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Welcome back NWOBHM stalwarts, Praying Mantis! Formed in London 1973 by the Troy brothers Tino and Chris, they have just released their thirteenth studio album Defiance via Frontiers Music, containing eleven tracks of the highest quality! Album opener, ‘From The Start’, brims with confidence, delivering with aplomb, four minutes of …

Welcome back London based Jack J Hutchinson, starting 2024 immensely with the release of his brand new studio album Battles, via Earache Digital Distribution on February 9th. Ten triumphant songs are on the musical menu, kicking off the album with ‘Constellations’, a hairy headbanger to open up with neck aching …

As sophomore albums go, this is one of the most impressive I’ve heard for quite some time as Derby based These Wicked Rivers unleash the aptly titled Force Of Nature, via Fat Earth Records on March 1st 2024. These ten songs will send them to the next level with ease, …

I had planned on reviewing the ‘Here Comes The Rain’ album before Christmas but unfortunately the Planetmosh website went down, returning at the end of January, so in a way it’s given me a chance to take in the loss of Tony Clarkin, guitarist, songwriter and producer of Magnum for …

Stop! It’s hammer time as Lancashire, UK based Damnation’s Hammer unleash their latest studio album Into The Silent Nebula, but it’s definitely not silent, following their debut album Disciples Of The Hex in May 2013 and Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres in February 2019. Released via Massacre Records and featuring stunning …

Belfast’s powerful 3 piece Haint Deliver a hefty 5 tracks of great music If you like your music heavy, progressive, with lots of melodies, and yet still doomy and dark, then Haint and their new EP is made for you. Gifting us 5 tracks and just over 26 minutes of …

Belfast once turned out the Titanic, now we have the equally titanic new band Solothurn Originating from Belfast, Solothurn are a new band comprised from several other Northern Irish bands, and an ex member of Nick Olivieri’s Mondo Generator. Describing themselves as “Alt-Metal” and citing influences such as Alice in …

Bernie Marsden (Bernard John Marsden), born May 7th 1951 – August 24th 2023 will be sadly missed, but leaves us with his recently released, final studio album Working Man, via Conquest Music, with the great man self producing it. The album consists of twelve brand new Bernie Marsden penned tracks. …

For sheer power and precision, you can’t go wrong with a power trio, point proven by Cream, my personal favourite of the genre, and fortunately for myself, have been asked to review ‘Heavenly Cream – An Acoustic Tribute To Cream’, to be released on Friday, November 3rd, 2023 via Quarto …

This is close to being one of my favourite live albums of all time as Night Ranger celebrate their 40th anniversary with ‘40 Years And A Night With Contemporary Youth Orchestra’, due for release on October 20th 2023 via Frontiers Music SRL on CD/Vinyl (inc. ltd editions), DVD, Blu-Ray and …

For a debut album this is very, very impressive as Tailgunner unleash Guns For Hire via Fireflash Records. The five piece band have British heavy metal flowing through their veins for ten potent songs, opening up with ‘Shadows Of War’. It slams in full force from the off with earworm …

Doesn’t time fly? Point proven by first meeting and seeing Devils Henchmen play at the Badass Bash Festival at the Snooty Fox in Wakefield, then a three piece they were all only fourteen. They showed great promise then which has been fulfilled. Now a four piece, they prepare to release …

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 …

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! …

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 …

So many bands, and so little time, so my usual saying of “How has this band passed my radar?” certainly applies to the very impressive and very metal Lancaster-based Wytch Hazel who have not just released but also unleashed their fourth studio album ‘IV: Sacrament’ via Bad Omen Records that …

For a debut album this is very very impressive as West Lothian, Scotland based She Burns Red have pulled out all the stops for Out Of Darkness, made up of nine shimmering songs, produced, engineered and mixed with full force by Matt Elliss and an eye catching cover by Andy …