During a period of time working in Asia, I happened upon an entertainment park that boasted a “traditional Chinese haunted house”. Game for anything, I ventured inside, sat down at a large boardroom-style table, put on headphones and selected “English” as my chosen language, and waited. The lights suddenly went …
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The Duke Of Spook, otherwise known as Wednesday 13, doesn’t tend to do things half-heartedly. It’s all in, or nothing at all. But with ‘Necrophaze’ he has surpassed any lofty expectations that anyone had once the album was announced. Album number two for new label Nuclear Blast, ‘Necrophaze’ is the …
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Despite releasing their debut album ‘Everything’s For Sale’ back in 2009, the splendidly named Henry’s Funeral Shoe have, so far, remained under the radar when it comes to column inches and exposure from the mainstream Rock press. A great shame really as the South Wales duo make some of the …
Read More »Review: Piston – Self-titled Debut Album
After taking the risky decision to scrap an album’s worth of material, up and coming English rockers Piston went back into the studio in order to improve on what they had, and make their self-titled debut album really stand out. A ballsy move indeed, which judging by the universal praise …
Read More »Review: Sonny Jim – ‘Galvanised’ EP
It’s no secret that we do like a bit of Sonny Jim here at DGM Towers. It’s not just the fact that with half of us being Celts we feel a connection with the boys from Bridgend, it’s also because when you press play on a new Sonny Jim release, …
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