by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
Back when I was at university a million years ago, I discovered that if I was feeling at all down the best way to get out of the funk was to play ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ at the right volume. These days it tends to be Agoraphobic Nosebleed or Napalm Death, but...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
I was checking through a promotional music site one evening to see what was available and the cover to this caught my attention and I immediately thought “what is a sexist cover like this doing here in 2026, I thought they disappeared in the Eighties!”. Of course I...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
Formed all the way back in 1989, there is no doubt that Vomitory have had a huge impact on the death metal scene in Sweden, releasing eight albums between 1996 and 2011 before breaking up in 2013, then returning and releasing a new album 10 years later. The band has...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
This is the third in Rosenthal’s planned series of four albums, ‘Trios In 4 Acts’, and is the follow-up to his 2010 album, ‘Impromptu’. As with that release, this features Rosenthal re-imagining themes from classical music and playing them in a jazz manner. It...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
Although this is the Mongolian folk-metal band’s fifth album, it is their debut for Metal Blade Records and the first to gain a global release. Formed by vocalist/guitarist Askhan Avagchuud in 2010 in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, he has been the...
by Kev Rowland | Jul 20, 2026 | Reviews
Maja Jakupovic, known artistically as Maja Jaku, is originally from Kosovo, and here she has returned with her fifth album. Recorded over two days in February last year she brought together a band to record five of her originals and two standards, Michael Rodriguez...
