Peine Kapital: Peine Kapital (2023) This sludge/doom trio hail from Strasbourg, and comprise of Thibault Bru on drums, Benjamin Simon on bass/vocals, and Renaud Deschamps on guitars/vocals. […]

Paul McLaney: As The North Attracts The Needle (2023) Over the last few years I have been fortunate enough to have been able to hear Gramsci’s two most recent albums, ‘Inheritance’ and ‘The Hinterl […]

Mike DiRubbo: Inner Light (2023) DiRubbo is back with his tenth album as band leader, this time with a new quartet featuring organist Brian Charette, drummer Jongkuk Kim, and guitarist […]

Lynch Mob: Babylon (2023) Here we have the eighth album from Lynch Mob, the first since 2017’s ‘The Brotherhood’, and apparently is the last one as George Lynch has decided to c […]

Left to Rot: Breath of the Tomb (2023) Left To Rot (LTR) is an Austin, Texas-based death metal band formed in 2021 by guitarist/vocalist Jason Dahlke and drummer Justin Olejnik who soon […]

Joe Wittman: Trio Works Sol (2023) Here we have the debut album from guitarist Joe Wittman, who has been accompanied by bassist Daniel Duke and drummer Keith Balla, who together have […]

Frozen Wreath: Mea Culpa (2023) Everything about this release screams old school atmospheric black metal from the logo through the album art and the obligatory black and white promo […]

Felonie: De S​è​ve et de Sang (2023) One-man Black Metal bands can be quite hit and miss, as for each one that works there are many that totally miss the mark, but this debut never comes […]

Dave Stryker: Groove Street (2024) Here we find guitarist Dave Stryker with Jared Gold (organ) and McClenty Hunter (drums) along with guest Bob Mintzer (saxophone). The trio plus Mintzer […]

Carsten Sindvald: Laura Bell (2023) This is not really an album I would ever have expected from Carsten, and indeed his name is in rather small print at the bottom of the cover showing he […]

Carsten Sindvald: A Flamboyance of Flamingos (2023) Over the last decade or so I have reviewed Carsten’s solo albums, having first come across him when he was working with Robin Taylor, and I have always e […]

Various Artists: Frets Of Yore (2017) I was somewhat surprised to see this album is from 2017, as the thought process behind it make me think very much of some of the projects which came out […]

Jimmy Keegan – 2024 – Jimmy Keegan Like many others, I first became aware of Jimmy when he joined Spock’s Beard as their live drummer so Nick could concentrate on vocals when he took o […]

Foghat: Slow Ride – Live In Concert (2024) This may be somewhat difficult for our American friends to understand, but Foghat never made much of an impression in their home country of England, even […]

Watain: Die in Fire – Live in Hell (2023) To commemorate their 25th anniversary as a band, Swedish black metal collective Watain released this live album, recorded in Stockholm in October 2022, […]

Tom Portman: Daughter of the Willow Tree (2023) Tom Portman is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, recording artist and composer based in the west of Ireland. He specializes in guitar, Dobro®, lap […]

Just One Fix: Your Own God Now (2024) single New Zealand’s answer to Testament are back with the second single from their forthcoming ‘Submit or Death’ EP, something which I am definitely looki […]

The Dukes of 1987: Retroderelict (2016) This 2016 album is another care of Jerry and Dave, with this album featuring the former only. From what I can ascertain, this was either a side project […]

BIG BIG TRAIN (UK) The Likes of Us I remember 20 years ago when I first bought a ticket on the Big Big Train, by purchasing “Gathering Speed”, a fantastic discovery that I had mos […]

Necroticgorebeast: Repugnant (2023) Due to being massively overloaded with material it has been quite some time since I have taken anything from Imperative PR, and I had forgotten just how […]