Bevan is a lo-fi alternative indie pop musician from Morrinsville, and Weekend is taken from his third full-length album, which is due out later this year. He says he is inspired by all forms of music from Fraggle […]

Just one look at the band name, song, and font, and one knows that here we have an act aiming to be on the heavy side. A quick look at Encylopaedia Metallum and one can see they have another nine bands listed with […]

The picture on the album cover is a picture, neat! That got me thinking the guys probably had a sense of humour and when I saw they describe themselves as a perfect fruit salad; filled with juicy melodies, tasty […]

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to see Sol3 Mio at Spark Arena, and I came away as suitably impressed as one would expect, not only from the main act, but also by the support who impressed everyone with […]

Stephen Galvin is a multi-instrumentalist who was invited to teach at the New Zealand Guitar Academy at the tender age of 23, before opening his own teaching studio in 1984. Since then, he has performed in bands […]

I am not really sure what to say about Ed Palermo anymore, apart from that it is obvious to anyone who has ever listened to his music that he is an arranger par excellence. Once he manages to get an idea […]

Brutal death metal act Focal Dystonia was only formed at the beginning of 2020 by multi-instrumentalist Floor van Kuijk (Korpse, Carnifloor) and drummer Florent Duployer (Anachronism, Kakothanasy), yet by the end […]

As well as new artwork, the 1990 album from GWAR has remixed and remastered audio by producer Ronan Chris Murphy, which has certainly cleaned up the original and allows us to hear Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) in […]

Heartwind were formed in 2017 by keyboard player Mikael Rosengren and guitar player Goran Engvall with the aim of writing and delivering a true melodic rock album with a fresh and updated sound. They released […]

Heathen probably don’t need too much introduction, having been formed in the Bay Area back in the 80’s, and featuring members of Exodus, Metal Church and Die Krupps in their line-up at different times, and now the […]

There is something very special indeed about this series of albums from Anti-Corporate Music, and each time I hear one I am taken away from my current environment and to a totally different time and space. The […]

Junior Wells made his first recordings when he replaced Little Walter in Muddy Waters’s band back in 1952 and is best known for the song “Messin’ With The Kid” and the album ‘Hoodoo Man Blues’. He died in 1998, […]

The boys are back with their second single, continuing from where the last one left off. This was again recorded in sessions with the mighty David Rhodes (Blindspott, Stylus, These Four Walls etc.), so of course […]

{Club Classic} like to portray themselves in photos as being an interesting bunch of jokers, and indeed their Facebook page says, “Welly’s favourite grass roots sports club + indie-funk band hybrid”, but don’t […]

I’m not really sure what is left to say about Stryper, who have remained true to their goals for most of their career. Back in 1983, when they were known as Roxx Regime, they released a six-track demo, and three o […]

I was a huge fan of Azarath’s last album, ‘In Extremis’, so I was very pleased to see they had not taken as long to release a new one (which was my major complaint last time). In between times they have parte […]

17 songs, 21 minutes, yes guys we have some grindcore heading our way. Actually, this feels way more like hardcore punk sped up as opposed to what we currently think of as grindcore, but given that bands like […]

When vocalist of over 20 years Dave Hunt announced he needed time away from the band to finish his PhD, the lads decided not to sit back and wait. With Dave’s blessing, they decided to push on without him, and t […]

Bròn is a one-man atmospheric black metal outfit, where everything is provided by Krigeist, who is certanly buys as he is in a host of other groups as well, some of which follow the same vein (Barshasketh, […]

{Crying Club} were formed in Wellington at the start of 2021 by friends Sean Beales (drums), Chrissy Pantelakis (bass) and Datu Beech (vocals/guitar), with the stated intention of starting a new emo movement in […]