Tuesday, 23 September 2025

A View From The Back Of The Room: Heavy On The Ride (Matt Bladen)

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Heavy On The Ride, Black Tape, Hateful Dread & Sleazy Money, The Bunkhouse, 14.09.25 Riffs and more riffs as Swansea played host to a fo...

Reviews: Eleine, Cult Member, Intercourse, Hades Descent (Simon Black, GC, Sasa & Mark Young)

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Eleine - We Stand United (Reigning Phoenix Music) [Simon Black] This is a well-chosen title for this stop gap EP from Sweden’s darker end of...

Reviews: Stoned Jesus, Scorpion Milk, Sunniva, Silver Dollar Room (Rich Piva, Matt Bladen, Joe Guatieri & Simon Black)

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Stoned Jesus - Songs To Sun (Season Of Mist) [Rich Piva] Stoned Jesus has been around for a couple of decades now, blessing us with their ge...
Monday, 22 September 2025

A View From The Back Of The Room: Atheist (Charlie Rogers)

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Atheist, Origin, Gorgatron, Death Rattle & Infested Angel, The Fleece Bristol, 14.09.25 In classic British autumnal fashion, as soon as ...

Reviews: Ancient Thrones, Feanor, Species, Pink Fuzz (Mark Young, Simon Black, Martin Brown & Rich Piva)

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Ancient Thrones - Melancholia (Unsigned/Independent) [Mark Young] And now a touch of blackened death to round the week off. Ancient Thrones ...

Reviews: Year Of The Goat, Nord Electric, Heruvim, Unpunished (Matt Bladen, Rich Piva, Spike & Sasa)

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Year Of The Goat - Trivia Goddess (Napalm Records) [Matt Bladen] I've been following Year Of The Goat since their debut and while there ...
Friday, 19 September 2025

Reviews: Kittie, Lowrider, Dusted Angel, Sölicitör (Cherie Curtis & Rich Piva)

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Kittie – Spit XXV (Sumerian Records) [Cherie Curtis] 25 years since the Nu Metal classic album  Spit  was released, Kittie celebrates by bri...

Reviews: Lorna Shore, Wolfheart, Castle Rat, Vittra (Spike, Mark Young, Matt Bladen & Martin Brown)

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Lorna Shore – I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media) [Spike] They say Lorna Shore have always played at the brink of colla...

Review: Paradise Lost - Ascension (Simon Black)

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Paradise Lost – Ascension (Nuclear Blast)  Paradise Lost have been at this music business lark for a fair while now and have pulled off the ...
Thursday, 18 September 2025

Reviews: Jo Quail, Korp, Condition Critical, The Switch (Matt Bladen & Spike)

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Jo Quail - Notan (Adderstone Records) [Matt Bladen] Like how I was saying in the recent Faun review, there has been a rise in more classic/t...