Te Kaahu: Te Kaahu O Rangi (2022)

Te Kaahu: Te Kaahu O Rangi (2022)

A few months ago, I was fortunate enough to review The Others Way Festival in Auckland. It is an interesting event in that it is held in venues either in or close to Karangahape Road, and I was determined to review in every venue at least once so made up a list...
Ange.Mac + Shaun Garea: Doom Pilgrim (2022)

Ange.Mac + Shaun Garea: Doom Pilgrim (2022)

Earlier this year I reviewed the self-titled debut EP by Ange.Mac + Shaun Garea, and now they are back with a full-length album which is a soundtrack to the table‐top card game ‘Doom Pilgrim’ published by War Claw Games (Czechoslovakia). The idea of the soundtrack was...
Hypocrisy: Worship (2021)

Hypocrisy: Worship (2021)

It is hard to believe that Peter Tägtgren (guitar, vocals), Mikael Hedlund (bass) and Reidar “Horgh” Horghagen (drums), came back together in 2021 to record their first new album in eight years. Horgh has since left the band he has been in since 2004, but one cannot...
Blindspott:  Volume II (2022)

Blindspott: Volume II (2022)

Here we have the second instalment of Blindspott’s next album, Volumes. There are going to be 12 tracks in total, and when they released Volume. I earlier in the year it only showed the titles of the first three songs, with all the rest rubbed out. Now we can see the...
Lana Paige: Deluded (2022) single

Lana Paige: Deluded (2022) single

When the mighty Seas of Conflict released their latest single, Consume, it featured the rock vocals of Lana Paige, who I have previously seen perform as frontwoman for Dogtooth Amethyst, who recently changed their name to Enclosures. I sent Lana the review, and it was...