Friday, 21 November 2025

Reviews: Spock's Beard, Wolftooth, Kill Ritual, Frozen Land (Matt Bladen)

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Spock's Beard - The Archaeoptimist (Madfish) [Matt Bladen] I hailed 2022's The Myth Of The Mostrophus by Ryo Okumoto as the most Sp...
Thursday, 20 November 2025

Reviews: The Halo Effect, This House We Built, Edit The Tide, Maha Sohona (Matt Bladen)

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The Halo Effect - We Are Shadows (Nuclear Blast Records) Covers albums/EP's can always been a bit hit and miss, they're usually stop...

Reviews: Ghold, Preyrs, Wheel Of Time, Fimbul Winter (Mark Young, Cherie Curtis, Simon Black & Matt Bladen)

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Ghold - Bludgeoning Simulations (Human Worth) [Mark Young] This is quite the intense listen. Bleak, heavy and punctuated with moments of bea...
Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Reviews: Drofnosura, Electric High, Ptolemea, ODC (Spike, Simon Black, Rich Piva & Matt Bladen)

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Drofnosura – Ritual Of Split Tongues (Transcending Obscurity Records) [Spike] This is not a casual record. Drofnosura is a colossal, mutated...

Reviews: Avatar, Hell In The Club, Spawn, Primal Scourge (Matt Bladen)

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Avatar - Don't Go In The Forest (Black Waltz) Avatar are destined to be huge, I mean stadium level huge, their darkly theatrical, experi...
Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Reviews: Mezzrow, Degraved, Enemynside, Voidceremony (Spike & GC)

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Mezzrow– Embrace The Awakening (Rock Of Angels Records) [Spike] If you thought Swedish Thrash peaked in 1990 and politely faded away, you we...

Review: Kidney Black, Sons Of Hades, Honeybadger, Cremate (Matt Bladen)

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Kidney Black - Urban Decay (The Lab Records) Taking it back to the 90's now with the debut from Athens band Kidney Black.  The four piec...
Sunday, 16 November 2025

Reviews: Eric Gales, Laura Cox, Parker Barrow, Luna Marble (Matt Bladen)

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Eric Gales - Tribute To LJK (Provogue Records) Little Jimmy King was a bluesman who rose to prominence as part of Albert King's band in ...

Reviews: Cold In Berlin, Magic Wands, The Mountain Goats, Vandampire (RIch Piva & Spike)

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Cold In Berlin - Wounds (New Heavy Sounds) [Rich Piva] Cold In Berlin have been around for a while, but I was not introduced to the London, ...

A View From The Back Of The Room: Planet Of Zeus (Matt Bladen)

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Planet Of Zeus, Haggard Cat & Sigyria, The Bunkhouse Swansea, 08.11.25 On a night where you could see a never quite was, play songs from...