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...
Riverside – I.D.Entity at the Indigo 02
The tour to promote their 2023 album, I.D.Entity, which began in Florida on February 17th, finally reached London two months later and saw Polish...
Alice Cooper In The 1980s
(Chris Sutton - Sonicbund Publications)
After a previous decade in which Alice Cooper (band) achieved fame and notoriety in equal measures plus a timeless anthemic...
Cannibal Corpse bring inconceivable horror to Manchester
Bloodsoaked death metal giants Cannibal Corpse make their triumphant return to Manchester with Swedish black metal frost giants Dark Funeral, Slamchester local legends Ingested...
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...
Vermilion Whiskey call the shots on Crimson and Stone
Louisiana-based band Vermilion Whiskey released their first album, 10 South, back in 2013 which heralded their blend of nearly every kind of rock you...
Voivod UK invasion begins, sightings in Manchester increase
Extraterrestrial-interdimensional-French Canadian travellers Voivod return to Manchester once again to celebrate 40 Years of Morgoth Tales, joining them were Manchester doom metal outfit Damnation's...