Review: Absolva – Never A Good Day to Die
Manchester heavy rock band Absolva feature the twin-lead guitars of Luke Appleton (the bass guitarist with Iced Earth) and brother Chris Appleton (who has...
Review: Ephyra – Along the Path
Ephyra were born in Como in the year 2005 by an idea of two guitar players, Matteo and Carlo.
The band knows a period...
Review: Metal Allegiance – Metal Allegiance
There are many super-groups, concept albums and one off projects out there, ones that spring to mind are 'Annihilator – Metal' and of course,...
Review: P.O.D. – The Awakening
Of all the surviving bands of the 'nu metal' era between 1998 and 2002, P.O.D. are the most unlikely ones. Starting as a Christian-rap...
Motion City Soundtrack – Panic Stations
Motion City Soundtrack return with their sixth studio album and in true form, they continue to maintain their stamp on the genre with the...
Review: Slayer – Repentless
It has been a dark few years for Slayer. No, I’m not talking about the overall tone of their music (which I’m pleased to...
Erjya Lyytinen – Live In London CD + DVD
Erjya Lyytinen comes from Finland. Her 2014 release The Sky Is Crying was voted homeland’s YLE Radio Best Album of the Year and found...
Five Finger Death Punch – Got Your Six – the best metal album of...
Five Finger Death Punch have now released their sixth studio album 'Got Your Six'. Firstly, if they are not one of our generations next...
Review: Chantel McGregor – Lose Control
Chantel McGregor has a voice built for stardom. It comes as a breath of fresh air blowing free the cobwebs of complacency then once...
Review: Chris Norman – Crossover
The manner in which country rock filtered towards more mainstream musical credibility is an odd one and curiously still remains ill-defined. At its outset...