Album Reviews

Weighing in at 12 tracks in length and with a running time of 60 minutes, the fifth-studio album from Cornwall-based Wille & The Bandits might seem a daunting proposition, especially since we are constantly being told that we live in an era where the attention span of the average music …

During the promo cycle for their 2019 album ‘Renaissance Men’, The Wildhearts frontman and the UK’s finest wordsmith, Ginger Wildheart, could often be heard bemoaning the fact that it was a bunch of 50-somethings that were taking on the powers-that-be through the medium of music. Governments and major corporations around …

One of the most pleasing aspects about young people getting into rock music today is that they don’t seem to have the same prejudices about different genres that those of us of a certain vintage can sometimes have. The rock/metal scene can often be like the classic Bob’s Country Bunker …

It’s been a busy 18 months or so for Keith Leahy: the gatekeeper to the kingdom of ‘90s English melodic rock outfit The Petal Falls. After the rights to all material from the band reverted back to him a few years ago, and after some soul-searching, Leahy released the long-delayed …

There was something very apt about German folk metallers Feuerschwanz choosing to officially release their latest album ‘Memento Mori’ on December 31st, 2021. If ever there was a band tailor-made to bring the second-shittest year in recent history to a conclusion and put a well-needed smile on so many faces, …

Like some sort of bizarre version of the fight between rival news teams in the ‘Anchorman’ movie, the two opposing sides in the great mythical Volbeat fan-wars need to be kept apart and never the twain shall meet. In one corner you have the die-hard fans that have been with …

Some 17 long months after their last gig, Epica returned to the stage for their first-ever streaming event, and their biggest production to date; ‘Ωmega Alive’. This specially recorded show gave the legions of Epica fans their first chance to hear new material from this years ‘Ωmega’ album live in …

Coming in at 60:00 minutes and 12-tracks in length, the eleventh studio album from Black Label Society, ‘Doom Crew Inc.’, is a meaty, lengthy affair with plenty for the listener to chew on (Giggity). The first thing of note is that guitarist Dario Lorina has much more of a role …

The new album from Behemoth’s Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski’s dark folk/blues/Americana project Me And That Man takes a bittersweet and saddening twist with the recent unexpected news that former Turbenegro frontman Hank Von Hell sadly passed away on November 19th. ‘New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.2’ opens with ‘Black Hearse …

When the School of Rock returns to face-to-face teaching, pupils can expect a new semester entirely devoted to British husband-and-wife blues duo When Rivers Meet. Way before the pandemic forced musicians to rethink how they connected with and retained their core audience, Grace Bond (lead vocals, mandolin, violin) and Aaron …