Album Reviews

Launching her Patreon page in May 2020, Charlotte Wessels began to use the platform to share her non-Delain material that fell out of the parameters of what a symphonic metal outfit “should” sound like. A community was created, new songs and new art were brought to life in her own …

Solace (noun): “comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness” (verb): “give comfort or consolation to”. For Gorilla Riot frontman Arjun Bhishma both descriptions of the title of the Mancunians latest EP are pretty apt; “Solace began as a solo project for me, as they are four very …

Striking while the iron is hot, Californian outfit Robert Jon & The Wreck return with a new studio album a mere 17 months after the release of their magnum opus ‘Last Light on the Highway’, and prove with ‘Shine A Light On Me Brother’ that we are indeed in the …

The number of collaborations between artists in the last few years has for obvious reasons shot through the roof. The vast majority, as well as being great fun (Gal Gadot and friends murdering ‘Imagine’ being the exception), offer those participating a chance to work with others who under normal circumstances …

The original introduction on this review was hastily edited at 18:00 hours on Thursday 2nd September, the night before The Wildhearts released their brand new album ‘21st Century Love Songs’. The original introduction was all about how ‘21st Century Love Songs’ was going to be released on the same day …

So, there are plenty of entries in the category of “famous father and child musicians” (Bob and Jakob Dylan, Bob and Damian and Ziggy Marley, John and Jason Bonham, Willie and Lukas Nelson, even Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus…), but with a few exceptions, when it comes to pairings that …

Another week, another fresh batch of hot new singles ticking all the boxes here at DGM Towers. Here are a few examples of what we have been listening to over the last few days; as usual, click on the artist’s name in bold and follow the link to the YouTube …

Imagine taking the twisted, maniacal, terrifying music of crazed Swedish metal monsters Meshuggah and turning it into something beautiful. I give you…TesseracT. In 2021 we have begun to see a change in the way we see live video releases. Gone are the shots of ecstatic crowds undulating and moving like …

When it comes to more bang for your buck, Napalm Records are pretty much untouchable. Nuclear Blast runs them a close second, but when push comes to shove, Austrian-based Napalm is the market leader. Deluxe packaging and incredible content are standard for Napalm – check out the recent unboxing of …

Coming hot on the heels of Seether’s ninth album, the acclaimed ‘Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum’ – which translates as “If you want peace, prepare for war”, but all you Latin speakers already knew that? C’mon, even Jacob Rees-Mogg knew that one – is this rather lovely 5-track EP based …