tivoli, Buckley.
Tonight at the Tivoli was a night of two twenty five year anniversaries the first of which was seeing Wolfsbane here again for the first time since that time gap. Their fans, known as HMS or Howling Mad Shitheads turned up last night in full voice and mine is shot …
Read More »The Alarm – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – 6th December 2018
Tonight The Alarm played the Brudenell Social Club with support from Ryan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts and Julia Othmer. Julia Othmer, a one-woman show with her piano, and all the way from sunny California opens tonight’s show. With sultry gravelly vocals Julia tell’s stories on how her songs came to …
Read More »Corpsessed – Impetus of Death
Finland’s finest Doom/Thrashers Corpsessed release their second full length album ‘Impetus of Death’. The first ‘Abysmal Thresholds’ was released back in 2014 and was well received. However, with ‘Impetus Of Death’ Corpsessed have tuned their sound somewhat differently, in that it now sounds cleaner and more ‘live’. I prefer this …
Read More »Rush – Hemispheres (40th anniversary edition).
Hemispheres, the sixth studio album by Canadian trio Rush celebrates its 40th anniversary with four different formats, one of which is this 2xCD deluxe edition. The first CD is a remaster of the album and the second CD features a live set from the Pink Pop festival on the 4th …
Read More »Satan – The Lounge, London – 24th November 2018
Saturday the 24th marks the 5 year anniversary of Retribution Alive and what best way to celebrate than having a big party with various DJs in the multi-floored Lounge, as well as Satan headlining a London show, along with Toledo Steel, Primitai and Ai Force. Even though it was an …
Read More »Night Flight Orchestra – Underworld, London – 30th November 2018
Gates open at 6.00 and the promising flight of the Night Flight Orchestra in London is finally on track. The opening act, Black Mirrors came on stage at 7.15. The Belgian rockers brought their Indian feathers on stage and under the dim lights they set the atmosphere for boarding on …
Read More »Cellar Door Moon Crow to Release Debut Album ‘You Got This’
!!! BAND – BEARDS – BROTHERS !!! “A band fusing urban vibes and rock, like a hard hitting crazy good piledriving mashup of The White Stripes, Black Keys and The Beastie Boys” – BBC Introducing Sheffield Urban Rock Duo Announce Pledge Music Campaign For Debut Album Release ‘You Got This’ …
Read More »FM : UK co-headlining tour with The Quireboys in April 2019
FM CO-HEADLINING UK TOUR WITH THE QUIREBOYS APRIL 2019 The UK’s finest melodic rock band FM will join forces with hard rock group The Quireboys in early April for seven tour dates that celebrate 35 years since both acts started out. These two venerable institutions will be joined by Bad …
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