Album Reviews

Review: Opeth – ‘In Cauda Venenum’

Opeth

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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Review: Wednesday 13 – ‘Necrophaze’

Wednesday 13

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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Review: Piston – Self-titled Debut Album

Piston

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 …

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Review: Sonny Jim – ‘Galvanised’ EP

Sonny Jim

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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