Review: Aynsley Lister – Eyes Wide Open
Looking like a young Ben Affleck cradling his guitar as it were a baby on publicity shots, you can see why Aynsley Lister would...
Review: Ion Dissonance – Cast the First Stone
Well if you like the complete and utter extreme in all things metal you have come to the right place. Ion Dissonance is profoundly...
Keith Emerson: The Official Illustrated Story by Chris Welch
Keith Emerson passed away in 2016, having taken his own life. From the outside looking in, this appeared most unlike the bombastic keyboard pioneer...
Review: Altar of Betelgeuze – Among the Ruins
Now this fuzz orientated riff is what stoner metal is about – it shows a hearty pull of sonic cosmic infectiousness, that pleasures the...
Ingested revisit their past to show their future
Last year Manchesters slam death metal unit Ingested released Where Only Gods May Tread which was one of my favourite albums of 2020, the...
Eccentric avantgarde geniuses Vulture Industries unearth Deeper
The wonderfully eccentric avantgarde geniuses that are Vulture Industries recently unearthed this 2-track 7" vinyl single, and if you consider yourself a fan of...
Bloodstock – a metal family reunion? 2017 festival highlights
Since the inaugural Bloodstock in 2001, there has been a sense of community among fans of the Midlands festivals. In a way - it's...
Salem’s Bend explore fuzzy sounds on ‘Supercluster’
“Three dudes crawled into a garage-turned-studio and dug out some tracks from the nether regions of Sabbath, Purple, etc, and other 70’s rockers, infused...
Review: King 810 – La Petite Mort or a Conversation with God
When you think of America’s most desirable locations in which to take a well-deserved summer holiday, it’s rather unlikely that Flint, Michigan would be...
Mark Morton – Ether
It hasn’t been
that long since we were treated the Mark Mortons long awaited debut
solo album, Anesthetic with
so many guests joining in that it could...
