Insomnium’s Songs of the Dusk: the perfect winter soundscape
As Winter draws closer, Insomnium released their latest EP, Songs of the Dusk, just before their tour of the UK and Europe began. Insomnium...
Suffocation’s Hymns from the Apocrypha: a long awaited statement of pure brutality
Hymns from the Apocrypha is the long-awaited ninth album from Suffocation, a highly innovative and influential band from the early days of extreme metal...
Diabolic Night go Behind The Crimson Prophecy
With the multi-instrumentalist Heavy Steeler steering the ship that is Diabolic Night, backed by drummer Christhunter, you can probably guess that the tracks on...
Gong – Unending Ascending
Formed in the late ’60s by psych visionary Daevid Allen, Gong in their earlier days were a pioneering band helping to evolve psych/space rock...
Angra battle through the Cycles of Pain
Five years after the well-received release of Omni, Brazilian veterans Angra are back in business with their brand new album Cycles of Pain. With...
Trevor Rabin – Rio
To many music fans, the name Trevor Rabin will forever be associated with his admirable stint in Yes. Ever since the legendary Tommy Vance,...
Ozric Tentacles – Lotus Unfolding
Ozric Tentacles (or for short the Ozric’s) have been ploughing their sonic furrow for somewhere around thirty years, surviving many lineup changes, engaging in...
Screaming Eagles deliver High Class Rock ’n’ Roll
There must be something in the water in beautiful County Down, after all, anywhere that birthed The Answer and Screaming Eagles has to have...
Graveyard dig deep on 6
It is rare I buy a CD by a band I don’t know but in 2011 I was recommended an album called Hisingen Blues...
Cannibal Corpse provide a masterclass in the art of musical brutality!
Cannibal Corpse (the grand behemoths of death metal) have returned with their 16th slab of merciless auditory brutality (more appropriate than just saying album), Chaos Horrific....
