Reviews
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO... BRIDEAR Bloody Bride (Setsuzoku Records)
Bridear are all about substance, rather than style, and craft heavy, frenzied songs with an ear for melody and an eye on the finish line. - Read More
Reviews Round-Up April 2021
CROWN – ‘The End Of All Things’ / BRUIT – ‘The Machine Is Burning And Now Everyone Knows It Could Happen Again’ / HERMAN FRANK – ‘Two For A Lie’ / BLOODBOUND – ‘Creatures Of The Dark Realm’ - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO... RHABSTALLION Back In The Saddle (Golden Core/ZYX Music)
Rhabstallion’s strengths are a combination of virtuoso playing and a clutch of really, really catchy songs. That’s not to say that’s they’ve sacrificed heaviness for melody; not at all. - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO... BLACK SPIDERS Black Spiders (Dark Riders Records)
Although ‘Black Spiders’ was pulled together in the most difficult of circumstances it’s a jubilant fifty-odd minute celebration of glorious riffing and neck-breaking anthems. - Read More
Reviews Round-Up March 2021
ENFORCER – ‘Live By Fire II’ / STERICA – ‘Golem 202020’ / IVY GOLD – ‘Six Dusty Winds’ / IRON MAN – ‘Hail To The Riff’ / ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM –‘Number 149’ - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO... STORMTROOPER Every Now And Then (Bristol Archive Records)
There’s some cracking material here and listening to it now makes you realise that Stormtrooper were an outrageously good band who had pretty much two album’s worth of material with which they could have cemented their position as NWOBHM front-runners. - Read More
THIS WEEK I'M LISTENING TO... PILEDRIVER Letters Of Steel (ZXY/Golden Core)
‘Letters Of Steel’ is an interesting little curio and should certainly be of interest to rock and metal musicquarians everywhere. - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO... RIVERSIDE Out Of Myself (InsideOut Music)
Why mess with perfection? - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO... EVERDAWN Cleopatra (Sensory Records)
The rewards for perseverance are limitless, and the result of such a turbulent birthing is an impressive and really exciting album. - Read More
THIS WEEK I’M LISTENING TO... BLACK SABBATH Vol.4 (BMG)
Yet Black Sabbath’s fourth album remains a firm fan favourite, and despite some lapses in concentration it contains some of the band’s most striking material. - Read More