One of the issues in living at the end of the world is that I know I miss out on some amazing music (although I still hear way more than the average person so shouldn’t moan too much). Apparently this is the s […]

There is no doubt in my mind that the guys at Imperative PR are not only twisted in the extreme but have a way with words which I can only marvel at sometimes. Here is the opening paragraph of the press release […]

We all love sub genres of sub genres don’t we? Well, Botanist are described as a highly creative Experimental Avant-garde Black Metal band, or, in their perspective, Green Metal. Musically it is mostly drums w […]

Sudhalter has been a well-known saxophonist and flautist on the New York scene for many years, both forming and fronting various groups and bands and also working with others on their recordings. She is also a […]

Originally from Philadelphia, Doug MacDonald started out as a jazz guitarist in Hawaii, working with trombonist Trummy Young, altoist Gabe Balthazar, and Del Courtney at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. During a period […]

This is the second album from the New Jersey outfit, but it has been six years since the last so have no idea what is been happening in the camp since then. Here we have a band who have taken Cannibal Corpse as […]

Ask any Pom what they think of when they hear the words ‘The Italian Job’ and they will point to the 1969 film when London crooks use Mini Coopers to steal $4 million in gold in the city of Turin and escape to Swi […]

It seems impossible to me that this the second album, six years after the debut, is from a band who are still relatively unknown. Indeed, having a quick look at both MMA and Encyclopaedia Metallum it appears the […]

It is safe to say that I wasn’t a fan of the last In Flames album, ‘Battles’, where I said “Now, change isn’t necessarily bad, and it can often be good, but then there are also the concerns that the band haven’t c […]

Although the current rhythm section only came on board in 2012, the rest of the guys were in I.N.C. when they unleashed their thrash debut ‘The Visitor in 1988. They took a break between 1990 and 2010 but have b […]

When ex-Dio bandmates Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, and Vivian Campbell got together for a jam in 2011, they could not have foreseen that a new band was going to come out of it. The session was so much fun that they […]

It has been some five years since their debut album, and the Greek band seem to have been through quite a few changes as it appears that only singer Martin Deathwalker and guitarist Thanasis Labrakis are still in […]

To say that Michael Gregory Jackson is a well-known guitarist who has influenced many others is something of an understatement. Pat Metheny said, *”I have always considered him to be one of the most significantly […]

This is the debut album from Swedish sludge/doom quartet Oro, who came together in 2014. ‘Djupets Kall’ (‘The Deep Call’) is an album which is combining elements from lots of different areas including post and bla […]

Overkill are back with their 19th studio album and show no signs at all of slowing down. They have a new drummer since ‘The Grinding Wheel in Jason Bittner, but given he has played with the likes of Shadows F […]

I know very little about this Chile-based band, but they released their debut album as long ago as 2008, and the same line-up has been together since 2009. There have been some EP’s and singles, but the second a […]

I was fairly late hearing Rotting Christ for the first time, but even I have been a fan for twenty years now. It is incredible to think that Sakis Tolis (vocals, guitars, keyboards) and his brother Themis (drums) […]

Back with their third album, the Marseille-based band seem to have issues with keeping drummers, and yet again they have had to use a session musician for their latest release. That’s a shame, as one wonders w […]

This is the third album from TTRATW, since when they have announced their farewell tour as they are breaking up. Not exactly sure of the logic of doing that shortly after releasing their latest album but there it […]

I have been a fan of this Dutch outfit for some fifteen years, since the release of their third album ‘The Silent Force’, so when I realised they were back with their seventh (it has been way too long since ‘Hy […]