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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Distressed: Nothing For No One (2023)
Here we have the debut album from Finnish quintet Distressed, and anyone expecting something of the melodic rock or progressive genre, given the label […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Miranda Sex Garden: Velventine (2024)
To say I was surprised when I was sent this EP by Katharine Blake was something of an understatement as I was under the impression that MSG had broken up […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Lazy Fifty: One Last Time (2024) single
“One Last Time is the third single off Lazy Fifty’s upcoming EP ‘Neighbour of the Beast’ which is a collaboration between Adrian Athy and produce […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Aborted: Vault Of Horrors (2024)
The Belgian death metal act are back with their twelfth album, and they have taken a somewhat unusual approach to this one in that singer Sven de […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Children of Bodom: A Chapter Called Children of Bodom (2023)
On 15th December 2019, Children Of Bodom, which at the time consisted of Alexi Laiho (lead guitar, lead vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Andy Pratt: Trio (2024)
Andy Pratt, who is based in Chicago, is a fluent and melodic jazz guitarist who also sings with a deep and friendly voice. On this recording, which took […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Zany Starblaster: The Lost Tapes (2019)
I have heard quite a lot of Jerry Kingls music in recent years, but this is a blast from the past, quite literally. Zany Starblaster were a Wisconsin […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Varathron: The Crimson Temple (2023)
Hellenic Black Metal act Varathron are blessed with an incredibly stable line-up in recent years, given that the current version of the band came […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Sarah McKenzie: Without You (2023)
This project originated in 2020 when Sarah McKenzie recorded “Corcovado (Quiet Nights)” with guitarist Romero Lubambo and cellist Jaques Morelenbaum as […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Robert Prester & Adriana Samargia: Quenara (2023)
When it comes to music, there is always room for the overblown, but anyone who has been following my reviews for the last 35+ years will know I very much […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Moofish: Entropia (2023)
Here we find the duo of Rhonda Hofmans Johnson (lyrics, main vocals, harmonies, acoustic guitar) and Chris Fish Johnson (lyrics, backing vocals, spoken […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Michael McClure: The Complete Wrx of the Shlarb Trilogy (2023)
I first came across Michael some years ago when he sent me some albums by faunch to review, and now the left-handed guitarist has brought together three […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Marius Neset: Geyser [Live at Royal Albert Hall – BBC Proms] (2023)
‘Geyser’ is a piece in eight parts which was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the Marius Neset Quintet with the London Sinfonietta on […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
The Lizardz: Memoria (2022)
Released in 2022, this the latest release from American band The Lizardz, who first came together some 35 years ago. These days the line-up is Milo […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Dimmu Borgir: Inspiratio Profanus (2023)
When ‘In Sorte Diablo’ was released in 2007 none of us who had following the career of Dimmu Borgir to that point realised that in many ways it was not […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Praying Mantis: Defiance (2024)
Back in 1979 NWOBHM was in full swing in the UK, the year I became 16, so I was very much the target market and I was doing whatever I could to discover […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Vanden Plas: The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things (2024)
I have been reviewing Vanden Plas for more than quarter of a century, and while there are times when their albums are somewhat workmanlike, there are […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
John Paul McGee: A Gospejazzical Christmas (2023)
I’d rather not think of myself as being so far behind on reviewing that this is for a Christmas record which should have been written about in 2023, b […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Gridfailure: Shards In The Wire (2023)
I’ve lost track of how many of Dave Brenner’s releases I have reviewed, but it must be most of them (at least in recent years) yet I still find mys […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Grant Haua: Mana Blues (2023)
A few years ago I came across Grant Haua and I was blown away by the Maori bluesman who for me is the living epitome of the classic style. His last […]
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