Reviews

AVENGER - The Slaughter Never Stops (Rocksector Records)

Not so much an album as a statement of intent that they’re back in business once more. Let the blood sports commence! - Read More

STORMQUEEN – Raising the Roof (High Roller Records)

Stormqueen's was a short-lived but exciting career and ‘Raising The Roof’ rounds up all their recordings, laid down at four sessions over the period December 1981 to October 1983. - Read More

ARCANE – Known-Learned (Sensory/The Laser’s Edge)

As vast, sprawling and diverse as Arcane’s homeland, the Australian band’s third album is huge body of work. - Read More

CONTROL THE STORM – Beast Inside (Independent)

Feisty, fearsome and fulsomely British, Control The Storm are a Bristol-based female-fronted outfit who came together in 2010 from the ashes of Neverwinter. - Read More

DREAMGRAVE – Presentiment (Independent)

Despite Dömötör Gyimesi’s assertion that his homeland is not a hotbed of progressive metal the guitarist/vocalist has every reason to be pleased with himself and his band Dreamgrave. - Read More

UFO - A Conspiracy Of Stars (SPV Records)

It’s hard to remember now when UFO finally managed to slip out from under the shadow of ‘Strangers In The Night’ and the halcyon days of the late Seventies/early Eighties. - Read More

MONSTER MAGNET – Milking The Stars (Napalm Records)

Milking The Stars’ is a spin on last year’s ‘Last Patrol’ album, although it’s neither a remix nor a remake, lying in the nebulous, grey area betwixt the two. - Read More

KNIGHT AREA - Hyperdrive (The Laser’s Edge)

‘Hyperdrive’ is one of those albums that craves attention, and quite rightly so. - Read More

MALPRACTICE – Turning Tides (Sensory/The Laser’s Edge)

Going down the more aggressive side of the progressive metal spectrum, with razor-sharp riffs that wouldn’t be out of place on a Megadeth album and which perhaps betray the band’s original thrash roots, are Finland’s Malpractice. - Read More

MY BROTHER THE WIND – Once There Was A Time When Time And Space Were One (Free Electric Sound/The Laser’s Edge)

Wholly instrumental, ‘Once There Was A Time…’ was recorded live with no overdubs on 26 January 2013, giving it a feeling of both spontaneity and looseness. - Read More