KARNATAKA (UK) Requiem for A Dream Karnataka has evolved from its benign beginnings in 1998 as a classic British female fronted lead vocal, Neo-prog band into a platform of constant […]

PLEDGE OF HEALING (France) One Step Closer A debut album from the dynamic French duo of multi-instrumentalist Cyrille Delvallez and lead vocalist Claire Sergue, well supported by 2 guest bassists […]

NOVA CASCADE (UK) The Navigator Eric Bouillette of Nine Skies, Solace Supplice, This Winter Machine, Drifting Sun, Imaginaerium, and the Room was, by all accounts, a universally […]

T.A.P. (MULTI-NATIONAL)- Paradigms This is quite the progressive project, combining some serious global talent, namely Fearful Symmetry’s guitarist Suzie James from the UK, Canada’s Mik […]

Nick FLETCHER (UK) Quadvirium An unheralded master jazz-rock guitarist from the United Kingdom, who has quietly developed his craft in the relative shadows of fame, Nick Fletcher […]

Sweet & Lynch: Heart & Sacrifice (2023) Sweet & Lynch, the musical union of vocalist/guitarist Michael Sweet (Stryper, Iconic) and guitarist George Lynch (Lynch Mob, The End Machine, […]

Cryptopsy: As Gomorrah Burns (2023) It has taken 11 years for Canadian Death Metallers Cryptopsy to return with their eighth full-length album, and it is interesting to read the differing […]

Cavalera Conspiracy: Bestial Devastation (2023) In August 1985 Sepultura went into the studio to record tracks that would appear on a split EP with Overdose. At the time the band were just a trio, […]

Cavalera Conspiracy: Morbid Visions (2023) Following on from ‘Bestial Devastation’, the trio of Max Cavalera (vocals, rhythm guitar), Jairo Guedz (lead guitar, bass), and Igor Cavalera (drums, per […]

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons: Kings Of The Asylum (2023) Back with their third studio album, Phil Campbell (guitars) and his sons Todd (guitars), Tyla (bass), and Dane (drums) have welcomed in new singer Joel […]

Air Raid: Freedom Ring (2021) If it wasn’t for the fact that I know this album was only recorded in 2020, I would swear it was lost tapes from the Seventies, but in some ways it p […]

Carla Fuchs: Songbird (2023) This is quite an extraordinary release, both in terms of its quality but also how it came about. Back in 2010 when Phil Lloyd Smee was designing artwork […]

Written By Wolves: Goddess (2023) single According to singer Michael Murphy, “Goddess is love, it’s lust, sex, desire, devotion, adoration and hopeless, eternal connection. It’s both crippling a […]

Munch: Munch (1987) The debut Munch album was originally released in Norway in 1987, and then reissued the following year on the German Dossier label, featuring a different […]

Neal Schon: Journey Through Time (2023) Here we have a live concert recorded on February 9th, 2018, at The Independent In San Francisco, CA. This is the show where Neal Schon first debuted […]

Nuclear Remains: Dawn Of Eternal Suffering (2023) Here we have the debut album from Phoenix-based brutal death metal outfit Nuclear Remains who comprise Aiden Santelli (vocals), Anthony Fazio (guitars, […]