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Towards the end of 2022 I was asked to review a video that was premiered by This House We Built, the song was ‘Fly Me Up To The Moon’, taken from their debut album of the same name that was self released on October 15th via THWB Records and I …

Christmas is over so throw away those crackers and have a listen to the Speak Evil EP released today by Bang Bang Firecracker! It’s the final release of three seperate EP’s, the first two being See Evil and Hear Evil to make up the whole second album. The four tracks …

Following on from the solo debut album The Long Game by TJ Walker released in 2019, he certainly defines the term solo artist as he wrote, sang and also played every instrument as well as recording and producing it. Fast forward to October 28th 2022 as he releases his sophomore …

Chaos Is Calling, the recently self released debut album by Kira Mac is far from chaotic, it’s contents are ten songs of cocksure confidence that make for a very impressive listen. They came to my attention after seeing a full page piece in the latest Classic Rock mag with lead …

I’ll admit to a degree of trepidation before tackling this review of Recoded, the eleventh studio album by Fear Factory, released via Nuclear Blast Records on October 28th 2022 as it’s a remix of their previous Aggression Continuum, their previous album which I reviewed in June 2021, one of their …

Welcome back Burnt Out Wreck as they unleash their third studio album Stand And Fight on December 2nd 2022 via Burnt Out Wreckords. Judging by the potency of these eleven tracks they’re a long way off being burnt out! Once again stunning artwork comes from Andy Pilkington at Very Metal …

When lead guitarist Brian Tatler and drummer Duncan Scott formed Diamond Head together while still at school in June 1976, adding lead vocalist Sean Harris to the lineup the same year and completing the lineup with Colin Kimberley on bass guitar in 1978, I wonder if they realized what was …

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Crash bang wallop! No, this isn’t the title of the new studio album from Massive Wagons, released on October 28th 2022 via Earache Records but it could be as ‘Triggered’ to my ears is the heaviest they’ve recorded musically and lyrically. Formed in Lancaster 2009 I was lucky to catch …

After the successful release of their latest 10th studio album ‘Road To Eden’. DARE returns with an extensive 12-date tour, with special guest Troy Redfern; tonight is the tour’s first date. Darren Wharton formed DARE in the late 80s after the demise of Thin Lizzy for whom he was the …

I think I’ve run out of fingers and toes to count how many bands Ginger Wildheart is in but here’s one of them as he releases the debut album Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners by the band of the same name, and what a debut it is on Wicked Cool …

Welcome back The Dead Daisies who are still showing plenty of life with the release of brand new sixth studio album Radiance! It’s definitely the heaviest I’ve heard them play as you only get one slow song amongst the other nine headbangers! In my opinion it’s also their strongest lineup …

Prepare to be blown away by the Wreckage Vol.2 , latest album from Orange County, California based band Robert Jon And The Wreck due for release on September 30th 2022 on Joe Bonnamassas’s record label KTBA (Keeping The Blues Alive). It’s a collection of exclusive in-studio and live concert performances …

There’s a new guitar hero coming around the bend as Troy Redfern throws a lucky six as he releases his sixth studio album The Wings Of Salvation on Red 7 Records on September 23rd 2022, following The Fire Cosmic album that lit up 2021 with its sheer audacity! It’s a …

Shake The Roots, the fifth studio album from Tyler Bryant And The Shakedown has just been released via their own record label Rattle Shake Records since leaving Spinefarm Records for more control of their music. Frontman Tyler Bryant formed his first band at 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in …

Mumbai, India metal returns courtesy of the most metal Sahil ‘Demonstealer’ Makhija the driving force behind the wheel of Demonic Resurrection with their sixth studio album Decades Of Darkness as it celebrates two decades of the band. The album consists of four single releases and four instrumental versions of the …

Another day and another band that almost slipped passed my radar until fellow Planetmosh collleague Alex English put Dirty Honey my way. Formed in Los Angeles in 2017 the quartet have come on in leaps and bounds as they release their fourteen track debut release ‘Dirty Honey EP/LP’ on Dirt …

With their first concept album, and first to feature Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka can Machine head match the heights of “The Blackening”? As far as Machine Head go, most people will say that “Burn My Eyes” and “The Blackening” are peerless, and by far the best in their back catalogue. And …