Fraggle, Author at Trebuchet

20 Years On: Scenes From a Memory

25/02/2019

Dream Theater’s much loved concept album turns 20 this year. Does it stand the test of time or is it merely relegated to the back of the mind?...

Atmospheric Impact In Your Face

14/01/2019

Norwegian post-rockers Grant The Sun boast a huge range of atmospheric impact in new EP, Simmar Ur Bild....

Mr. Big Flies To Milan

23/07/2018

Mr. Big return with a(nother) live album, but this one's special - it's founder Pat Torpey's final bow with them before his death earlier this year....

Heroes Sometimes Let You Down

23/07/2018

Fraggle casts a critical eye on newcomers to the Finnish Metal tradition Heroes Don't Ask Why, and their new release 'Sound Of A Broken Heart'...

When Godsmack’s Legend Stagnates

16/07/2018

So just how much have seminal Nu-Metallers Godsmack phoned it in with latest release 'When Legends Rise'?...

Sons of a Galactic Wasteland

08/07/2018

Sons Of Alpha Centauri get a little space-y with latest instrumental release 'Continuum' - but is it cool, Sci-Fi space or just the dark bits in between?...

Downfall of Nothing! (Nervosa)

04/06/2018

Thrash Metal is a scene dominated by the same old household names... Can some fresh faces in Brazilian upstarts Nervosa clamber onto that level, too, with new album 'Downfall of Mankind'?...

Compound The Heaviness – Ingested

30/04/2018

Manchester's kings of Slam-infused Death Metal Ingested take a nice little day trip over to Liverpool. Naturally, Trebuchet followed suit....

The More Uncommon Slurs and Smears of Napalm Death

11/04/2018

Outtakes and rarities offer a genetic glimpse into the Napalm Death machine...

Six compilation albums wasn’t enough – Nightwish

12/03/2018

Finland's Symphonic Metal pioneers Nightwish dig through the archives to present yet another compilation of their work....

Nomadic music and the convergence of style – Tengger Cavalry

05/03/2018

Sometimes, the tropes of contemporary Western culture can combine with the music of other eras and nations to turn up unexpected results....

Pissed Regardless – Feed The Birds (Review)

05/02/2018

Crossover Thrash is a fickle beast. Have Californian newcomers Pissed Regardless managed to crack the code with their sophomore EP effort 'Feed The Birds'? Fraggle investigates....

Tankard – A Compilation of Inebriation

20/01/2018

Thrash Metal, like most genres, has its tropes. Those same reoccurring themes which pop up in the lyrics, inspirations or meanings behind the songs....

Roll On, Roll Over, Roll Away: Dimevision (Dimebag Darryl)

18/12/2017

Legend? Yes. Talented? Certainly. Brilliant on every occasion? Well, about that......

Suitably Complex Brutality: Red Before Black (Cannibal Corpse)

30/11/2017

Focus, work ethic, rhythmic dexterity and lots of entrails...

Death (Sentence) Metal: Not a Crime [Tarantist]

15/11/2017

Iranian Metal goes one step further - TarantisT now sing in Farsi...

Fragarak: A Spectral Oblivion

26/10/2017

Indian Experimental Black Metallers Fragarak demand an extended attention span...

One More for the Road:The New Roses

27/09/2017

Life ain't easy when you're cheesy. Happily, The New Roses (mostly) aren't. ...

The real cost of music?

18/09/2017

Suffering for your art is common practice, but is it worth dying for?...

Will to Power (Arch Enemy)

13/09/2017

Will to Power packs a furious punch, but have Arch Enemy released one of the metal Albums of the Year?...

To Die For? Iranian Metallers Heterochrome Offer Melancholia Against All Odds

06/09/2017

Progressive metal from Iran. Now that's extreme....

Enter the Arena (Warbeast)

28/08/2017

Entering the arena is easy, but it takes killer death moves to get out alive. Can Warbeast provide?...

And Time, and Fashion, and Fads: Defying Gravity (Mr. Big)

19/07/2017

Age will not wither them, nor gravity hold them down. No frills hard rock from Mr. Big...

Infintissimal to Infinite: Unparalleled Universe (Origin)

11/07/2017

Speed, precision and ferocity: Prepare to be overwhelmed...

The End is Nigh (Apocalypse Orchestra)

23/06/2017

Here be monsters, here be hurdy gurdy. Folk metal, doom and drone, arr harr!...

Glug! No Grave But the Sea (Alestorm)

29/05/2017

Duelling keyboards, high energy rhythms, infectious vocal hooks, tales of wenches, mead, rum, beer, tequila, tacos, donkeys and nautical naughtiness... Alestorm bring the fun...

As the Stages Burn: Arch Enemy Live at Wacken

03/05/2017

Arch Enemy nail the always-tricky task of putting a live performance onto wax...

Let fly the rasping growls and demonic riffery! Sacred/Scared (5Rand)

14/04/2017

Italian thrash/groove/melodic death metal four piece 5RAND test the waters for their debut...

Tragedy, How deep is your mom? tour, Liverpool

How Deep is Your Mom? (Tragedy, Live in Liverpool)

08/03/2017

have seen many things in my years of gigging. Some were merely strange. Others, I would have put down to other things influencing me if there weren’t any photographic proof: people suspending...