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Sabreen Islam: Room Service (2023)
by Kev Rowland | March 12, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Behemoth: Opvs Contra Natvram (2022)
by Kev Rowland | March 12, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
South for Winter: Something In The Stars (2023) single
by Kev Rowland | March 12, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Abby Christo: Note To Self (2023) single
by Kev Rowland | March 12, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Mel Parsons: Slow Burn (2022)
by Kev Rowland | March 12, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Matt Joe Gow: Between Tonight & Tomorrow (2023)
by Kev Rowland | March 12, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Blindfolded and Led to the Woods: Methlehem (2023)
by Kev Rowland | March 5, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Living State: Black White Man (2023) single
by Kev Rowland | March 5, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
The Wax Birds: Yellowhammer (2023)
by Kev Rowland | March 5, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments
Armored Saint: March of the Saint (1984)
by Kev Rowland | March 5, 2023 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Sabreen Islam: Room Service (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 12, 2023 | Reviews
Although Sabreen is young, and is currently studying at the University of Auckland, she has been involved in the arts for some time, both in music and poetry and performed at The Others Way Festival as far back as 2018. To date she has released a few singles, the most...

Behemoth: Opvs Contra Natvram (2022)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 12, 2023 | Reviews
I enjoyed Behemoth’s last studio album, 2018’s ‘I Loved You At Your Darkest’, but did not exactly warrant it as essential, while I was also not exactly gushing about their more recent live ‘In Absentia Dei’, so what would I think of the latest effort? With a Latin...

South for Winter: Something In The Stars (2023) single
by Kev Rowland | Mar 12, 2023 | Reviews
I don’t think I will ever get used to just how much amazing music there is out there for people willing to look and forego popular radio stations. Last year I was asked if I would like to review a duo I had not previously come across, who were over here from America...

Abby Christo: Note To Self (2023) single
by Kev Rowland | Mar 12, 2023 | Reviews
Abby Christo first came to prominence when, in 2015, she appeared on X- Factor NZ as part of duo Mae Valley who has significant success with their debut EP and played alongside country stars such as Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini. She released her...

Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Barn (2021)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 12, 2023 | Latest News
At the end of 2021, Neil Young released his latest album with Crazy Horse, an alliance which goes all the way back to their debut album in 1969. Today, Crazy Horse features Ralph Molina on drums, Billy Talbot on electric bass plus multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren,...

Mel Parsons: Slow Burn (2022)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 12, 2023 | Reviews
Mel Parsons has built a strong reputation since the release of her debut album in 2009, and here she is back with her fifth which debuted at #3 in the Official Top 40 album charts and #2 in the Top 20 NZ album charts when it was released in September last year. For...

Matt Joe Gow: Between Tonight & Tomorrow (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 12, 2023 | Reviews
It has been a few years now since I first came across Matt Joe Gow, a proud Dunedin son who now lives in Melbourne. Since then, I have reviewed all three of his albums, and have managed to see him twice on his solo jaunts to New Zealand and will soon be catching him...

Blindfolded and Led to the Woods: Methlehem (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 5, 2023 | Reviews
2023 promises to be an incredible year for New Zealand metal and rock, and one album everyone is looking forward to is the forthcoming Rejecting Obliteration from Christchurch’s very own BALTTW. The first time I saw these guys play was supporting Death Angel and...

Living State: Black White Man (2023) single
by Kev Rowland | Mar 5, 2023 | Reviews
A few years ago I was at Dead Witch when someone came up to and introduced themselves as Lex, and that he was bassist in a band called Living State and would I like to hear their single? I agreed, but to be honest never expected to hear from him again as that is the...

The Wax Birds: Yellowhammer (2023)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 5, 2023 | Reviews
Although I work in Auckland on North Island (New Zealand’s largest city), I call home a small farm close to a township called Oxford on South Island, and I get back there as often as I can, especially as that is where my wonderful wife is. According to the last census...

Armored Saint: March of the Saint (1984)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 5, 2023 | Reviews
Even though Armored Saint have now been in existence for more than 40 years, and I have of course been aware of the name (primarily due to John Bush, who took time off to sing in Anthrax), I do not think I have previously come across any of their material. With their...

Armored Saint: Delirious Nomad (1985)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 5, 2023 | Reviews
1985 saw the band follow up their debut with the same line-up, although Phil Sandoval left during the recording and only played on a few tracks. The logo on the cover may have stayed the same, but the image being portrayed was very different to that of the knights on...

Armored Saint: Raising Fear (1987)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 5, 2023 | Reviews
1987 saw the band back with their third album, by now solidly a quartet (although Sandoval would return later). The first three albums are normally seen as a set, as this was the last to feature Dave Prichard, who was diagnosed with leukaemia while they were recording...

Insomnium: Shadows of the Dying Sun (2014)
by Kev Rowland | Mar 5, 2023 | Reviews
Finnish band Insomnium are often described as melodic death metal, yet they also bring in atmospheric elements of black metal and so many other elements on this album that I would not be surprised to see them categorised prog metal as well. Released in 2014, here is a...
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