Joe Bonamassa – Royal Tea
Joe Bonamassa’s latest studio album is said to be inspired by his personal British guitar heroes, primarily here we’re talking former Yardbirds Jeff Beck...
Review: Bad Pollyanna – The Broken Toys
We were lucky enough to see West Yorkshire’s Bad Pollyanna featuring vocalist Olivia Hyde at this year’s Dames of Darkness festival. Their enthusiasm, potency...
Review: Woodhawk – Beyond The Sun
Beyond The Sun is the result of Calgary three piece Woodhawk. Proving to be so much more than the sum of their numbers, Beyond...
Geoff Tyson – Drinks With Infinity
Former T-Ride guitarist Geoff Tyson having been pre-occupied producing music for film and TV for a while now, took time out to record his first instrumental...
Obituary: Dying of Everything in Manchester
Earlier in the year, Obituary played a one-off date in London and the rest of the UK said "Wait, what about us?" a question...
Infected Rain, Butcher Babies & Spiders Hit Anarchy Brew
Despite a wintry March evening, there is already a large queue forming at the Anarchy Brew in the suburbs of Newcastle. The crowd, including...
Hearts & Hand Grenades reveal Where I Begin
Stephanie Wlosinski (vocals, bass), Mike Bress (guitar, keyboard), Kenny Blesy (lead guitar), Tom Lafferty (drums) are the crew from Buffalo that make up the...
Avatar continue to impress with Avatar Country
Avatar Country is not your ‘typical’ metal record, in the same way that Avatar are not a ‘typical’ metal band. Avatar Country perfectly captures...
Gentle Giant pen their new release Free Hand
For aficionados of classic 1970’s prog rock, the name Gentle Giant is revered. Emerging from Simon Dupree & the Big Sound (remember “Kites?”) they...
Io ‘Our Disintegrating Museum’ Album Review
Ios own individual mixture of post-hardcore and progressive music gained them enough local success (in Birmingham) to record a self released EP which triggered...


























