Album Reviews

It’s been a long-held belief around these parts that somebody needs to get Kris Barras over to America and onto one of those humongous festivals like Rocklahoma. 2024’s ‘Halo Effect’ was a huge step in that direction and an album built for international stages. The soon-to-be-released follow-up, ‘Monsters We Made’, …

Hollywood Vampires started as a simple enough premise – putting together a bar-band to honour dead friends and music legends – but has grown wings into a fully fledged touring and recording outfit that convenes when it can and puts on one hell of a show. The four main stars …

Another week, another hot batch of singles 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 the respective …

If you like your metalcore doused in Eurovision-style techno, then Electric Callboy are the band for you. However, if you have just read this sentence and thought “what the fuck is this guy talking about?” then please just stick with me and read on. Combining the heavy with the cheesy, …

“I’m still fucking here. Is that all you fucking got?” It only takes a few words to create a reaction. To create an emotion. To create a feeling. And the first words that Chris Motionless screams on Motionless in White’s 7th album, Decades, do just that – because right from …

Independent artists When Rivers Meet’s new album ‘Rhythm Rust & Static’ isn’t listed on A****n’s UK site on CD, but, and this is an intriguing point: 2021’s ‘Saving Grace’ is. For the princely sum of £28.84, and that is a second-hand copy. Used. Not new. Capisce? If you would prefer …

The brainchild of the very-much-in-demand producer and mixer Felix Heldt (Feuerschwanz, dArtagnan, Visions of Atlantis, Warkings), German zombie-themed band Dominum have quickly gained a reputation as one of the bands to look out for on the live circuit, and for good reason, as they are an insanely good live act. …

“The band still records the way it always did: we rehearse, we practice, we get the arrangement sorted, and when the time comes, we sit in a circle in the room around the [drum] kit basically, and we have all the gear in isolation rooms around the studio and small …

With Skid Row on temporary hold while they seek a new vocalist, the time is perfect for co-founder, bassist, and songwriter Rachel Bolan to release his debut solo album, ‘Gargoyle Of The Garden State’, under the name BOLAN. For those who prefer Perry to Tyler, Sambora to JBJ, Ace to …

Literally translating as a dark, chilling shiver or a horrific chill, Finnish soprano Tarja’s immaculate new album, ‘Frisson Noir’, is about the physical reaction that music can provoke, the shiver that runs through the body when sound, emotion, and performance align in a real moment. One in the eye for …