Freya: Fight As One (2023)

Freya: Fight As One (2023)

It is strange to think it is now 20 years since Freya burst onto the scene with ‘As The Light Drains’, but now they are back with their seventh full-length album, the first since 2016. Only singer Karl Buechner is still there from those early days, but Erick Edwards...
Dying Fetus: Make Them Beg For Death (2023)

Dying Fetus: Make Them Beg For Death (2023)

With a line-up which has been a constant since 2007, and a recording history which goes back 30 years to their first debut, there are no surprises when it comes to Dying Fetus who have long been straddling the death metal genre in their own distinct style. “We put our...
Helms Deep: Treacherous Ways (2023)

Helms Deep: Treacherous Ways (2023)

I know I speak for all reviewers in saying we get flooded with requests on a daily basis, and we can only take a small percentage of what we are offered, which means many “new” bands often get overlooked due to time. I saw the email come through, didn’t recognise the...
Dave Loveland: Dangerous Rhythm (2022)

Dave Loveland: Dangerous Rhythm (2022)

As soon as one starts listening to this album the time machine kicks in as what we have here is something which does not belong in the current music scene but instead takes us back to the early Sixties when British instrumental guitar groups were all the rage. Being...
Darrel Treece-Birch’s Atlantea: Choices (2023)

Darrel Treece-Birch’s Atlantea: Choices (2023)

Back in 2013 I was trawling the web one night and came across an album called ‘Celestial’ by Darrel Treece-Birch which seemed interesting, so I grabbed it and gave it a positive review. What I did not know was that Darrel at the time was not only keyboard player with...