1976 was the year when Thin Lizzy started to find their feet. After the initial wanderings as a trio with Eric Bell, Phil Lynott and Brian Downey had settled on the deal guitar attack of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, and while they were certainly not the first to...

Sullvation is a solo project by bassist Brent Sullivan, who here also provides keyboards and guitar. He has been in the scene for a long time, co-founded legendary underground bands Slauter Xstroyes, Winter Kill, and Mindwarp Chamber and felt it was time to do...

I really ought to read press releases more carefully before downloading albums as I saw the name of this band and just thought they were a folk act, which is not exactly the case. The band were originally formed in 1989 when John Davis sent a tape to Lou Barlow (Deep...

Doug provided a quick follow-up to ‘Live at The Rancho Mirage Library’ with this album which finds him working with different musicians in a slightly different style. This time around, his arrangements have taken five veteran standards and three of his originals into...

Over the years guitarist Doug MacDonald has operated in many different settings, including his own big band and an all-star group (the latter is featured on his previous recording ‘The Sextet Session’) and this time around we find him operating in a trio/quartet...

French Death Gore Grind outfit Disgorged Foetus have been around in a few different iterations since 1996 (although they did officially split between 2006 and 2017), with just the one constant in Dams (guitars, bass, vocals). There have been multiple releases over the...

On this five-track 27-minute-long instrumental release guitarist Bailis is joined by the tenor-saxophonist Chris Speed, Eric Lane on piano and synth bass, and drummer Jason Nazary. The quartet recorded the full set in a five-hour session without any prior rehearsals....

When thinking about the folk-rock scene in the UK, it is no surprise that Ashley Hutchings is rightly referred to as “the guv’nor” given he was a founder member of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band. The last has had multiple musicians through its...

Yes, I do know the band these days are known as Pitchshifter, but originally, they spelled it as two words, and when these sessions were recorded for John Peel at the BBC Maida Vale Studios on 28th April 1991 and 30th March 1993 this is how they were known. The 1991...

However much I love metal and rock music, there will always be a very warm place in my heart for acoustic as there is no room to hide, everything has to be perfect as otherwise it will be jarring and there for all to hear. Margaret and Chris started playing together...

This is the first album I have come across from Bongo Boy Records, and if they are all as interesting as this one, I can see I am going to be looking out for more from them in the future. It is not unusual for labels to release compilations at Christmas, and the next...

Sometimes the only thing which will work is sheer unadulterated death metal, which is why I think I grabbed the promo for this album as there was something about the artwork which brought a smile to my face (yes, I’m weird, but I also don’t care). Formed in 2017 by...