Review: Dope – Blood Money Part 1
This latest album by DOPE still has a familiar feel reaching back to their previous work. Lyrically the songs haven’t become anymore intricate but...
Review: NOFX – First Ditch Effort
The last ten years have seen a generation of punk bands feel the need to grow up. Green Day went political while Blink-182 started...
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...
Review: Sonic Syndicate — Confessions
The heavy metal outfit SONIC SYNDICATE from Falkenberg in Sweden recently underwent a sonic change. They also switched personnel. Out went bass player Karin...
Review: Norma Jean – Polar Similar
Norma Jean is a pretty unique band. There are very few bands that can produce something new over the course of seven albums, inventive...
Review: Aghast – Something Else, Something Rotten
Opening track ‘King Bitch’ is one good way of opening up an album - razor edged guitar riffs, a thunderous beat and raspy vocals. If you...
Review: Demon – Cemetery Junction
Demon Formed in 1979 - I remember that year so well being the year I left school and got my first job, so I...
Review: Echelon – Brimstone Aggrandizement
Getting down to the nitty gritty of getting your ears around some classic death metal is always a good thing for me. Feeling the...
Review: Exist Immortal – Breathe
Sometimes, the right band comes along at just the right time. I was listening to Textures when Exist Immortal’s latest offering appeared in my...
Review: Electric Six – Fresh Blood For Tired Vampyres
SEX! DISCO! GORE! MORE SEX! GUITAR SOLOS! NEAR-EXTRATERRESTRIAL KEYBOARDS!
That’s right ladies and gents, the only band to convincingly replicate the sound of a LSD-fuelled-disco-rock-orgy...
