Alkonost: Дар саламандры (2024) Russian folk metal band Alkonost have been around since the Nineties, and they recently returned with their 15th (I think) studio album. These days they […]

Anialator: Death Is Calling (2024) Not to be confused with the iconic Canadian outfit led by Jeff Waters, this differently spelled Anialator has had a somewhat chequered past in that it […]

Behemoth: XXX Years Ov Blasphemy (2024) Originally streamed online in 2021, this career-spanning show, held at and filmed on three different locations, has a total running time of 90 minutes, […]

Stryper: When We Were Kings (2024) This year is the 40th anniversary of ‘Soldiers Under Command’, the first Stryper album I ever bought, and Michael Sweet (lead vocals, guitar), Oz Fox (gu […]

Richard Guba: Songs for Stuffed Animals (2024) Richard Guba (alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones) has brought together an eight-piece outfit to record his debut as bandleader with Ken Zimmerman […]

Matt Panayides Trio: With Eyes Closed (2024) On this album guitarist Matt Panayides is joined by bassist Steve LaSpina and drummer Anthony Pinciotti, and they take on eight songs by six jazz […]

Manic Abraxas: Skinformation (2024) I knew absolutely nothing about this band when I agreed to review them, just that I thought that artwork was cool and interesting so why not? From the […]

Jason Kao Hwang: Soliloquies (2024) The subtitle of this album is ‘Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations’, which tells you exactly what this album is about. Recorded in two days at […]

Blair Dunlop: Out Of The Rain (2024) Although I have reviewed countless albums from his father, Ashley ‘The Guv’nor’ Hutchings as well as others featuring his mother, Judy Dunlop, this is th […]

Thin Lizzy: 1976 (2024) 1976 was the year when Thin Lizzy started to find their feet. After the initial wanderings as a trio with Eric Bell, Phil Lynott and Brian Downey had […]

Sullvation: The Beginning of the End (2023) Sullvation is a solo project by bassist Brent Sullivan, who here also provides keyboards and guitar. He has been in the scene for a long time, co-founded […]

The Folk Implosion: Walk Thru Me (2024) I really ought to read press releases more carefully before downloading albums as I saw the name of this band and just thought they were a folk act, […]

Doug MacDonald: Santa Monica Session (2024) Doug provided a quick follow-up to ‘Live at The Rancho Mirage Library’ with this album which finds him working with different musicians in a slightly dif […]

Doug MacDonald: Live at the Rancho Mirage Library (2024) Over the years guitarist Doug MacDonald has operated in many different settings, including his own big band and an all-star group (the latter is featured […]

Disgorged Foetus: Obscene Utter Gore Annihilation (2023) French Death Gore Grind outfit Disgorged Foetus have been around in a few different iterations since 1996 (although they did officially split between […]

David Bailis: Tree of Life (2024) On this five-track 27-minute-long instrumental release guitarist Bailis is joined by the tenor-saxophonist Chris Speed, Eric Lane on piano and synth […]

Home Service: A Live Transmission (2024) When thinking about the folk-rock scene in the UK, it is no surprise that Ashley Hutchings is rightly referred to as “the guv’nor” given he was a found […]

Pitch Shifter: Peel Sessions 1991​-​93 (2024) Yes, I do know the band these days are known as Pitchshifter, but originally, they spelled it as two words, and when these sessions were recorded for […]

Margaret Slovak & Chris Maresh: A Star's Light Does Fall (2024) However much I love metal and rock music, there will always be a very warm place in my heart for acoustic as there is no room to hide, everything has to […]

Various Artists: Let’s Have Rockin’ Christmas. Vol. 9 (2024) This is the first album I have come across from Bongo Boy Records, and if they are all as interesting as this one, I can see I am going to be looking out […]