ALBUM REVIEW: Extreme Power Metal – Dragonforce
The word ‘understated’ doesn’t appear in DRAGONFORCE‘s dictionary. Twenty years since their formation and, via a number of huge records, a
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Author: Elliot Leaver
InMe: New Lineup, New Album, Renewed Hope
Dave McPherson lies down on the sofa in the green room of The Exchange in Bristol and relaxes. Distorted Sound
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ALBUM REVIEW: Evolution – Kobra and the Lotus
It’s been a period of upheaval for Canadian metallers KOBRA AND THE LOTUS. The quintet have steadily risen from humble,
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ALBUM REVIEW: Songs for Sad Girls – Lauren Tate
It’s been a prolific year for HANDS OFF GRETEL mouthpiece Lauren Tate. Her primary outfit’s sophomore album I Want the World was released earlier this
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LIVE REVIEW: Tomb Mold @ The Exchange, Bristol
Summer has well and truly left Bristol tonight – that fine rain that doesn’t seem particularly heavy but manages to
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LIVE REVIEW: InMe @ The Exchange, Bristol
For INME, Bristol was the start of a new chapter in their career. It was in the city just over a
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ALBUM REVIEW: West End – The 69 Eyes
There’s an old British phrase that states ‘today’s news is tomorrow’s chip paper’, and in a world that seems to
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ALBUM REVIEW: Common Foe – Bad Machines
For Gainsborough’s BAD MACHINES, the beginning is tinged with the bitter taste of departure. Evolving from THEY SAY FALL – who won the
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ALBUM REVIEW: Talviyö – Sonata Arctica
Combining progressive metal with power metal is, on the surface, not a bad idea. The notion of combining two rather
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ALBUM REVIEW: Reader Of The Runes – Divination – Elvenking
Ten albums into their career and Italians ELVENKING have been experiencing something of a renaissance. The folk/power metallers struck gold five years
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