Album Reviews

While the latest offering from Dutch master of everything prog-related Arjen Lucassen is not a concept album per se, there is still a thread running throughout the tracks featured within, and that thread would be tall hippy tipping his hat to the 70s, aka the “Golden Age of Music”. And …

Fifteen years is a hell of a long wait for an album, but ‘Six’ is totally worth it. The three singles that were released were already worth the weight of a full album anyway, and then we get another nine tunes on top of that, all the way through straight …

As much as we hate to admit it, the use of “for fans of” or in its abbreviated form; “FFO”, is a crucial marketing tool. Not only does it help when playlists are being compiled, and when Big Brother Zuckerberg is listening in on your chat and offers up a …

With the Richie Faulkner/Ronnie Romero/Rex Brown/Scott Travis supergroup Elegant Weapons set to deliver their debut album ‘Horns For A Halo’ on May 26th, the next few weeks are bubbling over with easy-on-the-eye (and ears) collaborative projects. Two weeks prior to the debut of the Judas Priest-Rainbow-Pantera mash-up however comes the …

Usually when the phrase “YouTube’s…” is associated with a particular person, the natural reaction is to dry heave. The scourge of the modern age is the arrival of social media celebrities and “influencers”. But for every KSI there is a Laura Cox, and for every Logan Paul there is a …

When bands get 40+ years into their career, they eventually burn out and break up – it’s just the natural cycle for musicians. But for the legendary punk outfit The Damned, despite the fact they are 47 years old this year, they show no signs of slowing down or giving …

As incredulous as it sounds, ‘Paragon’ is the debut solo release from Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen. 26 years after first coming to notice with Dutch symphonic metal outfit After Forever, Jansen – arguably the best vocalist on the scene today, and with a voice capable of stopping a charging rhino …

Has it really been six years since Napalm Records unleashed Exit Eden onto an unsuspecting public and in doing so, created one of the best surprises in quite some time? The international symphonic metal supergroup released an album of cover versions of well-known pop and rock songs, and the videos …

Metallica’s forthcoming studio album ‘72 Seasons’ is set to be one of the biggest albums of 2023 regardless of genre. It will undoubtedly be the biggest seller in terms of physical units sold and will be the biggest-selling rock or metal album of 2023. If you judge the importance of …

Pop quiz, hotshots. Who had Delain down on their 2023 bingo card for producing one of the strongest albums in the first few months of the year? Along with TV personality Carol Vorderman taking the UK government to task for the neverending list of scandals, the return of Delain with …