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The Manic Shine : Let Go Or Be Dragged

17/12/2013

The guitar interplay is way above average fantastic, riffing off each other, pushing the music into stratospheric trippy heights and reminiscent of some tasty prog, it’s deliciousness itself....

OvO : Abisso

29/11/2013

Abisso is not a happy place, it’s an amoral rather than immoral landscape of survival and death. It also sounds a bit like glam rock and Goblin. ...

I think it sounds a bit commercial but that wasn’t done on purpose (Phil Collen)

28/11/2013

'In Def Leppard, I’m a guitar player and here I’m a singer. I’m playing a completely different instrument.' Phil Collen of Man Raze (and Def Leppard) explains his most recent project....

A picture of Aeons of Satan's Reign by Satan's Wrath

Satan’s Wrath versus Obliteration [Review]

22/11/2013

Since awesome cover art is 50% of the metal experience, perhaps we should call this one a draw? ...

Pelican : Forever Becoming

19/11/2013

Huge yetis pound and penis dragons as Vikings traverse heavy seas towards dimension holes guarded by bong-sucking Freudian anachronisms. Pelican deliver the music, you add the narrative....

Mutation : Error 500

15/11/2013

Containing personnel from The Wildhearts, Napalm Death and The Cardiacs, this brings together the various elements in a way that borders on magical. ...

Bring to Light/Supersonic

23/10/2013

The inaugural Bring To Light event presented by Supersonic Festival shall commence this weekend (25-27 October) at the recently launched, new Library of Birmingham. ...

Obelyskkh : Hymn to Pan

15/10/2013

What we have here is a doom sound with strong prog and alt rock influences. Also, fucking squirrels. ...

Oceano : Incisions

06/10/2013

The first thing that is immediately noticeable about Incisions is the sound design. From the first discordant riff and throat-wrenching roar of opening track ‘Eternal Wasteland’, it’s proven a...

The Jokers, Kings Cross

26/09/2013

The Jokers to play a headline gig at London’s Water Rats in Kings Cross....

Breed 77 / Fozzy : Sub 89 [Live]

05/09/2013

This is the first time I've seen bras thrown at the band; you don't get that at prog gigs....

Bloodstock 2013

04/09/2013

'a cover of 'The Final Countdown' threatens to burst the stage with the volume of those roaring along' ...

Hey Colossus 10th Anniversary

03/09/2013

September 6th, 2013 - 10 years to the day since the band's first gig - Hey Colossus play The Sebright Arms, Bethnal Green, London with Hacker Farm...

Ministry : Drug Gospels by Al Jourgensen

30/08/2013

'As Al puts it: the guy that was supposed to have his back was clamped on it'. The Ministry story, according to Jourgenson....

Randall Dunn Interview

04/08/2013

I don't think that the world has become a horrible place. I think that we should be more aware of now rather than some idea of the future. ...

Author & Punisher to Tour with Pantera’s Anselmo

31/07/2013

Author and Punisher to Tour with Pantera's Anselmo...

Maschine : Rubidium

29/07/2013

Contemporary progressive rock at its best, mixing metal, jazz and rock in a seamless blend...

Tarja : Colours in the Dark

28/07/2013

It's all completely over the top, but then it's a Tarja record, and you wouldn't really expect anything else; it would be like expecting Meatloaf to make a lo-fi Americana album. ...

TOAD : Endless Night

19/07/2013

A night-perfect fusion of doom (both traditional and modern), black metal and Groooooooove....

Bloodstock Art Competition Shortlist

02/07/2013

We asked for artwork relating to Bloodstock, and offered two tickets to the festival in return for the best of the bunch. Behold... the shortlist....

Chthonic – Bú-Tik

28/05/2013

'symphonic black metal, with a leaning towards melodic death'. Chthonic's album Bu Tik ticks all the extremist boxes. Some of it's even in Taiwanese. ...

Helloween : HMV Forum

08/05/2013

Hi-jinks and Helloween metal energy = Win....

Volbeat : Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies

03/05/2013

Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies is definitely a triumph for Volbeat and exhibits an underlying confidence and joy in writing good songs. ...

Sun Explodes Release Video for Seven Three one

17/03/2013

The Sun Explodes are a heavy rock/metal band from Carlisle, UK and have just released their first single from upcoming second album "We Build Mountains" to an overwhelmingly positive response! The...

Pombagira : Maleficia Lamiah

13/03/2013

It goes nowhere despite having more effort in its two long tracks than most metal releases in the last month....

UFO : Live, Oxford

06/03/2013

Never a swaggering frontman in the first place, UFO's Phil Mogg reaps the benefits in his latter years, still delivering classic rock in 2013 to Oxford's O2...

Loitered Lens : UFO

03/03/2013

Loitered Lens captures the action at UFO's gig at the O2, Oxford. Photography from Trebuchet Magazine...

Vulgaari : Vulgaari

22/02/2013

Vulgaari by Vulgaari is such a mind numbing record that it should be the centrepiece in a church to mental restraint. - An Everyman Review of Good Ole Metal...

Blue Coupe : Live

10/02/2013

The new material stands up well alongside the old, and marked them out as something far more than a mere nostalgia act, rather a band who still have something to say....