Album Reviews

With the Richie Faulkner/Ronnie Romero/Rex Brown/Scott Travis supergroup Elegant Weapons set to deliver their debut album ‘Horns For A Halo’ on May 26th, the next few weeks are bubbling over with easy-on-the-eye (and ears) collaborative projects. Two weeks prior to the debut of the Judas Priest-Rainbow-Pantera mash-up however comes the …

Usually when the phrase “YouTube’s…” is associated with a particular person, the natural reaction is to dry heave. The scourge of the modern age is the arrival of social media celebrities and “influencers”. But for every KSI there is a Laura Cox, and for every Logan Paul there is a …

On studio album number five, American country music singer-songwriter Kip Moore offers up the perfect conundrum for those who enjoy taking a peek into the meaning of an album title; and the concept that comes with it. Is Moore meaning ‘Damn Love’ from the point of someone who for whatever …

When bands get 40+ years into their career, they eventually burn out and break up – it’s just the natural cycle for musicians. But for the legendary punk outfit The Damned, despite the fact they are 47 years old this year, they show no signs of slowing down or giving …

As Everything Unfolds are a band you didn’t know you needed in your life. Hailing from High Wycombe, the quintet make some of the freshest sounding music in the UK metal scene, defying the normal and expected tendencies of post-hardcore and mixing together a more unique concoction to call their …

Atreyu never seem to quit. Normally, a statement like that connotates something negative, but for the Californian quintet, it is the furthest thing from meaning something bad. With every release they put out, they seem to get better and stronger musically, which is an incredibly tough feat for bands to …

With Metallica set to release their new album ’72 Seasons’ very soon, the usual suspects that normally turn their noses up at metal will no doubt become metalheads for one week in the year. ’72 Seasons’ will be the biggest-selling metal album of the year, no dispute there, but will …

As incredulous as it sounds, ‘Paragon’ is the debut solo release from Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen. 26 years after first coming to notice with Dutch symphonic metal outfit After Forever, Jansen – arguably the best vocalist on the scene today, and with a voice capable of stopping a charging rhino …

A lot can change in 5 years. Since releasing their debut self-titled EP back in 2018, the members of boygenius have had a lot going for them; Lucy Dacus released her third album Home Video, conceptualised on the feeling of thinking back to your childhood years once you actually realise …

Have you ever listened to a song and thought to yourself ‘Wow, I wonder what this would sound like in a pop punk style’? Whether you’ve wondered if a Disney song would sound better with double-time drums, or if a TV theme song would sound good with crushing riffs, or …