It has been five years since Arizona-based Deadspawn released their second EP, but in between times they have suffered some line-up changes and it is only now they have returned with their debut album. It comes to […]

When I finished playing this album for the first time, I did something I virtually never do, namely go back to the beginning and put it on again. Since then I have found various excuses to play it again when I […]

Some time in the Eighties I walked into a record store do undertake some browsing and was soon intrigued by the music being played. I asked what it was, and walked out with a copy of the latest album by Dokken, […]

This is the debut album from UK doom metal trio Godthrymm which features vocalist/guitarist Hamish Glencross (ex-My Dying Bride, Vallenfyre, Solstice), and drummer Shaun Taylor-Steels (ex-My Dying Bride, […]

In recent years I have been undertaking a voyage of discovery into the blues, seeking out pre-war acoustic albums as well as becoming quite a fan of the abrasive staccato approach of Lightnin’ Hopkins and s […]

As with many “new” bands I came across these guys through Facebook when Phil Podolny and I started a conversation. He told me that he and Arthur Brukh were a duo operating in the Synthwave/Electronic Metal spa […]

Motanka are a Ukrainian outfit formed in 2015, and comprise Viktor Zhalnin (vocals, keyboard, dulcimer), Anatolii Zhalnin (guitar), Sergii Khodorchuk (bass, dulcimer) and drummer Dmytro Diachenko. They are […]

Born and raised in Hungary, Rozina Pátkai has been leading jazz groups since 2011 and has also been working as a freelance composer. Her first two bossa nova-oriented albums, ‘Voce e Eu’ and ‘Paraiso na Terra’ […]

Rodney Matthews, the Troy brothers, ‘Metal For Muthas’, when someone mentions Praying Mantis to me, I always tend to think of the same things. There is no doubt there was a brief period when they were men […]

There is no doubt that since I discovered Rage in the Nineties, I have looked forward to each and every release from the band. It does not seem to matter who he has with him, as bassist/singer Peavy Wagner ensures […]

According to Wikipedia, Sylvester Stewart joined The Viscaynes in 1961 when he was 17. Apparently, the band were one of the very few integrated doo-wop vocal act around, as they featured two white females, two […]

One day I was having a chat with Elfin Bow, and she told me that her sister had just released an album, and maybe I would be interested in hearing it? I was certainly intrigued, and soon afterwards I heard from […]

In 2018 Texas-based brutal death metal act Architectural Genocide released their one and only demo, a two-track affair featuring “Force Fed Fecal Matter” and “Void Of Atrocity”, which was enough for Comatos […]

Back in 1990, Stanley Kay (one-time manager and relief drummer for Buddy Rich) was conducting a band in which included drummer Sherrie Maricle. This got him wondering if there were other women performing at the […]

Myself and some other writers were sharing our views of press releases recently, what we look for and what we like, and I made a point of highlighting this one from Imperative PR (take a bow guys) for this album, […]

Elegy Of Madness is an Italian Symphonic Metal band founded in 2006 by guitarist Tony Tomasicchio after he left Ragion Pura. Musically this is a powerful outfit, mixing symphonic styles with far more commercial […]

This twenty-minute-long five-track EP is an absolute delight from beginning to end, and I only wish it were longer. Singer-songwriter Ellen Edwards is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and has recorded three albums […]

Frank Colón is a well-known Latin percussionist, and here he is providing us with an album recorded in Brazil with local musicians incuding trumpeter José Arimateia, flautist Carlos Malta, Julio Falavigna on d […]

This is the fifth album from Japanese brutal death metal act Gorevent, which is based around Gokucho (guitars, bass, vocals) and Takashi Orikasa (bass, vocals). Apparently when they perform, they swap between […]

My wife often bemoans the fact I cannot remember names, birthdays, or even what she told me two minutes previously. But when it comes to music, my brain works better than any supercomputer, and when I saw this […]