Album Reviews

Fantasy gig time; Clutch headlining, Crobot as tour special guests, and These Wicked Rivers as local support. Mind you, any gig right now that doesn’t involve Zoom or livestreaming could be classed as fantasy. But if and when live in-person gigs do become a thing again, this would be a …

The state of Ohio often refers to itself as the “birthplace of aviation” (well it is the birthplace of the Wright Brothers after all), the state also houses the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (“Hello Cleveland!”), and the city of Cincinnati has been called the “Chili Capital of America”. …

After a brief delay due to the current pandemic, the sophomore effort from Finnish melodic rockers One Desire finally sees the light of day, and by Lempo’s beard (cheers Google), ‘Midnight Empire’ is more than worth the wait. After a brief clip of movie dialogue, One Desire come flying out …

Sam Millar, former Bigfoot guitarist, “Princess” to a select few on Facebook, ardent lover of all things cheesy, is back with a brand new EP to put a Babybel shaped smile on faces during these nutty times. Hell, he’s even talked DJ Dairylea into making a voice-over on the introduction …

‘Static’ is the latest in a conveyor belt of high-quality releases from Blacktop Mojo which began back in 2014 with their debut album; ‘I Am’. Released in perfect time for their online “gig” supporting groove-merchants Clutch, ‘Static’ is one of those moments that highlights frustrations with the music industry as …

Asking Alexandria return with their sixth full-length album; ‘Like A House On Fire’, but a more apt title might have been ‘Zero Fucks Given’. Chances are that you could listen to an album a day for the remainder of 2020, and you wouldn’t find one as dancing-to-the-beat-of-its-own-drum as this one. …

ILLUMISHADE is a new project featuring a few faces that will be familiar to fans of the folk-metal scene, namely Fabienne Erni and Jonas Wolf from Swiss stalwarts Eluveitie. What began as a project for Fabienne’s masters degree has grown wings and developed into a fully interactive world with endless …

Over the last few years, Northern England-based progressive metallers Sertraline have been, not-so-quietly, building up quite a reputation as a band in the ascendency, a band marked as “one to watch”. 2019’s ‘Relapse’ brought the five-piece acclaim across the board, and now with new drummer Si firmly ensconced in the …

Gothenburg’s Horisont return with album number six; ‘Sudden Death’. More high-polished 70’s inspired rock, but this time with more ELO-influences, more synths, and with the added bonus of some saxophone. Not a fan of anything Jeff Lynne related? Then chances are opening track ‘Revolution’ will pass you by. As many ELO …

Legend has it that both Greg Allman and Dickey Betts distanced themselves from the “Southern Rock” term, Betts being especially vocal as he reportedly felt that the term was “limiting”. Simply calling Robert Jon & The Wreck, and their stunning new album ‘Last Light On The Highway’, Southern Rock, acts …