FESTIVAL REVIEW: Download Festival 2022
When IRON MAIDEN’s Bruce Dickinson orders us to “scream for me, Donington”, it’s enough to send shivers down your spine.
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Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: Behind The Curtain – Downfall
Richmond, VA hardcore band DOWNFALL, who feature members of COMBUST, MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION and KILLING PACE, come with the power
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ALBUM REVIEW: Amplified Guitar – Mat Ball
You know MAT BALL as one-third of Montreal’s experimental bludgeoners BIG | BRAVE. His guitar work underpins those tidal washes
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EP REVIEW: The Eternal Fanfare – Hulder
Sometimes it is necessary to remind yourself that Washington DC-based solo project and hardest working woman in black metal HULDER
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LIVE REVIEW: Spiritbox @ O2 Academy Islington, London
Imagine: it’s the day after the first ‘real’ Download Festival since 2019. One of the most hotly anticipated bands are
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ALBUM REVIEW: Vortex – Derek Sherinian
DEREK SHERINIAN‘s résumé speaks for itself, contributing to releases from ALICE COOPER, WHITESNAKE and DREAM THEATER to name but a
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ALBUM REVIEW: New Sun – Ştiu Nu Ştiu
Dark-gaze is an interesting name to put on a record. It opens a band up to many ways of interpreting
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LIVE REVIEW: Midnight @ Academy 3, Manchester
Ohio maniacs MIDNIGHT have long been a cult favourite in extreme metal circles since erupting onto the scene with the
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mirrorcell – Greg Puciato
They haven’t made many quite like GREG PUCIATO. While surely still best known as the twisting, turning, bleeding, fire-breathing, on-stage-defecating
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ALBUM REVIEW: World To Me – Pit Pony
Screaming out of the North East with adrenaline fuelled fuzz rock and a caustic attitude that can be credited to
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