For Today: Wake (2015) For Today was an American Christian metalcore band from Sioux City, Iowa, formed in 2005. They released two EPs and six full-length albums, of which this […]

Gentlemans Pistols: Hustler's Row (2015) This is my first experience of Gentlemans Pistols, their 2015 release on Nuclear Blast, which I think is still their latest and I am not sure if they are […]

Graveyard: Innocence & Decadence (2015) I was a big fan of this Swedish band’s previous album, 2012’s ‘Lights Out’, so was pleased to come across the next release, 2015’s ‘Innocence & Decadence […]

Luca Turilli's Rhapsody: Prometheus [Symphonia Ignis Divinus] (2015) Back in 1993, the band Thundercross was formed by guitarist Luca Turilli and keyboard player Alex Staropoli, changing their name to Rhapsody in the early […]

Nyx: Home (2015) While it is not uncommon for Black Metal bands to be duos, I cannot think of any others where both members are female, with this 2015 album comprising […]

Orymus: Miracles (2015) Orymus were a melodic rock band from Switzerland with a few prog and prog metal tendencies here and there, and this was their second (and last) album, […]

Angel: Once Upon A Time (2023) Angel, the band who burned hot and fast in the Seventies, before a new version tried again at the turn of the century, are back with their second album […]

The Boondocks: Alone (2023) single Here we have the debut single from The Boondocks, a young rock duo I have caught live a few times over the last six months or so and who made it through […]

Borderline: Going Home (Bitter) (2023) single Here we have the latest single from teen alt pop indie band Borderline, and I can hear from this as to why they have been making such an impression on […]

Stefan Berggren: Stranger In A Strangeland (2016) Stefan Berggren is probably one of Sweden’s best-known singers, musicians and songwriters, having been in bands such as Snakes In Paradise, M3, Company O […]

Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder: Get On Board (2022) This album is a tribute to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, a higely influential pairing who worked with Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger among […]

To the Rats and Wolves: Dethroned (2016) This was the second album from Trancecore band To The Rats and Wolves, from Essen. Formed in 2012 they broke up in 2020 following one more full-length, […]

Watain: The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain (2022) Still the same trio who brought the band together in 1998, E. Danielsson (vocals, songwriting), P. Forsberg (guitars, songwriting) and H. Jonsson […]

Neverland Angels : Animae Oltre  (2020) Italy ÆNIMA RECORDINGS 84 mins Rating 90/100 The sheer volume of music passing through these hallowed halls of the ‘House of Prog Radio’ is such […]

Somebody Do Something: As Rome Burns (2023) Here we have the debut album from Ōtautahi/Christchurch based six-piece Somebody Do Something who describe their music as pop-funk-dance with some […]

Despised Icon: Beast (2016) Canadian Deathcore band Despised Icon were formed in Montreal in 2002, and released four albums before calling it a day in 2010 but then reformed in […]

Graham Bonnet Band: Day out in Nowhere (2022) It is difficult to realise that Bonnet was 74 when he recorded his latest album, as he still has the power and presence of someone much younger. For the […]

Halestorm: Back from the Dead (2022) One of the hardest working bands in the business, often clocking up well over 200 gigs a year, it is perhaps not surprising that this 2022 release is […]

Hryre: From Mortality to Infinity (2016) This is the 2016 album from West Yorkshire Atmospheric Black Metal trio Hryre, who took their name from the Swedish for “scream” and whose debut EP a few […]