Black Label Society’s Grimmest Hits – A festival of riffing!
Grimmest Hits, the latest album from Zakk Wylde’s outfit Black Label Society is, surprise, surprise, a festival of riffing. What it's not as the...
One man’s journey to Maniacs Metal Meeting in Brazil
It's Thursday 7th December and I´m in the heart of Patagonia. It´s early in the morning and time to start a full extreme metal weekend....
Steve Hackett: Wuthering Nights – Live In Birmingham
Steve Hackett has performed at Birmingham Symphony Hall a fair few times now. From my experience, he always makes a point of saying how...
Black Country Communion – Wolverhampton Civic Hall, January 2nd 2018
I can trace my Black Country roots back to the 15th century. It’s not so much in pride as defence I declare this to...
A night of pop punk nostalgia hits Brixton as Good Charlotte give one hell...
You would imagine a gig like this would be full of little kids thinking pop-punk and emo music wasn't just a phase and that...
Venom’s Assault! is catchy and lethal black metal at its finest!
The legendary black metal pioneers Venom who hail from the very fine city that is Newcastle released a number of live EPs in a...
Seventeen, an album with the sort of quality music KAYAK have long been associated...
Kayak are a pop / symphonic / prog band from Holland who, in one form or another, have been in existence since 1972, with...
Savage Gods is the third album from Utah’s Sonic Prophecy
Savage Gods is the third album from Utah’s Sonic Prophecy, following on from 2015’s Apocalyptic Promenade. The band got together in 2008, right from...
Magick Touch release a good, honest, basic rock album!
Magick Touch are a three-piece power rock trio from Norway. Their new album Blades, Chains, Whips and Fire builds upon, their debut album of...
American Glutton – Dish Served Cold
The North American continent is so long and wide you can be popular locally in a way undreamt of in the UK or Europe. ...