Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite, a new height of misanthropic hostility
Cattle Decapitation exploded onto the scene in the late 90s and the early 2000s with a breed of socially conscious Death Metal that could...
Sweat ask (and answer) Who Do They Think They Are?
I’m always up to listening to a debut album and when I saw that the influences were 70s rock and prog, I was even...
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...
Devildriver continue Dealing with Demons
A double album divided across several years is a highly ambitious project that some bands genuinely can't deliver. California groove metal outfit Devildriver however...
YES – Mirror To The Sky
One of the crosses Yes have to bear is the continual comparison of the current incarnation with the band when in their imperious phase...
Alcatrazz – No holds barred on Take No Prisoners
Arguments abound on the validity of band names when members of the original lineup(s) are thin on the ground… I ignore the history and...
Waste Down Rebels – Mercies and Curses
Waste Down Rebels are a modern hard rock band, out of Frederick, Maryland, seemingly a one-man outfit who present a hard-hitting front to the...
Chris Duarte proves he Ain’t Giving Up
Anyone who has mastered the rhythmic style of blues rock seems to be compared to the genius that was Stevie Ray Vaughan… one such...
Hawkwind – The Future Never Waits
Eponymous title track 'The Future Never Waits' opens and reaffirms the fact the starship Hawkwind has long lurked outside the realms of mainstream acceptance....
Imperial Demonic peer Beneath the Crimson Eclipse
From the dark and eerie underground scene of Belfast comes the melodic black metal outfit Imperial Demonic and this scorching, well-produced EP of theirs...