Album Reviews

How to begin a review of Lodestar’s new album ‘Zonen’? Mention what has happened worldwide in the 27 years since the band last released an album? No, too easy. Plus, let’s be honest, half of the shit that has happened since the 1996 self-titled debut was released is hard to …

I think a lot of people have misgivings about Scene Queen (AKA Hannah Collins), given that her career can be attributed to starting on TikTok, and the fact that she’s a bright pink sore thumb in the world of metalcore, but you’d be dumb to discount her as an artist. …

“We really got Kittie’s comeback before GTA6.” – @bonkerzcodm4802 YouTube @bonkerzcodm4802 for the win. You get the picture though, yeah? The return of Canadian metal outfit Kittie has been a long time coming. Almost 13 years have passed since the Canucks last studio album – 2011’s ‘I’ve Failed You’ – …

Lucassen & Soeterboek’s Plan Nine – ‘The Long-Lost Songs’ is an adventure 30+ years in the making. The collaborative effort between Dutch musicians/artists Arjen Lucassen and Robert Soeterboek was originally planned for a release in the early 90s; but then Grunge hit and the hard rock/metal landscape changed dramatically. The …

Helsinki, 1993. Four classically-trained musicians form a cello quartet at the Sibelius Academy, and they name themselves Apocalyptica. All of them share a common interest; their favourite band just so happens to be Los Angeles’ very own Metallica. In the years following their formation, the guys would craft their own …

14 years between solo albums is a lengthy time, but it’s not like Slash hasn’t been busy since he released his 2010 self-titled debut album. 4 studio albums with Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, countless tours with SMKC as well as the small matter of packing them in …

The marketing ploy of the year has to be Kerry King releasing his debut solo album in the same week as Jonathan Yeo unveiled his divisive portrait of King Charles. Or should that read Jonathan Yeo unveiling his divisive portrait in the same week that Kerry King released his debut …

Admittedly not as lengthy of a wait between albums as the 17 years that Axl made GNR fans wait, but 10 years between albums is still a hell of a long time. And unlike ‘Chinese Democracy’, Sebastian Bach’s return with solo album number 5 ‘Child Within The Man’ has been …

Whilst not as bizarre as hearing Till Lindemann singing in English on the debut Lindemann album ‘Skills in Pills’, it does take a few moments to get accustomed to ‘Warriors’: the first album from German folk-metallers Feuerschwanz to be recorded entirely in English. Or to be more precise, about 30 …

With the Aerosmith story spluttering to an uncertain conclusion clouded by whether or not the final, final live dates will go ahead, the long-suffering Aerosmith Blue Army needs an alternative outfit to hang their scarved microphone stand on. In the US, Dirty Honey are in pole position to steal the …