
Massimo Pieretti –A New Beginning (2022)
Private Press Italy Is available in 3 different versions: 48mins Digital streaming on Bandcamp https://massimopieretti.bandcamp.com/releases Cd https://wall.cdclick-europe.com/projects/A_New_Beginning And as a limited edition on vinyl. Rating 85/100 The impact of the...

Ricky Warwick: When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy Mitchell Sang The Blues) / Hearts On Trees (2016)
In 2015 Ricky Warwick was a very busy man in that not only was he fronting Thin Lizzy, but he also somehow found the time to record and tour the second album with Black Star Riders, as well as recording two solo albums, namely ‘When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy...

Spektr: The Art To Disappear (2016)
Formed in 2000, this French act (who combine industrial with harsh ambient and Black Metal) have been a duo for most of their career, kl.K. (drums, samples, programming) and Hth (guitars, bass, samples, programming). This was their fourth album, released in 2016, and...

Tax the Heat: Fed To The Lions (2016)
Formed in 2013, it did not take long for this Bristol quartet to come to the attention of Chris Goss (Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Cult) who produced their debut EP, and they were soon picked up by Nuclear Blast and made a reputation for themselves by...

Usurpress: The Regal Tribe (2016)
At the time of recording their third album in 2016 the band were still a quartet of Stefan Pettersson (vocals), Påhl Sundström (guitars), Daniel Ekeroth (bass), and Calle Lönnberg (drums), but after the release of their next album, 2018’s ‘Interregnum’ Pettersson died...

Varathron: The Confessional of the Black Penitents (2015)
Released at the end of 2015, this seven-track EP from Greek black metal quintet Varathron was released ahead of their sixth full-length album (which did not come out until 2018) and features three new songs along with four older ones recorded live that year. Based...

Vivaldi Metal Project: The Four Seasons (2022)
The Vivaldi Metal Project is a music creation born from an idea conceived and developed by Italian keyboard player, composer and producer Mistheria (solo artist, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Rock, Roy Z, Artlantica). The concept was to produce a symphonic-metal opera based on...

Operation Paperclip: On the Streets / Unhoused (2022)
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....

The Slambovian Circus of Dreams: A Very Unusual Head (2022)
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...

Sleepyard: Head Values (2022)
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...