Stryper: The Final Battle (2022)

Stryper: The Final Battle (2022)

When I came back from university in 1984 I was intrigued to discover that my sister had been seeking out Christian rock music, which soon gained the genre name of White Metal. One band interested me in particular, Stryper, as I was also heavily into Kiss in this...
Type O Negative: Dead Again (2007)

Type O Negative: Dead Again (2007)

I am not sure how I first came across Type O Negative, but given I was involved with Roadrunner Records back in the Nineties I guess it was probably through them. Their infamous “live” album, ‘The Origin of the Feces’, struck a real chord with me and I can remember...
Vio-Lence: Eternal Nightmare (1988)

Vio-Lence: Eternal Nightmare (1988)

When people refer to Vio-lence these days, it is normally to say this was the band Rob Flynn was in before he formed Machine Head, and that it was where he and Phil Demmell started working together. What is generally missed is that this was an important band in its...
Lost Vessels: F.M.B. (2023) single

Lost Vessels: F.M.B. (2023) single

I was at Crushfest last week and bumped into some of the guys from Lost Vessels who proudly told me their second single was coming out yesterday, but I explained to them that could not possibly be the case as I hadn’t been sent it to the review. Strangely enough, the...
Asta Diankha: Time To Shine (2019)

Asta Diankha: Time To Shine (2019)

I always look forward to each issue of Acid Dragon, as not only do I enjoy the content contained within one of the world’s longest running physical progressive fanzines, but it is not unusual for Thierry to also include some CDs which he think I may enjoy (and...
Erzatz: Meian (2017)

Erzatz: Meian (2017)

Here we have another CD sent to me by Thierry Sportouche from France, and this time around it is a Lyon-based duo, Erzatz, and their 2017 album, ‘Meian’. I have tried to do some digging on the band, and I believe they were originally called r:zatz, formed by Céline...