One Dead Man is Michael Baxter from Tauranga bands {The Dead Man 6} and {The Knids}, who came up with the idea during lockdown of putting together a collection of songs which would work together as a rock opera or concept album, and he settled on the idea of...

1980 was finally a good time to be living in Devon in the West of England, as up until that point the only live gig I had attended of any size was Cliff Richard, which is not exactly a highlight for a teenage metalhead. February had seen Genesis kick off the Duke tour...

There is no doubt that Elfin Bow has been going through an incredibly difficult period in her life, going though a divorce and then catching COVID 19, but one can only wish her the best and hope that this release is a bookmark for a new and positive time for her. I...

I am used to hearing Jo Beth performing music which has a high level of improvisation within it, and the material has always been original, so it was something of a surprise to see that here she has worked on a cover. However, it all became clear when it transpired...

I must confess to doing a little bit of a double take when I first saw a photo of these guys, as it looked like none of them were old enough to shave! A check of the bio and I was able to see that the band comprises Archie Orbell (16), Clarke West (16), Henry...

How To Escape Reality were formed in 2020, by songwriter Samuel Fistonich with the help of his brothers and his wife to create music which was heavily influenced from the Emo and pop punk movement. Samuel and his family grew up in China, and this song was written with...

Private Press USA - CD 44:38 Rating 90/100 Intro: Initially the album ‘Close To Nearby’ was destined to be the second ‘Potters Daughter album with a heavier, more orchestrated approach. A key to the realisation of such a distinctive adventurous move away from the...

Ellery Daines is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and mixing engineer from Nelson, now based in the Norwegian Arctic city of Tromsø. Over the last five years he wrote, recorded, and mixed his debut album, Failure Thirty Minutes Deep, scheduled for...

It has often been pointed out to me during my reviewing career, often by my family, that I am somewhat unusual and could actually be viewed as being downright weird. I prefer to think of myself as having a broad and diverse taste in music, but even I cannot understand...

This EP finds three avant-garde and experimental artists working together to create something which is industrial, at the cutting edge of music, frightening in its intensity, yet also strangely compelling and other worldly. In recent years I have become a huge fan of...

I know I am not the only person who felt that Therion’s previous album, ‘Beloved Antichrist’, was just too clever for its own good. A triple CD opera with a running time of more than 3 hours it was certainly ambitious, and a million miles away from what the band were...

Tommy Bolin had already achieved a great deal by the time of his death at the tender age of 25, and one can only wonder what he might have gone onto in later life. I personally always thought that ‘Come Taste The Band’ was, and is, a vastly overlooked album in...

It is safe to say that the London-based trio of Tom Bradfield (guitars, vocals), Tom Carter (bass) and Mauro Hammerition (drums) have had a rather slow burn, but with the release of their second album, 2020’s ‘A Resting Place For The Wrathful’, they have definitely...

This is the third album from Polish black metal/folk metal act Varmia, who have a somewhat unusual line-up. The first three guys are relatively normal in what they provide, with Ćwiara on bass, Emil on drums, and Lasota providing vocals and guitars. It is when we get...

I guess it is my age, but I still like physical releases as opposed to digital, and when someone puts effort into it then all the better. Here we have the second in what may well be a three-volume series by Albare, and in the digipak we get information from Albare...

Just seeing the title ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ turn up in my inbox is guaranteed to put a smile on my face, as this is one of the most interesting musical series I have ever come across. All power to Dan Emery for these wonderful recordings and long may they continue....

Following on from the success of his big band outing, ‘Blue Soul’, guitarist Dave Stryker is back with his hard-driving group. It features his working band of Jared Gold on Hammond B3 organ and McClenty Hunter on drums, while he brought in tenor player Walter Smith...

Post black metal French band Decline of the I are back with their fourth album, which sees them start a new trilogy. Their first three were inspired by the works of French surgeon and neurologist Henri Laborit, while the new set are based on the output of Danish...