BlissBliss: Horizons (2022)

BlissBliss: Horizons (2022)

Over the last 35+ years I have reviewed many thousands of albums, but while I cover a wide variety of genres, it must be said that soul and pop are not the styles one would normally come across when reading my works. It is also not a style I expect when thinking of...
Deicide: Banished by Sin (2024)

Deicide: Banished by Sin (2024)

It is strange to realise that Deicide will soon be celebrating their 40th anniversary, being formed back in 1987, with bassist vocalist/Glen Benton and drummer Steve Asheim still around. There have been a few changes in guitarists over the years, but Kevin Quirion has...
Gareth Turner and Simon Care: Two’s Up Two (2024)

Gareth Turner and Simon Care: Two’s Up Two (2024)

In 1997, two of England’s’ most famous folk melodeon players got together for a laugh to record ‘Two’s Up’. Simon Care (Albion Band/Banter) and Gareth Turner (Little Johnny England/Phil Beer Band) musical careers were interlinked and often crisscrossing, as...
Banter: Heroes (2024)

Banter: Heroes (2024)

Banter are back with their fourth album, and it is easy to see why they have been making such a name for themselves on the UK folk scene, and I have no doubt that if I was still living there that I would be following these guys around on tour as this is stunning from...
Under A Spell: Freya (2023)

Under A Spell: Freya (2023)

Here we have the second full-length album from Texan metal act Under A Spell, and when I saw the press release raving over the singer and saying they were for fans of King Diamond I knew I had to hear what it sounded like. It commences with a riffing guitar in one...