Radam Schwartz: Saxophone Quartet Music (2024)

Radam Schwartz: Saxophone Quartet Music (2024)

Given the title, one might expect Schwartz to be leading a saxophone quartet, and in some ways, one is correct but also very wrong. Schwartz is an organist, as well as a composer and arranger, so here we have an album with his name on the front cover, but he does not...
Pathology: Unholy Descent (2024)

Pathology: Unholy Descent (2024)

Pathology are back with their twelfth studio album, and their third with the same line-up of Dave Astor (drums), Daniel Richardson (guitars), Richard Jackson (bass) and Obie Flett (vocals). Astor is the only person who has been there since the beginning and is also...
Immortal Sÿnn: Hellspawn (2024)

Immortal Sÿnn: Hellspawn (2024)

I must confess the reason I picked up this promo was due to the label these guys are signed to. I first came across HMR all the way back in 1981 when I bought “Sweeties” by The Handsome Beasts, soon to be followed by their album (which has one of the most disturbing...
The HU: The HU Live At Glastonbury (2024)

The HU: The HU Live At Glastonbury (2024)

Over the years there have been a few bands who have seemingly shot out of nowhere with a strong tie-in with their own culture and then mixing that with metal. The first was probably Sepultura and the mighty ‘Roots’ which is still an epic album, and close to my heart...