Album Reviews

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 …

Blackberry Smoke returns with studio album number seven ‘You Hear Georgia’, an album of firsts, including; the first album to feature the new seven-strong line-up which now boasts a triple-guitar attack, nine-strong if you also include the lush backing vocals from The Black Bettys, and also the first time that …

Another week and yet another batch of new singles just waiting on you to press play. As usual, click on the artist’s name in bold and follow the link to the relevant YouTube video. Enjoy! Anyone local to the Glasgow live scene might have caught multi-instrumentalist, producer/composer Aleksander McMillan along …

Coming four years after their sophomore album ‘Lume’, incendiary Spanish duo Bala returns with album number three ‘Maleza’, and doesn’t so much knock on the door, instead, they kick it down and announce their arrival with a ritualistic stomping. Consisting of Anx (guitars/vocals) and V (drums/vocals), Bala (Spanish for ‘bullet’ …

Another week, another fresh batch of new singles ready for you to devour. Ryan Hamilton continues to thrill on his ‘1221’ project, an industrial metal icon takes on a Rolling Stones classic, one of the most explosive guitar-slingers on the UK blues-rock circuit teases what to expect from his forthcoming …

Three years after the release of their acclaimed album ‘I Am Human’, Escape The Fate return with their latest release; ‘Chemical Warfare’, and although the music on offer is a million miles away from the metalcore sound of the early days, there is still enough in the tank to keep …

Whether it’s with Alter Bridge, solo, or with Slash, the ever-prolific Myles Kennedy has performed on ten studio albums in the last seventeen years. The most relevant album of these would be Kennedy’s 2018 debut solo effort ‘Year Of The Tiger’, a beautiful, heartfelt, acoustic-driven album that struck a chord …

Swedish Doom Metal legends return with their eighth live album to date “Green Valley Live”. That’s a fair amount of live albums even for a band that’s now been around for over 35 years. The recording was actually from a covid “lockdown” session that was streamed for fans in July …

With Atlanta’s Manchester Orchestra riding high with almost universal praise for their latest album ‘The Million Masks of God’, it’s a good time for artists who are offering something a little different from the norm. Enter Seattle native Fences (the alter-ego of musician/songwriter Christopher Mansfield) with his latest EP ‘Wide …

Throw a dart at Sweden and chances are that you will hit someone in a band, and with so many top-quality bands currently bursting out of the country; Sweden (along with Germany) is arguably one of the front runners when it comes to producing well-played, gutsy, memorable rock ‘n’ roll. …