Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: Secret Message (2024) Recorded over three days in May 2023, drummer and bandleader Joe Syrian brought together his band to record a series of well-known numbers such as Ray […]

Khors: Letters To The Future Self (2024) Here we have yet another black metal act from Ukraine, the second I have reviewed this week, but while the album by Deus Sabaoth was their debut, this is […]

Deus Sabaoth: Cycle Of Death (2025) It never ceases to amaze me that there is still a music scene in Ukraine and that music will always find a way to survive and flourish no matter what is […]

Crossbone Skully: Evil World Machine (2024) I did not recognise the name of this band when it came into my emails, but the cover art fascinated me, so I started reading the press release and when I […]

Cliff Korman: Urban Tracks (2024) Pianist Cliff Korman has spent his career playing both high-quality jazz and Brazilian music, often combining the two, and here he has brought in bassist […]

Brazen Abbot: Bad Religion (1997) A year after the second album, the exact same line-up returned for the third Brazen Abbot release, with only a slight change in the number of songs for […]

Brazen Abbot: Eye Of The Storm (1996) ‘Eye of the Storm’ was the second album from Brazen Abbot. Released originally in 1996 on the Japanese label Zero/JVC and shortly after by the German lab […]

Blood Cult: We're Gonna Take Your Soul (2024) I must confess it was the artwork which initially attracted my attention, followed by reading the press release and discovering that the band have been […]

The Slime: Crab-Walk to Oblivion (2025) Here we have the debut album from Toronto thrash/hardcore/punk crossover outfit The Slime, with 11 tracks clocking in at just over 15 minutes. I confess […]

The Dead And Living: Damage (2025) Apart from being able to tell you that the singer and songwriter for the band is called Coroner, they were formed in 2007 in Sweden, and this is their […]

Steve Smith and Vital Information: New Perspective (2025) Steve Smith has been leading different line-ups of Vital Information for more than 40 years now, but I will always think of him as spending seven years […]

Sin Of God: Blood Bound (2025) Hungarian extreme metallers Sin of God are back with their third album, but there has been a considerable gap since 2016’s ‘Aenigmata’ as there are almos […]

Project Ultimate Satan: The Opus Satanas (2024) Here we have the six-track 42-minute-long debut from Canberra-based symphonic blackened death metallers Project: Ultimate Satan. The band photo shows […]

The Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience: The Pat Fulgoni Blues Experience (2024) I first came across Pat Fulgoni years ago as singer with Kava Kava, and these days he can be found fronting his own blues band which includes Jacob […]

Noitasapatti: Sankarin Matka (2024) Noitasapatti were formed in spring 2017 in Pori, Finland by Erakko (vocals), Liekkiö (guitars, keyboards), Mielivalta (guitars) and Rampa (bass), with […]

Status Quo: Driving to Glory (2024) I discovered hard rock in 1974 when I went to grammar school and was soon deep inside the world of Status Quo. There was something about their boogie […]

Badfinger: Head First (2000) It may have taken 50 years, but at long last here is the first official release of the final Badfinger album, ‘Head First, which was recorded in D […]

Neovenator: Songs From The End Of The Pier (2024) Formed in 2021 by Simon Waller (guitar/vocals), Neovenator released their first EP in 2022. When I realised that had been produced by JC Carroll of The […]

Metsän Alttari: Metsän Alttari (2024) Here we have the debut album by Finnish musician Janeski (Janne Karppinen) who previously had been in Elvenscroll for many years before deciding to […]

Impellitteri: War Machine (2024) Surely everyone has heard of Impellitteri, even if they haven’t heard their music. Formed all the way back in 1987 by Chris Impellitteri (guitars) and s […]