Ten: Something Wicked This Way Comes (2023)

Ten: Something Wicked This Way Comes (2023)

Just 11 months on from their fifteenth studio album and the band were back with their sixteenth, which was recorded at the same time as their fifteenth, although according to the press release this only had two guitarists with the departure of John Halliwell, who had...
Carl Weingarten: Stop Me Try (2022)

Carl Weingarten: Stop Me Try (2022)

This six-track, 31-minute-long release is the follow-up to ‘Ember Days’, and Weingarten says he wanted to continue on from where that one left off, and also explore a much wider musical palette instead of restricting himself mostly to guitar. While he provides...
Douglas Francisco: The Magnolia Sessions (2022)

Douglas Francisco: The Magnolia Sessions (2022)

Most of the sessions recorded under the magnolia tree at the Anti-Corporate Music/Black Matter Mastering headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, by owner Dan Emery are individual artists or duos, but here we have a trio. Douglas Francisco provides steel guitar...
Brawler N.Z.H.C.: Hard Truths (2023)

Brawler N.Z.H.C.: Hard Truths (2023)

Over the last 12 months I have been fortunate enough to catch Hamilton hardcore outfit Brawler N.Z.H.C. a few times, and although I have always been a little concerned that singer Joe Steiner is going to pass out before he finally removes the balaclava, I always know...
Shepherd’s Reign: Ua Masa’a (2023) single

Shepherd’s Reign: Ua Masa’a (2023) single

When it comes to different cultures and music there is no doubt we are incredibly blessed in Aotearoa, and surely anyone into metal, wherever they are in the world, are aware of Alien Weaponry and the way they blend groove metal and their Maori roots. However, what...
House of Shakira: Lint XXV (1997)

House of Shakira: Lint XXV (1997)

When I saw this turn up I had a massive smile on my face, and was originally transported back to producing Feedback using an electronic typewriter as I reviewed this album when it first came out in 1997, and now here it is back again! This was the debut release from...