Kev Rowland

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 […]

Diego Amador & Jose Maria Bandera: Paqueando (2024) Everyone who knows the wonderful Leonardo Pavkovic understands that not only has he introduced the world to some amazing fusion artists , but he has been […]

Deadspace: The Dark Enlightenment (2024) Here we have the eighth album from Perth’s black/gothic metal masters Deadspace. I’ve only made it to Perth once (it takes longer to fly there from Syd […]

Dave Stryker: Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies (2025) Although guitarist Dave Stryker and arranger and conductor Brent Wallarab are both faculty members of Indiana University in their Jazz Studies Program, […]

Daria Kulesh: MotherLand (2025) Daria is back with her fourth album, her first since 2019’s excellent ‘Earthly Delights’, although there have been other works including the excel […]

Gridfailure: When The Lights Go Out Vol. IV (2024) If it wasn’t for the fact that I have being reviewing David Brenner for years, and know he is genuinely a really nice guy who worries about cleaning h […]