Fiffdimension: Acoustic [Yin] / Electric [Yang] (2023) What we have here is a double CD set from Dave Edwards to celebrate 25 years of Fiffdimension, with one disc acoustic and the other electric, both housed […]

Dronestool: DeathHawk (2023) I have now been reviewing music for more than 35 years, which means it is somewhat embedded in me so if I head to a gig I find it difficult not to review […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]