Album Reviews

Another week, another hot batch of singles and EPs fresh out of the oven. A mixture of established names and some artists starting on their journey, all worthy of your attention, regardless of placement in the pecking order. Click on the artist’s name in bold, and follow the link to …

Dutch sextet Blackbriar are an intriguing proposition. Gothic to the core, with an eerie, atmospheric feel about everything that they do. But yet they don’t show what you might class as traditional Goth rock influences. Not a Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Type O Negative, or even The Cure influence to …

Album number 12 from chart-topping German folk-metallers Feuerschwanz, and not only does ‘Knightclub’ see the band continue in the rich vein of form that began with ‘Das elfte Gebot’ back in 2020, but it also sees them break tradition by going with their first-ever new studio album to feature an …

Luke Morley, the best-loved lefty in the world (apart from Ned Flanders, that is), is back with a new solo album to prove that 2023’s ‘Songs From The Blue Room’ was not a fluke. And like SFTBR before it, ‘Walking On Water’ reinforces the fact that Morley is one of …

Halestorm are not hanging around on ‘Everest’, the sixth (and latest) album from the GRAMMY-winning band who have been knocking on doors very loudly since releasing their self-titled album way back in 2009. Opening track ‘Fallen Star’ flies out of the traps at breakneck speed with a killer display of …

The mysterious Fox God has reared its head yet again, and in doing so, has brought with it a new offering. The gift? Brand new BABYMETAL. With 4 mammoth albums already tucked safely under their belts, the Japanese trio had to really push the boat out for their 5th. They …

When the world turns into a cataclysmic mess of political tension and objective uncertainty, the citizens who live under a constant, paranoiac fear all need an escape. For some, this escape can come in the form of a good book. For others, it can come in the form of a …

Alice Cooper. Michael Bruce. Dennis Dunaway. Neal Smith. Back together again in 2025 with a brand new album. 52 years after ‘Muscle of Love’, the last studio album by the OG’s – the original Alice Cooper band. Who saw that coming? There have been various get-togethers along the way; Alice …

Another week, another hot batch of singles and EPs fresh out of the oven. A mixture of established names and some artists starting on their journey, all worthy of your attention, regardless of placement in the pecking order. Click on the artist’s name in bold, and follow the link to …

All good things must come to an end, and with ‘ID3NTITY’, British shock-meisters Ward XVI bring their 8-year trilogy of albums detailing the story of (fictional) female serial killer Psychoberrie to a stunning conclusion. What began in 2017 with chapter one, ‘The Art of Manipulation’, and continued in 2020 with …