Kev Rowland

Michael McClure: The Complete Wrx of the Shlarb Trilogy (2023)

by Kev Rowland | Jun 1, 2024 | Reviews

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 EP’s he released under his own name as a single 10-track album. Michael started playing guitar in 1973, when he was...

Marius Neset: Geyser [Live at Royal Albert Hall – BBC Proms] (2023)

by Kev Rowland | Jun 1, 2024 | Reviews

‘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 September 3rd, 2022, at the Royal Albert Hall, London, as part of BBC Proms 2022. Marius provides both tenor and...

The Lizardz: Memoria (2022)

by Kev Rowland | Jun 1, 2024 | Reviews

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 Plante (guitars, vocals), Mark Larson (keyboards, vocals), Travis Plantico (drums, guitar, vocals) and Jamie Bruhn...

Dimmu Borgir: Inspiratio Profanus (2023)

by Kev Rowland | Jun 1, 2024 | Reviews

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 only the end of an era but the end for one of Norway’s greatest symphonic black metal acts. Since then they have...

Praying Mantis: Defiance (2024)

by Kev Rowland | Jun 1, 2024 | Reviews

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 the music and soon had quite a collection of singles and albums from the likes of Samson, Raven, Iron Maiden,...