Review: Apocalyptica – Shadowmaker
“There’s a lot of possible meanings to the phrase ‘Shadowmaker’, At one level it can be about a person whose energy is so negative...
Review: XUL – Extinction Necromance
Levi Meyers, Bill Ferguson, Wallace Huffman, Marlow Deiter and Lowell Winters formed XUL in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, following in the footsteps of bands...
Review: The Final Chapter – Entropy
The Final Chapter 'Entropy' was released 10th April 2015. Here is out track-by-track review:
Dawn
A superb opening track that simply possesses an eerie atmosphere, capturing...
Review: Withering Soul – Adverse Portrait
A manifestation, in the form of menacing guitars, haunting sound scapes and spectral chants, echoing themes of psychological horror and the supernatural. Withering Soul was...
Live Review: The Amity Affliction & Volumes, Bristol
Volumes opened the show tonight and they certainly got the crowd going! Fans have already done a warm-up and we are only two tracks...
Review: The Big Teutonic Four – Part II
From the early 80’s on they’ve been the leading figures of Germany’s thrash metal scene, shaping an entire genre that soon should spread all...
Review: Incinerate – Eradicating Terrestrial Species
Incinerate formed in 1998 by Scott Ellingboe (Guitars/ Vocals also in Dominion) and Randy Grolemund. Jesse Watson joined shortly after as 2nd guitar and...
Review: Soilwork – Live in the Heart of Helsinki
From the start this live album is filled with explosive exploits and hungry attitude, but hardly surprising for this band whose reign began in 1995 under...
Album Review: Enslaved – In Times
Enslaved have been a corner stone of the black metal scene for nearly fifteen years and in that time they have released thirteen albums,...
Live Review: Robin Trower, The Sage, Gateshead
The word 'legend' is overused at times in the press to describe fairly recent acts. Well think of it this way: Have they been...
