Ivy Gold make some noise on Broken Silence
For a new band to release three albums in as many years is some achievement, and all three are high-quality blues-based rock makes it...
Review: Blackberry Smoke – Like an Arrow
If you hear the word “Americana” and your face turns sour and your eyes come-over all glassy — Wait a minute. Figure this: Americana...
Mick’s Jaguar find Salvation
With a name like Mick’s Jaguar, I was expecting a Stones based band and yet their debut, Fame and Fortune was more like New...
Kid Kapichi Fearless Nature Review: Raw Mental Health Honesty
I had heard of Kid Kapichi but never listened to them, so this was a treat for me.
From Hastings, UK, Kid Kapichi formed back...
Seasick Steve offers Love And Peace
'Later with Jools Holland' was a New Year’s Eve tradition in my house, mainly for something to watch at high volume until the idiots...
Avantasia ‘The Mystery of Time’
"So take the time to follow me into a small old English town during the Victorian era and join a young agnostic scientist by...
Testament show off their versatility and musicianship with Titans of Creation
Testament are thrash metal royalty at this point and the band have rarely misfired, especially since their triumphant comeback in 2008 and their latest...
Review: Elderoth – Mystic
Formed in 2007, Canadian metallers Elderoth bring you their second studio album, Mystic.
Mystic opens with the very promising intro track ‘Within’. After a few...
Live Review: Skid Row
It’s late into a damp Wednesday afternoon. I’ve bombed it from work to Bournemouth to get to The Old Fire Station just in the...
Hammerfest V: In Fear of the Dragon Festival Review
In the fantastical world of Heavy Metal music, sights such as massive armour-clad Bushido warriors - rising like phantoms from icy mists- are not...



























