WE WERE SHARKS PREMIERE MUSIC VIDEO “ASHLEY” New Album, Lost Touch, Coming February 23 New Tour Dates Announced At just eighty-two seconds in length and loads of punk rock shenanigans, WE WERE SHARKS have released the raucous new video ‘Ashley,’ from their upcoming album Lost Touch. The album will be available February 23 through …
Read More »Leaves Eyes interview, December 2017
I spoke to Alexander Krull and Elina Siirala at the end of 2017 to discuss the upcoming release of the new album, Sign of the dragonhead. You can listen to the interview below..
Read More »Emerald Sunday – Emerald Sunday
What a great start to 2018 for British rock music with this self titled release by Dundee based Emerald Sunday. Nine well crafted songs with more hooks than a fishing match! The phrase “All killer no filler” certainly applies here as the full on grunge main riff of opener ‘City …
Read More »Samarkind Voted 10 on Planet Rock Top 20 albums of 2017 etc
Samarkind Number 10 on Planet Rock Top 20 Albums of 2017 + debut UK shows this March Self Release 3 January 2018 One of last year’s “ones to watch” rock bands; Samarkind have charted on Planet Rock’s Top 10 albums of 2017, which sees the multinational self release artists feature alongside the …
Read More »Black Country Communion – Civic hall, Wolverhampton – 2nd January 2018
The night kicked off with floodlights on stage sending their rays of light out over the crowd as the PA played sounds of explosions. Gradually these turned into heavy bass and guitar riffs as the band took to the stage and things kicked off with the first song – Sway. …
Read More »Tankard – Hymns For The Drunk
My first album review of 2018 and what better way to start by a stupendous beer related seventeen track best of album called Hymns For The Drunk by German thrash metallers Tankard. The tracks were taken from five albums they recorded with AFM Records between 2002-2010 proving their rightful place …
Read More »The Temperance Movement New Studio Album “A Deeper Cut” Released 16th February 2018
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT New Studio Album “A Deeper Cut” Released 16th February 2018 Full UK And Eire Headline Tour As Part Of A European Tour Feb / March / April 2018 British rock and rollers THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT have returned with news of a brand new studio …
Read More »The Heretic Order – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes – 6th December 2017
First up tonight were Fyresky, a fairly new band from Kent/Essex. I’d seen them play in August, and while four months isnt a long time, there was a clear improvement in how they sound and perform in that time. They’ve got a strong visual image and seem very confident, not …
Read More »The Heretic Order interview – December 2017
I spoke to Lord Ragnar Wagnar, who performs vocal and guitar duties with The Heretic Order shortly before they went on stage at the Craufurd arms in December. OK The Heretic order formed three years ago. Does it feel that long? Not really. We formed the band at the end …
Read More »Unleash The Archers interview, November 2017
I spoke to Brittney Slayes, singer from Canadian band Unleash the archers when they played the Craufurd arms in Milton Keynes. You’re on tour with Orden Ogan across the UK and Europe. How has the tour been going? It’s awesome, the shows have been packed, quite a few of them …
Read More »Leaves Eyes – Sign of the Dragonhead
One thing I’m never keen on is comparing a band’s current singer to previous singers, but it’s something that a lot of music fans seem to be obsessed by, and with this being the first full Leaves Eyes album since the departure of long time singer Liv Kristine, then fans …
Read More »Magnum – Lost on the road to eternity
Magnum release their 20th studio album in January. There aren’t many bands that reach that figure, even after a 40 year career but Magnum are a band that are always busy writing, recording and touring. Most singers seem to suffer from their voice deteriorating over the years, but Bob Catley’s …
Read More »Young states – Past truths present lies
Young states are a punk rock band that met while studying at music school in Norwich. Formed as an all-female band, they’re inspired by alternative rock bands such as Mallory Knox or Kids in glass houses rather than punk bands such as Sex Pistols, and that shows in their music …
Read More »Typhoon – Offerings
“Offerings” is the fourth album from Indie rock band Typhoon. Unusually rather than releasing a song as a single, they’ve released what they describe as the first movement from the album which is made up of the first four songs on the album. Check it out here… That will give …
Read More »The bad flowers – Starting gun
The Bad Flowers have been making a name for themselves since releasing their debut EP in 2016 and putting in a string of great live shows since then. Now they’re gearing up for the release of their debut album – Starting gun. Ahead of the album release they released their …
Read More »Night Demon – Darkness remains (expanded edition)
Following the release of their “Darkness remains” album in early 2017, Night Demon are kicking off 2018 with the release of an expanded edition of the album. I have to say I’m not a fan of this sort of strategy since it penalises the dedicated fans who bought the album …
Read More »Damnation’s Hammer – Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres
A phrase I’ve used once before and certainly applies to Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres by Damnation’s Hammer is “Riff after riff after motherfucking riff!”. The power they create is breathtaking, bringing to mind a fusion of Paradise Lost and Burn My Eyes era Machine Head, will be released via Massacre …
Read More »Vandenberg’s Moonkings – MKII
Former Whitesnake guitarist, Adrian Vandenberg formed Vandeberg’s Moonkings a few years ago, releasing their debut album four years ago. Now they’re back with their second album, the rather unimaginatively named “Mk II”. Thankfully the lack of effort coming up with a decent album title is the only area of the …
Read More »Carousel vertigo – Revenge of rock and roll
For some reason French rock and metal bands don’t seem to get the attention they deserve elsewhere in Europe. Sometimes it’s because they sing in French, but with some bands it’s hard to understand why they aren’t well known around Europe. One such band is Carousel Vertigo who come from …
Read More »Heavatar – Opus II – The Annihilation
Stefan Schmidt is the mastermind behind acapella metal band Van Canto and also Heavatar. Unlike Van Canto, Heavatar is a more conventional band with instruments rather than acapella, but once again he’s tried to do something a little different. Heavatar fuse classical music and metal music. OK they’re far from …
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