I first came across Portuguese Pagan Folk outfit Drusuna back in 2020 when I reviewed one of their singles, but this is the first time I have come across an album: I said back then that it would be something worth hearing, and I love it when I am right. They were...

Here we have the seventh album from New Jersey deathcore outfit Fit For An Autopsy. They have had a remarkably stable line-up wit this being the third album to feature guitarists Pat Sheridan, Will Putney and Tim Howley, drummer Josean Orta, vocalist Joe Badolato, and...

I must confess that although I had heard the name, this is the first time I have actually heard this San Francisco institution, who were formed in 1965 around the core of two singers/guitarists, Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan. Loney left after their first three albums,...

A little over thirty years ago myself and a mate went to see Fairport Convention on one of their Winter Tours, and the support that night was a solo singer/songwriter, Jay Turner. We both thought he was amazing, so we each bought his latest album ‘Movements in...

Dickey Betts was of course a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, and his interplay with Duane Allman was a highlight of the essential early albums. After Duane’s untimely death Betts became even more of a key figure, writing and singing "Ramblin' Man", their...

There is no doubt that Massacre have had a major impact on the death metal scene, with singer Kam Lee credited for inventing the "death growl" first heard on the band’s 1986 demo ‘Aggressive Tyrant’, but over the years the line-up has been quite fluid and the version...

What we have here is a double CD remaster of the first two Delay Tactics albums to celebrate 40 years since the second album, ‘Any Questions?’ which originally came out in 1984, along with 10 bonus tracks of unreleased studio and live material. The band were...

I was 13 in 1976, so the perfect age to be enthralled by what was going on in the punk scene, and while I was always a metalhead I was intrigued by the energy and enthusiasm of the genre, and when my father told me I was banned from having any punk records in the...

The Blasters were formed in 1979 in Downey, California, by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), along with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman and by the time of their first headline gig in the UK on May 21st 1982 the line-up...