Kev Rowland

Mazlyn Jones: Planet For $ale (2021) Nigel contacted me via email recently and of course we started reminiscing about music and how long we had known each other (30 years), and it was only […]

Hour Of Penance: Devotion (2024) Originally formed in 1999, the still features guitarist Giulio Moschini who joined in time for their second album, 2004’s ‘Pageantry of Martyrs’, while […]

The Hollywood Stars: Starstruck (2024) Originally brought together by music svengali Kim Fowley in 1973, The Hollywood Stars recorded three albums during the 1970’s, although only one was r […]

Hanging Garden: Citylight Sessions (2024) Formed in 2004, Finnish melodic doom/gothic outfit Hanging Garden released their eighth studio album, ‘The Garden’, in 2023 and have now followed tha […]

Gigo: The Divine Proportion (2024) OK, so I am having a few issues getting my head around this album, and I will explain why. Back in 1980 I attended my first ever metal gig, Saxon […]

Funeral Leech: The Illusion Of Time (2024) Four years on from their debut, ‘Death Meditation’, funeral doom outfit Funeral Leech are back with their second, with five songs coming in at just ove […]

Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project (2024) Back in 1980 I turned 17, and NWOBHM was everywhere: I was in my element. I grabbed Sounds when it came out every week to find out about new bands, and […]

Alice Cooper: Breadcrumbs (2019) A few months ago Alice Cooper reissued his 2019 EP, ‘Breadcrumbs’, with two additional tracks, “Don’t Give Up” (his message of hope during the COVID […]

Alison O'Donnell: Hark The Voice That Sings For All (2022) Born in Dublin, Alison recorded her first single, “Feeling High” for SNP’s Simon Napier Bell and David Hemmings at the age of 15 with the cult folk- […]

Wormwitch and Sadistic Ritual: Wormwitch and Sadistic Ritual (2024) I don’t grab all the music which is sent to me for review, but there was something about the cover which made me think of the 90’s underground metal sce […]

Steve Hunter: The Deacon Speaks (2024) When it comes to being a guitarist’s guitarist, then Steve ‘The Deacon’ Hunter would probably top many lists, having worked with the likes of Gabri […]

Pete Ham: Gwent Gardens (2023) One can only imagine what music the world would have heard from Pete Ham if he had not succumbed to his mental illness and committed suicide when he was […]

Motu: Acceding To The Apocalypse (2024) Dr Richard Michelson (stage name: MOTU which stands for Music Of The Universe), is back with his 23rd album. On this he provides vocals, slide dobro, […]

Maryen Cairns: One Woman Band (2024) I first came across Maryen more than 30 years ago when Progressive International sent me ‘The Pictures Within’ to review, but that was back in the day […]

Acts of Swine: Pork Grind Vol. 1 (2023) When I saw that this EP was a mix of death metal and pork grind, and that the band said they were influenced by bands like Toto, Cardiacs, Fishbone, and […]

Lazy Fifty: Sitting In The Shadows (2024) single“Sitting In the Shadows” is the fourth single off Lazy Fifty’s upcoming album ‘Neighbour of the Beast’. This album is the second collaboration between A […]

Brutalism: Solace in Absurdity (2024) “…a seething mass of chaos, of endless gaping maws, slathering tongues and thrashing limbs, chattering teeth and sibilant whispers of lunacy and o […]

BlissBliss: Horizons (2022) Over the last 35+ years I have reviewed many thousands of albums, but while I cover a wide variety of genres, it must be said that soul and pop are not […]

Deicide: Banished by Sin (2024) It is strange to realise that Deicide will soon be celebrating their 40th anniversary, being formed back in 1987, with bassist vocalist/Glen Benton and […]

Gareth Turner and Simon Care: Two's Up Two (2024) In 1997, two of England’s’ most famous folk melodeon players got together for a laugh to record ‘Two’s Up’. Simon Care (Albion Band/Banter) and Gareth […]