Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Reviews: Throwing Bricks & Ontaard, Powerrage, Olympus, Avon (Spike, Matt Bladen, Cherie Curtis & Joe Guatieri)
›
Throwing Bricks And Ontaard – Something To Lose (Live at Roadburn 2025) (Independent/Roadburn Records) [Spike] You can practically feel the ...
Reviews: At The Gates, Sepultura, Draken, White Tundra (Mark Young & Matt Bladen)
›
At The Gates - The Ghost Of A Future Dead (Century Media) [Mark Young] The Ghost Of A Future Dead is the kind of album where the sum of its...
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Reviews: John Corabi, Degreed, Creye, Generation Radio (Matt Bladen)
›
John Corabi - New Day (Frontiers Music s.r.l.) I'll have to admit I really thought in such a long career that John Corabi would have rel...
Reviews: Spirit Adrift, Slomosa, Demons My Friends, Occult Hand Order (Rich Piva)
›
Spirit Adrift - Infinite Illumination (20 Buck Spin) I can be certain that I am reviewing the final album from a band with this one… Spirit ...
Monday, 27 April 2026
A View From The Back Of The Room: Creeper (Alex Swift)
›
Creeper - The Globe, Cardiff, 14.04.2026 Creeper have been on an intriguing journey over their ten year existence. The tongue-in-cheek metal...
Saturday, 25 April 2026
A View From Rosklide: EpicFest 2026 (Nick Hewitt, Stief Illingworth & Lee Burnell)
›
EpicFest, Rosklide, Denmark 10-11.04.26 Friday 10.04.26 Lee: Going into a power metal festival with about a 1% awareness of the bands on th...
Friday, 24 April 2026
Review: Plini, Gus G, Konquest, Since The Death (Matt Bladen)
›
Plini - An Unnameable Desire (Self Released) Plini is at the top of the instrumental pile for me, inspired by the legends of shred like Satc...
Reviews: Einar Solberg, VLMV, TONS, The Medea Project (Matt Bladen & Spike)
›
Einar Solberg - Vox Occulta (InsideOut Music) [Matt Bladen] I don't want to alarm anyone but Einar Solberg uses growls on his second sol...
Thursday, 23 April 2026
A View From The Back Of The Room: Slowhole & Moloch (Steve Walsh)
›
Slowhole, Moloch & Fatalist - Boom, Leeds, 11.04.26 Manchester trio Fatalist (7) play a kind of metallic post-hardcore that's di...
Reviews: Godsnake, Shadowlands, Cnoc An Tursa, Ural (Spike & Mark Young)
›
Godsnake – Inhale The Noise (Massacre Records) [Spike] I’m going to start with a confession: the cover art for Godsnake’s Inhale The Noise ...
›
Home
View web version