Although the name Groundbreaker will be new to everyone, the vocals certainly aren’t as this is the new project from none other than Steve Overland (FM), who has joined with guitarist Robert Sall (Work of Art, W […]

2015’s ‘Noita’ is quite a confused release from the Finnish folk metallers in many ways, as they often seem to have far more in common with the Viking Metal or Pirate Metal movement than for the one for which […]

Three years on from their last, Finnish Folk Metallers Korpiklanni are back with their tenth album ‘Kulkija’, which means ‘Wanderer’. The band state that this album is the closest to their on stage sound, as for […]

Nitzer Ebb are a British EBM (Electronic Body Music – a sub-genre of electronic music combining industrial, synth punk, disco and dance) group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan “Bon” Harris ( […]

Greek black metal band Lucifer’s Child are back with their second album. Formed by George Emmanuel, a prolific guitarist primarily known for his work with Rotting Christ with bassist Stathis Ridis (a member of a […]

It has taken four years for MaYaN to come back with their third album, and given I was such a major fan of ‘Antagonise’ I was intrigued to see what they were going to come up with. That album took symphinc dea […]

The full title of this album is ‘Paradise and Thorns: Gloucster Docks Revisited and Other Tales of Love’, as this is both a sequel and a reworking of his 1987 album ‘By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down and Wept’ […]

The Albion Christmas Band were formed back in 2003 by Ashley Hutchings (Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Albion Band, Rainbow Chasers), Kellie While, Simon Care (Albion Band, Tickled Pink) and Simon Nicol […]

I must admit to finding the concept of this album being somewhat incongruous. I mean, Christmas is a Christian tradition not Jewish. But, amazingly enough many very famous Christmas standards were indeed written […]

Earlier this year Tom Angelripper (bass, vocals), decided to totally change Sodom, with the return of Frank Blackfire (guitar, ex-Sodom, ex-Kreator, Assassin), and new members Yorck Segatz (guitar, Beyondition) […]

As I continue on my quest of attempting to catch up on all the material sent to me when I wasn’t undertaking any reviewing (I have a dream that one day I will be up to date – this year I have reviewed in exc […]

Finnish band SoulHealer are back with their fourth album, their first since they went through a few line-up changes last year. What we have here is traditional heavy metal that contains huge elements of Saxon, […]

Squidhammer Metal was formed in 2009 on a farm outside of Watertown, Wisconsin by vocalist Jake Hiller and guitarist Jake Schultz. Over the years there have been some line-up changes, but eventually the quartet […]

Since I interviewed Robert Berry (3, plus many others) earlier in the year, we have been in contact quite a lot, but it is always through Messenger. So when he asked me for my email address one day, I wondered who […]

At the very top left of the artwork can be seen the word “stereo”, and this combined with the feeling provided by the artwork itself makes one immediately think of the late Sixties/early Seventies, and as soon as […]

In some ways it is hard to believe that this is the work of an Icelandic trio in 2018, as opposed to a British quartet from the Seventies, but The Vintage Caravan are back with their fourth album and yet again […]

‘Visitant’, is the first new album from famed metal act Arsis in five years, and to show they mean business it was recorded, mixed and mastered at Audio Hammer Studio with producer Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, Dev […]

Polish trio Behemoth surely need no introduction, having been at the head of the black metal scene for well over 25 years. Given that bassist Orion is the new boy, and he has been there for 15 years, it is of no […]

It is incredible to think that punk/metal quintet Betontod have now been going for some 28 years, and here they are back with their ninth studio album. Undoubtedly it is going to be something that fans will be […]

It’s been six long years since Scott Hull and the boys had produced a full-length album, but at long last they are back, and it’s a goody. One thing that makes this stand out from their other releases is that at […]