The debut album from Operation:Paperclip, a project put together by bassist Bob Madsen, was ‘The Return Of The Stanislaus County Kid’ and was built around singer and keyboard player Tony Carey, along with Gregg Bissonette on drums, and was one I thoroughly enjoyed....

Bands and albums like this should have no right whatsoever to exist in the current tines when individuality and musicianship no longer seem to be important in terms of the music industry, but I am so glad they do. Formed in Sleepy Hollow, New York, in the late...

If ever a band was aptly named then this it is this one, as what we have here is music which is designed to send you to the land of nod and should come with a warning label saying not to be played when driving a car or operating heavy machinery. This is their sixth...

The idea behind this Norwegian doom project can be traced all the way back to 2009 when Stig V. Kviljo (vocals, guitar) began to write music inspired by Count Raven, Pagan Altar and Reverend Bizarre. It took a while to get a band together, and it was not until 2018...

There are times when one falls in love with an album the very first time it is played and that relationship only deepens, which is exactly what we have here with the second album from Swedish singer Su Andersson. It is only the surname which provides a hint that she...

The Upland Band – Living In Paradise (2023) GermanyLP / CD / digital - Kutter 063 Label: Kapitän Platte, Rating 90/100 Although newly released in 2023, here is an album that evokes wonderful memories from the late 1960 / Mid-1970s.  I’ll explain further by saying that...

Guitarist Joe Ravenhall and singer Chris Brebner formed Ravenhall back in 2015, writing more than 100 songs together before recruiting drummer Damian Hilt and bassist Alan Treanor to fill out their sound. I was a big fan of their The Coming Storm EP from 2021, so I...

That is not a typo above, as the band’s name actually is Rehaab, taken from what was referred to as the traditional Blues "AAB" format, and they feel they combine Blues Rock, Blues, Stoner Blues, Funk, Rock Ballads, Psychedelic and Classic Rock, so pretty much what I...

I have been fortunate enough to see Jazmine Mary play twice, and if one wonders what their musical style is like then it would not be too far into left field to say combine the artists I have seen them open for, namely French For Rabbits and Reb Fountain. They capture...

It does not take very much to recognise one of Tom’s main inspirations, as this has the stamp of Troy Kingi all over it, although one must say this is delivered with a much broader sense of humour. It is interesting to hear just how light-hearted this is, as the...

One issue with choosing a name like this is that it can be pretty hard to find out information, but having tracked down their Facebook account I am pretty sure this band is no longer in existence, which is a real shame as this 2015 album is a load of fun. These guys...

Originally formed at the end of the 90’s by Amduscias (vocals, guitars), this Parisian-based Black Metal outfit soon became a band, and at the time of this 2015 release also featured bassist Arkdaemon who had been there since the beginning and drummer Skvm who...

This is the second single from the forthcoming album of the same name, where frontman Nigel Mitchell was convinced by old friend and producer Rob Mayes to get back in the studio and undertake everything a little more seriously. Mitchell has been recording under this...

The depth of music coming out of Italy inspired by the Seventies never ceases to amaze me. They have had such an impact within progressive rock that they have their own sub-genre, RPI, and hearing an album in that style immediately tells us where they are from as...

Hamilton-based hardcore crew Drop Off Point have been making quite a name for themselves recently, playing with the likes of Comeback Kid, Evergreen Terrace, Bleeders and Antagonist A.D. and here they are with the first single from their forthcoming EP, Bridge City...

I first saw Ekko Park many years ago, but in the last year or so I have managed to see them a few times, and my only question to myself is why have I not been following them around? Drummer Nick Douch has a solid style, and he understand the importance of not playing,...

Melbourne-based melodic death quintet Be’Lakor (the name was taken from a character in the Warhammer franchise and was the first mortal to become a Daemon Prince of Chaos) have had an incredibly stable line-up, with John Richardson (bass), Shaun Sykes (lead guitar),...

There is no doubt whatsoever that the diversity in the British metal and punk scene in the late Seventies is what led to the genre fracturing into so many sub genres as bands started to push what people thought was possible and began influencing others. Discharge were...