Review: Red Mountains – Slow Wander
Norway’s Red Mountain, not to be confused with the one from the American deep south, is a band it would be easy to dismiss...
The Von Hertzen Brothers ‘Nine Lives’ Album Review
A garage band guitar riff crashes out over a classic rock cow bell beat then within a single breath starts bobbing and weaving like...
Mariana Semkina set to release highly emotional and beautiful new album Sleepwalking
Mariana Semkina is vocalist with Russian duo Iamthemorning, a band with an increasing groundswell of favourable opinion carrying them along, and Sleepwalking is her...
Norway’s If Nothing Is unleash a maelstrom of punishing avantgarde brilliance
Allow me to start this off by stating that there is nothing even remotely straightforward or pedestrian about this raging tempest of wildly creative...
Review: Michael Crimson – Medusa
Medusa is a new release by Swedish born Michael Crimson. He is a new name to me and his website assures us he is...
Review: Aversions Crown – Tyrant
Aversions Crown, one of the rising stars from Australia’s ever growing metal/deathcore scene, have proven themselves to be a formidable set of heavy handed...
Review: Joel Hoekstra’s 13 – Dying To Live
Recent Whitesnake addition Joel Hoekstra has released an album under his new 13 side project, albeit that it was instigated prior to his joining...
The Neptune Power Federation share The Memoirs Of A Rat Queen
It can be tempting to dismiss a band when the hyperbole surrounding a release says such things as “She came from outer space, a...
Review: Ian Siegal – One Night In Amsterdam
Ian Siegal came out with the solo acoustic Man & Guitar in 2014, whereas this year’s live release One Night In Amsterdam, finds him backed by...
Review: Act of Defiance – Old Scars, New Wounds
The modern thrash outfit Act of Defiance, which hails from the US and includes former Megadeth six-stringer Chris Broderick and drummer Shawn Drover among...