Review: Cult of Lilith – Arkanum
The EP opens with 'Abaddon' - this track holds much pleasure with enjoyable stabs of metal that crucify you on listening and superbly rousing....
Darkyra Black – Dragon Tears
Lands of ice and snow are where we typically think female fronted symphonic gothic metal music is spawn, but it’s to sunnier climes we...
Marc Bolan at the BBC – 6 CD Box Set
Marc Bolan, what a chancer. He played the fame game time and time again, but once he’d struck gold stayed too close to a...
Live Review: ANAAL NATHRAKH, London
There aren't many bands who one could call truly monstrous in live performance but Annal Nathrakh certainly fit the bill. Headlining an evening of...
Lucifer Was – Ein Fix Ferdig Mann
Leave it to the brilliant minds working at Apollon Records Prog to uncover and sign some of the most rewarding and captivating bands the...
Saxon ‘Unplugged and Strung’
‘Unplugged and Strung Up’ is a bunch of new, ferocious interpretations of old Saxon classics. When I first read the title on the album...
Dream Theater’s 25th anniversary of ‘Images and Words’ at 02 Apollo in Manchester
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Images and Words, one of the most important albums in the history of progressive metal, Dream Theater returns once...
Sonata Artica – Pariah’s Child
Fifteen years into a career, with eight full albums now released, Finland’s Sonata Artica deliver Pariah’s Child, a melodic power metal operatic odyssey in...
Quinn The Brain – Open Wide EP
There’s a likely possibility you haven’t heard of Quinn the Brain before this but have the name ring a bell. The name comes from...
DITZ delivers adrenalized phenomena on new EP, ‘5 Songs’
Tomorrow, Brighton-based punk quintet DITZ will release their latest EP, 5 Songs. A scorching spark plug of raw power, 5 Songs sees DITZ further...
