Album Reviews

Although it’s been four years since Apocalyptica released an album, they’ve hardly been idle. What was supposed to be a handful of shows to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Finn’s debut album; ‘Plays Metallica by Four Cellos’, soon turned into a 230 show mammoth tour reaching fifty countries. So, …

‘R3LOADED’ serves many purposes. Firstly, it’s cunningly released in the run up to C******s. Secondly, it’s also released to coincide with GUN criss-crossing the country alongside Dan Reed Network and FM (as part of their 30th anniversary tour). But lastly, and more importantly, it serves as a great reminder of …

Writing a review of ‘The Rain Dance’ is similar to what Michael Spicer goes through on “the room next door”. Just as you think you are getting somewhere and grasping what’s going on, a spanner is thrown into the works and it’s back to square one. In Spicer’s case it’s …

Upon listening to ‘Soul On Fire’ for the first time, the listener might be inclined to turn to no-one in particular and give a Winston Wolfe-style “mmmm” and raise an imaginary cup of coffee. Make no mistake, this is the good shit. Fresh from opening for The Cult on their …

When Brad Marr from Massive takes a young Aussie band under his wings, you pay attention. To an extent you also know what you will get with said band, in this case Ablaze. No-frills, energetic, hard rock ‘n’ roll with one eye on getting out of the bloody pub before …

Take the knack of finding a cracking melody that Ginger Wildheart possesses, add some Brian Fallon/The Gaslight Anthem transatlantic hooks, throw in some Yorkshire grit, and you have Hellbound Hearts. One of those deeply infuriating bands, not because of anything that they have done, no, infuriating because they should really …

The music video/concert movie has certainly evolved since Michael Jackson turned into a “zombie” and lined up for some pretty cheesy dance moves. Often released as a standalone video (video singles anyone?…Nope?), it gave artists the chance to expand their horizons and get in front of the camera for something …

It’s been five years since StoneWire (Capital S and capital W – one word) released their debut album ‘When The Crow Flies’. It’s hard to remember what the world was like five years ago before the current shit-show sorry state of affairs that is modern day. But while current affairs …

The artists formerly known as The Bad Flowers return with their debut album under the new moniker of Wolf Jaw. Sounds much heavier doesn’t it? On the left – The Bad Flowers, on the right – Wolf Jaw. No contest really. Wolf Jaw – a snarling, vicious sounding name for …

Black Stone Cherry, the UK’s favourite sons of Kentucky, return with their latest homage to the blues genre; ‘Black To Blues Vol.2’, and continue where 2017’s first volume left off. Beginning with a romp through Freddie King’s ‘Big Legged Woman’ (the guitar interplay sizzles), you get the impression that Black …