Album Reviews

What’s that you say? Fuzzy guitar tones mixed with catchy pop melodies and vocals that whisk the listener away on the fluffiest of fluffy clouds? Tell us more, please. Intrigue-meter firmly in the red as ‘Outlier’, the new album from Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter and shit-hot guitarist Emily Wolfe crackles to …

June 2020 has been a momentous month for Buckcherry. The stalwarts of the American rock scene were celebrating on many fronts, check out these numbers; third studio album “15” was certified double platinum by the RIAA for overall sales of 2 million units, at the same time, the track “Crazy …

With Scottish rockers, The King Lot, on hiatus, vocalist/bassist Jason Sweeney has been concentrating on his impressive solo material as well as running one of the best, interactive Facebook pages around. New EP ‘Unknown Direction’ is available now and for the measly sum of £6, you get five tracks of …

During the search for a new sound, or something “unique” (quotation marks on purpose as all music is influenced in some way by others) the mainstream music press often get blinkered and are quick to dismiss some bands as “not offering anything new”. How many times have you clicked on …

It would be a slight understatement to say that the debut album from punk rock outfit Soldiers of Destruction was long overdue. ‘Cause and Affect’ comes some forty years after the inception of the short-lived band in London in 1981 and subsequent split a few years later, and it is …

No point denying it; here at DGM Towers, we do have a soft spot for Pennsylvania groove-merchants Crobot. Maybe it was down to Crobot frontman Brandon Yeagley finishing their short set on the acoustic stage/trailer at Download Festival 2015 and picking up a box of Tuborg Lager and then jumping …

After over 8 years away from his desk, TV and film composer, session vocalist and songwriter, producer, mixer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Andy Wilson-Taylor has returned with a new Midgar album and suddenly it’s as if all is well with the world again. Although Midgar is billed as a cinematic rock …

Anyone with even a passing interest in Doom metal will be familiar with the name of Robert Lowe. From his early days in Solitude Aeturnus, through to Concept of God, the legendary Candlemass, and more recently Tyrant; he has always impressed with his unique and instantly recognisable vocal delivery. Back …

Another week, another fresh batch of singles just waiting to grab your attention. Here’s just a very small glimpse of some of the singles recently released that we have been enjoying. As usual, click on the artist’s name in bold and follow the link to the relevant YouTube video or …

The Oxford dictionary defines a shredder as “a machine or other device for shredding something and a musician who plays a very fast, intricate style of rock lead guitar”. Well, I don’t know much about Mr. Gilbert’s ability to shred stuff but I do know that he, and Jason Becker …