This is the debut single from Christchurch-based rock group Electric Temples, and the thing which impresses me most right from the off is the use of space. When a band starts, it is easy to throw the kitchen sink into a recording instead of understanding that often...

During lockdown Ada was unable to regularly meet with her long-time musical director Jamieson Trotter, so instead they turned their endeavours towards writing songs. Ada would write the lyrics and melody, and then over zoom Jamieson would work on the arrangements. The...

There are times when one reads a press release in utter disbelief. I normally play the album before reading about it, so I am not affected by anything contained within, and while I was pretty sure this was not a late Sixties album and not British, I was convinced this...

There are a few bands in the world where one can see there is a new release and pretty much have a good guarantee of what it is going to sound like and what the lyrical content is going to be about. One of these is Sabaton, and another is the mighty Amon Amarth. They...

Here we have the latest release from Brazilian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader Antonio Adolfo, with the word ‘Octet’ referring to the size of the band while ‘Originals’ is in the title as unlike his most recent works, this album consists only of material from...

There are surely no words left with which to describe the icon who is Ashley Hutchings, but even he could never have thought that one day he would release his 100th album as a band leader or member (as opposed to a straight session musician), but here it is. Recorded...

It has been five years since Austrian Black Metal band Belphegor released their last album, ‘Totenritual, since when drummer Simon Schilling has departed. So, for this release they have brought in session man David Diepold while founder Helmeth provides guitar and...

When The Black Noodle Project first started many years ago it was in many ways a one-man project, that of Jérémie Grima, and now here we have their latest studio album and, in many ways, it has reverted back to that, just with a different person at the helm. Jérémie...