RAMzine Classic – The Kennedy Experience
I always try to do something different for the RAMzine Classic feature. I can think of dozens of genuine classics, nearly all of which...
Faith No More – Angel Dust
1989 saw a lot of changes for Faith No More: they had hired a bundle of energy with a high voice in Mike Patton...
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin are simply the most influential band of all time. If you speak to any rock musician in the modern world, it's pretty...
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
You may have read on RAMzine.co.uk this week that the great Jeff Hanneman, guitarist with legendary metal band Slayer passed away at the age...
RAMzine Classic: Lone Star – Firing on all Six
Lone Star are an underrated band, from Cardiff, forming in 1975 and swapping various members of the band for the line-up they had in...
RAMzine Classic: Beggars Opera – Pathfinder
I’m sure we have all bought a vinyl album on the strength of the cover alone, some were absolute rubbish (I own up to...
AC/DC – Back In Black
Iconic. Quintessential. Timeless. This series of articles is meant to be about albums and bands that encompass these three words. We've covered bands from...
Through still waters and Unholy Fires – A brief note on the brilliance of...
For those of you out there who treasure deeply atmospheric black metal, there is a record from 2015 entitled The Wiccan by the Greek...
Reflections on Bill Ward’s outstanding solo album
Legendary drummer Bill Ward (ex-Black Sabbath) released an overlooked gem of an album back in 1997 entitled When the Bough Breaks, and I figured...
On Strange Highways: A Short Essay On Dio’s Doom-laden 1993 Masterpiece
All the way back in 1993, the DIO band, which was spearheaded by legendary and much-missed vocalist Ronnie James Dio, released an utterly raw,...