This is the second full-length release from Swiss metal act Tyrmfar, following on from 2017’s ‘Human Abomination’. Since then they have replaced their singer Alex with Robin (they only use first names, and real […]

Polish band Vader were formed as long ago as 1983 by Piotr “Peter” Wiwczarek and guitarist Zbigniew “Vika” Wróblewski, although over the years there have been multiple line-up changes with Peter being the only […]

This five-track EP originally wasn’t supposed to be coming out like this, but as the band explains, “We recorded those five songs in January , when we supposed to record full length album. However, we changed som […]

Wings of Destiny are a power metal band from Costa Rica, fronted by a Russian singer. This 2017 release was their third full-length album, and they recently released another, ‘Revelations’. This is the only alb […]

Memoriam were originally formed by singer Karl Willetts (Bolt Thrower) to fill the void left by the death of his bandmate, drummer Martin ‘Kiddie’ Kearns, and the new project was formed with old mates drummer And […]

Some seven years ago I came across an album by Polish band Beam-Light, and I was incredibly intrigued by what I was hearing but also somewhat mystified as I had heard nothing about the band whatsoever and was […]

This album is a tribute to the very beginning of Adolfo’s career, when he was a young musician trying to find and discover music. One alley in the heart of Rio’s storied Copacabana neighbourhood had four nig […]

John Finbury came to prominence in 2016, upon securing a Latin Grammy nomination in ‘Song Of The Year’ for “A Chama Verde” from his album “Imáginario”, which featured Marcella Camargo on vocals. Here is working w […]

Andy Edwards came to prominence when he was drummer for Robert Plant, while progheads will think of him as the man who replaced Cookie in IQ, as well as being in Frost, working with Clive Nolan and Magenta and […]

Mark Morganelli (flugelhorn, percussion) has been around the jazz scene in New York for many years as a musician, producer and music coordinator running multiple festivals and clubs. Here he has returned with his […]

Let me take you back more than a quarter of a century, and a time when I had just released the tenth issue of Feedback under my editorship. In there I reviewed the debut solo album by a young singer-songwriter who […]

Inspired by the red dust and lunar landscapes of WA’s Kimberley and Pilbara regions, this 2019 album was recorded with a live band Jennifer Maidman (Boy George, Penguin Cafe Orchestra), Paddy Milner (Tom Jones), E […]

Wow, hands up all those who never thought there would be a new album by Possessed? There are many arguments as to whether they recorded the first ever Death Metal album with 1985’s ‘Seven Churches’, but there […]

Formed in Belgium by Jason Lambert (vocals, drum programming) in 2009 the band has been through quite a few line-up changes during their career, but have been stable since he was joined by Death Blood Destroyer […]

A record like this has no rights at all to be released in 2019, and should never be sent out to reviewer as a download, because if ever anything belonged on vinyl it’s this. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels came t […]

If one takes a close look at the album cover one can see that both DuMaine and Miller are holding CDs in their hands. A quick search through Google later and I discovered that DuMaine is holding the 2010 album […]

It’s been a couple of years since the ‘Slime and Punishment’ album, and after a few split releases the Virginia metalheads are back with four new songs. They just manage to break the ten-minute barrier, but this […]

There are few metal bands which force me to jump my self-imposed lead time when I am sent a new album and push it to the top of the queue, but I was there when Mayhem played New Zealand the first time in their […]

The Bard of Ely is of course Steve Andrews, a Welsh singer-songwriter, writer and journalist with a strong interest in botany and conservation. Anyone who follows his very interesting Facebook page will see plenty […]

The latest album from pianist and keyboard player Bennett Paster finds him joined by Jeff Hanley (bass), Tony Mason (drums), Al Street (guitar), Kenny Brooks (tenor sax), Samuel Torres (congas and percussion) and […]