Blackthorne pass into the Afterlife
Blackthorne were a short-lived US-based, hard rock project, featuring top rock vocalist Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group and Alcatrazz) plus several other musicians...
Black Metal pioneers Mayhem, serve up disorder
Renowned and infamous black metal legends Mayhem are still firing on all creative cylinders as evidenced by this sparkling new EP of theirs titled Atavastic Black...
Trouble Is rock the blues Wholehearted(ly)
Danish pair Mathias Heibøll Østlund (guitar/vocals) and Poul Valdemar Prahl (drums) make up a new, modern blues-rock duo called Trouble Is. Guitarist Mathias journeyed...
Steel Rhino are on the charge
Essentially a solo album by Mikael Rosengren, (a drummer of some skill who occupied the stool with bands such as Dirty Passion, Revolverlution and...
Mötley Crüe hit 40th Anniversary and reissue Girls, Girls, Girls
The definition of the word hedonistic, according to the Oxford Dictionary is “Engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent.” That kind of sums...
Pil & Bue prove The World Is A Rabbit Hole
Norwegian duo Petter Carlsen and Gøran Johansen formed Pil & Bue (which apparently translates rather neatly into Arrow & Bow) in 2013 and now...
Hughes Taylor creates Modern Nostalgia
First of all, Hughes Taylor is an extremely talented guitar/vocalist from Macon in Georgia (USA), not a duo. With his fourth studio album, the...
At the Gates awaken with The Nightmare of Being
Despite an 18 year recording hiatus, the band has released consistently high quality death metal that has never quite reached the same heights as...
Wednesday 13 announces UK tour for Halloween 2021
As the world starts to open up again we start to look forward to the future and one of the most exciting times of...
Fear Factory finally return with Aggression Continuum
I keep no secrets about my love for nu-metal, it was this genre along with grunge that introduced me to a whole new world...

























