It was a freezing, Glasgow March night at The Vale. I was there to witness, for my very first time, Aberdeenshire band Estrella perform a full set. I had seen them perform a 25 to 30 minute set at the Highway To Hell 3 competition last year, but this was …
Read More »CNOC AN TURSA – ‘The Giants Of Auld’
An exquisite blend of Scottish poetry, imagery and hard hitting Metal. Before I began writing this review and whilst doing a bit of background research, I came upon the tag Heritage Metal, which for me was a new one, although you’ll probably say it’s a tag that’s been around for …
Read More »CNOC AN TURSA – The Giants Of Auld.
An exquisite blend of Scottish poetry, imagery and hard hitting Metal. Before I began writing this review and whilst doing a bit of background research, I came upon the tag Heritage Metal, which for me was a new one, although you’ll probably say it’s a tag that’s been around for …
Read More »The Toi-The Vale, Glasgow 23/03/13 Pictures
Some pictures of The Toi supporting Estrella at The Vale Glasgow
Read More »The Self Titled – ‘Defaced’
To say that Kent based metal band The Self Titled have had line up problems is a bit of an understatement. They re-formed in 2010, recorded and recently released their debut album Defaced but the line up that recorded it has undergone 2 losses since then. Lead vocalist Mark Campbell …
Read More »Stryper – Second Coming
Since the release of their eighth studio album “Murder By Pride” in 2009, Stryper – the kings of Christian metal – have been teasing their fans about bringing out new material. Their ninth release “The Covering” featured a wide range of classic rock cover songs that inspired the band over …
Read More »MOLLLUST – Schuld.
Opera Metal for the connoisseur. There comes from time to time an album that lands on your lap and hits you in a way that you were not expecting and I mean that in a good way. Formed in 2010, Molllust have chosen a pretty unique musical path by combining …
Read More »Bleed From Within – Uprising
British metal lives. That’s very clear to see once you’ve caught your breath from the atom bomb that is Uprising, the third album by Bleed From Within. The Glaswegians have ruffled more than a few feathers since they formed nearly a decade ago, and tours with the likes of Suicide Silence, …
Read More »Estrella-The Vale, Glasgow 23/03/13 Pictures
Some pictures from the recent Estrella gig at The Vale, Glasgow
Read More »Interview with Chemicals of Democracy, Hammerfest V 2013
Last year I interviewed Darrin Richards from Chemicals of Democracy at Hammerfest IV and one year later I caught up with Darrin again, this time also with JQ Bass and their new guitarist Sammy Damaxx. With line-up changes, their upcoming album having its UK release 25 March and 2 sets …
Read More »Interview with Alex and Tommy from The Goddamn Electric, Hammerfest V, March 2013
Playing Stage 2 on the Thursday evening at The Goddamn Electric added themselves to the long list of bands to grace the stages of Hammerfest over the past five years. Formed only in 2010 and naming themselves after the Pantera song ‘Goddamn Electric’ their debut album Snake Bite is due …
Read More »Wardruna – Yggdrasil
Wardruna deliver a sophomore album with roots that delve deep into the very fabric of our existence. For people unfamiliar with Wardruna, they were formed a decade ago by Einar “Kvitrafn” Selvik in Norway. Their encapsulating use of ancient folk instruments alongside poetic metre and chanted lyrics written in Norwegian, …
Read More »SHOUTING SIGNALS – Stand Your Ground.
Formed a mere blink of an eye ago in 2011, the Essex quintet announce their intentions to great effect with this 5 track E.P. The first thing that struck me on listening to this release was the high level of professionalism evident from a band so young. Every …
Read More »ZEBEDY – Marionette.
North Wales quartet return to pull the strings, delivering an album of pure quality. One of the most hotly awaited albums on the Welsh rock scene is about to see the light of day, so we thought we best check out what all the fuss was about by grabbing a …
Read More »Antari – Symbolic Revolver (single)
Symbolic Revolver is a taster from the forthcoming studio album Campaigns Of Misinformation due in 2013 from St.Austell based metallers Antari. After numerous line up changes since their formation in November 2010 they are now ready to forge ahead and judging by the anger shown on Symbolic Revolver, it would …
Read More »A Million Miles – What’s Left Behind
Whats Left Behind, the debut album from Hamburg based band A Million Miles is a very very impressive piece of work to say the least, containing 11 tracks of varying styles but with their own stamp firmly in place. The vocals of Mona Miluski give the band an edge similar …
Read More »Wilko Johnson Farewell Tour-Glasgow- 09/03/13
A cold Saturday night sees me standing outside the sold out O2 ABC venue in Glasgow to witness what was originally the last date on Wilko Johnson’s Farewell tour, but due to demand to see the Canvey Island bluesman one final time
Read More »Enslaved + Winterfylleth + Ancient Ascendant – Limelight 2, Belfast – Sunday March 17th 2013
While those with a lot less sense were out ‘drowning the shamrock’ and “celebrating” what laughingly passes for the ‘national saint’s day’ in this corner of the world, by getting as hammered as possible as quickly possible and then hammering the living daylights out of each other in an unprecedented …
Read More »GHOSTFEST 2013: Eight More Bands Announced!
UK’s fastest growing festival Ghostfest just got even bigger with eight more bands added to the bill Set to be the UK’s biggest moshfest of the year, Ghostfest is very excited to announce eight more bands to its heavy pitting lineup at Leeds Student’s Union on 29 / 30 June …
Read More »THE AMENTA – Flesh Is Heir.
An album of extreme Metal to put at the top of your shopping list. Without doubt, Australia’s most extreme purveyors of Metal, unless you can tell me different of course, are back to pummel your audio equipment into submission with an album that is brutally unrelenting in its attack. Following …
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