The Larry Normans: Dirty Living (2023) The Larry Normans formed at the turn of the century and went through the usual revolving door of musicians before releasing their debut album back in […]

CONFUSION FIELD (FINLAND) Future Impact of Past Diversions Tomi Kankainen is a veteran lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Finland whose 2021 debut “Disconnection Complete” attracted my attention as a p […]

Marduk: Memento Mori (2023) In some ways Marduk have been incredibly stable in that founder guitarist Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) has been at the helm for more than 20 years […]

Noisepoetnobody: This City (2023) According to such notable magazines as Rolling Stone and GQ, the worst song of all time is Starship’s “We Built This City”, so one can only wonder what […]

Split Decision: Radio Hearts (1992) I received a package from Nick Katona recently, and it included this CD which is on BW Records but distributed by MRR. It is actually an album which was […]

Ted Falcon: Tô Chegando – Almost There (2023) When people think of Brazilian music, the first thing that comes to mind is bossa nova. But Ted Falcon (violin, mandolin) fell in love with a different […]

Cadaver: The Age Of The Offended (2023) It may have taken Cadaver 16 years to return with their fifth album, but the same line-up of Neddo (vocals, guitar, bass) and Dirk Verbeuren (drums) have […]

GEOFF PROUDLEY (UK) K of A There are many among us who consider Rick Wakeman’s debut solo album, the Six Wives of Henry VIII to be a scintillating masterpiece and rightly so, a […]

Yuval RON (GERMANY) Somewhere in this Universe, Somebody Hits a Drum Yuval Ron is a talented guitarist, vocalist and composer based out of Berlin, juggling a myriad of styles that span the rock and jazz spectrum, and […]

IO EARTH (UK) Sanctuary This consistently first-rate Birmingham UK prog band is back again with a new 2023 release called Sanctuary, featuring drop-dead beautiful cover art, […]

HACKBERRY (NETHERLANDS) Breathing Space Fast on the heels of their sumptuous debut, I simply had to comply with my urge to see if the follow-up is of the same exceptional level and provide […]

Beastwars: Tyranny of Distance (2023) Back in May 2021 I went to The Powerstation to see the mighty Beastwars celebrate the tenth anniversary of their debut album, and every song felt like a […]

Evile: The Unknown (2023) It is difficult to believe that Evile have been going for nearly 20 years now, but here they are back with their sixth album. There have been some […]