Riverside – I.D.Entity at the Indigo 02
The tour to promote their 2023 album, I.D.Entity, which began in Florida on February 17th, finally reached London two months later and saw Polish...
Review: Haken – Visions (re-release 2017)
Progressive metal band Haken have re-released their second album, Visions, after working alongside Jens Bogren to reinvigorate and raise the standard up to the...
Review: Megadeth – Dystopia
Another album, another line up change, at least that's par for the course for Mustaine & Co these days. Joining Megadave and bassist Ellefson...
Jan Akkerman Live Album Review: Focus Classics Revisited
When Jan Akkerman left Focus in 1976, after seven years with the band and achieving renown as a stellar guitarist (Melody Maker, in 1972,...
Live: Grand Magus, The Underworld, London
British shores have a history of Viking invasions, thankfully these days they are more than welcome, and the current assault across the nation had...
Protest The Hero’s new record Palimpsest ends their stretch of bad luck
The past few years have not been kind to Protest the Hero from the departure of original drummer, Moe Carlson, Rody Walker’s vocal troubles...
Calamity deliver well rounded return with ‘Kairos’
Originally formed as a Metallica cover band, Peurto Rico's Calamity is far more than you may think at first, having evolved into a totally...
Exocrine – Legend
The French technical death metallers Exocrine have crafted and unleashed some accomplished and musically adventurous outputs in the past, and this upcoming album titled...
Review: Horrendous – Ecdysis
When I pressed play on this album, I was hoping the band name was not intended as a pre-description of what was to come....
Dirty Laces show spirit on L’Esprit du Temps
Manchester five-piece Dirty Laces have been grabbing a lot of attention in their homeland and with the occasional festival appearance (remember them?). A couple...
