Hymns of Immortality!

It was time to enter Porksausage studios again in Easter 2016. Chapter two in the sequel Cleaning The Mirror was about to be crafted. A couple of months prior to this record date songs had […]

“Domus Venetkens” is the third album by Venetian band ANTILABE ‘, this time in the form of a ten-piece suite, to tell the story of Venetian migrations arriving from afar before settling in the current north-east […]

«The Key» is the debut album from Norwegian progressive rock band Swifan Eolh & The Mudra Choir.

This album was executed by the whole band playing live in the studio, keeping the original bass and drum t […]

Formed in Reykjavík in 2005 and featuring members of several Icelandic bands such as Misþyrming, Árstíðir lífsins and Naðra, Carpe Noctem have earned a reputation as one of Iceland’s leading acts in black […]

Now this is somewhat unusual. I was sent the album to review in September, and here I am towards the end of November writing the review (okay, nothing strange bout that to be honest), but this album isn’t even o […]

If ever a band sounded like a combination Rainbow, Dio-era Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell, then it has to be Dream Child. Here we have a brand new supergroup who have taken inspiration from one person in […]

Apparently, what we have here is an unplanned album, in that David Brenner (Gridfailure) and Benjamin Levitt (Megalophobe) were working together on a planned collaboration when the music just started getting way […]

Julie Felix made the UK her home in the Sixties, and apparently was the first solo folksinger signed to a major label, and the first folk performer to fill the Royal Albert Hall. She was also a regular on British […]

Although the name Groundbreaker will be new to everyone, the vocals certainly aren’t as this is the new project from none other than Steve Overland (FM), who has joined with guitarist Robert Sall (Work of Art, W […]

2015’s ‘Noita’ is quite a confused release from the Finnish folk metallers in many ways, as they often seem to have far more in common with the Viking Metal or Pirate Metal movement than for the one for which […]

Three years on from their last, Finnish Folk Metallers Korpiklanni are back with their tenth album ‘Kulkija’, which means ‘Wanderer’. The band state that this album is the closest to their on stage sound, as for […]

Nitzer Ebb are a British EBM (Electronic Body Music – a sub-genre of electronic music combining industrial, synth punk, disco and dance) group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan “Bon” Harris ( […]

Greek black metal band Lucifer’s Child are back with their second album. Formed by George Emmanuel, a prolific guitarist primarily known for his work with Rotting Christ with bassist Stathis Ridis (a member of a […]

It has taken four years for MaYaN to come back with their third album, and given I was such a major fan of ‘Antagonise’ I was intrigued to see what they were going to come up with. That album took symphinc dea […]

The full title of this album is ‘Paradise and Thorns: Gloucster Docks Revisited and Other Tales of Love’, as this is both a sequel and a reworking of his 1987 album ‘By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down and Wept’ […]

The Albion Christmas Band were formed back in 2003 by Ashley Hutchings (Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Albion Band, Rainbow Chasers), Kellie While, Simon Care (Albion Band, Tickled Pink) and Simon Nicol […]

I must admit to finding the concept of this album being somewhat incongruous. I mean, Christmas is a Christian tradition not Jewish. But, amazingly enough many very famous Christmas standards were indeed written […]

Earlier this year Tom Angelripper (bass, vocals), decided to totally change Sodom, with the return of Frank Blackfire (guitar, ex-Sodom, ex-Kreator, Assassin), and new members Yorck Segatz (guitar, Beyondition) […]