Hanoi Rocks are back on the Oriental Beat
The great Finnish band, often called ‘glam-punk’, Hanoi Rocks are at last releasing a remixed version of their defining second album, Oriental Beat (40th...
Joanne Shaw Taylor – The Blues Album
Blues covers? We Brits have been doing those since the cows came home, sometimes our illustrious rock gods even credit the original songwriter, albeit...
DEFECTO seamlessly blend beautiful melodic parts with the more aggressive elements
Fast-paced, hard-hitting, anthemic and in some ways, slightly haunting are all ways to describe Defecto's new album, Nemesis Prime Collective. The Danish four-piece (a...
Magick Touch release a good, honest, basic rock album!
Magick Touch are a three-piece power rock trio from Norway. Their new album Blades, Chains, Whips and Fire builds upon, their debut album of...
Carcass tease with Despicable EP
It feels like an absolute age since Carcass was last in the studio, Surgical Steel being there only studio release in 2013, anything previous...
Blasts ‘n’ Slams Delivers a Night of Goregrind Mayhem in Manchester
Hammerhead Events put on their ‘Blasts ‘n’ Slams’ event this summer in Manchester, a stupid and slammy goregrind show with artists from all over...
Tantivy have ‘Eyes In the Night’
Tantivy (it's interesting that the name is from a 17th century hunting cry, and also means a rapid gallop) have released their debut EP...
Review: Spitefuel – Second to None
Opening track 'On Burning Wings' can be likened to a sequel to a very gripping movie that you don’t want to miss a moment...
Review: Europe – Walk The Earth
Joey Tempest told us, he’s Not Supposed To Sing The Blues and yet the rebirth of the bluesy Europe continues with their latest album .Walk...
Ana Popović & Ben Poole: Sunday 5th May 2019, The Deaf Institute, Manchester
The Deaf Institute is small but full this Bank Holiday Sunday and it’s an early start too. A guitar squeals out as fingers race...
