Reviews
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Tunes from the Shing Mun River – by David Grove a first look at Teruki Chan’s debut E.P. For this review, we will go all the way to Hong Kong, aptly known as one of the Asian “Tiger Cities”. Away from the hustle of the streets of Wan Chai or […]
AC/DC’s seventeenth full-length album is their first new music since 2014 and uses the same producer Brendan O’Brien that they used for their last album ‘Rock Or Bust’ and ‘Black Ice’ before that. Twelve new tracks, it’s the first record without Malcolm playing on it, but largely written by […]
The first thing to notice about ‘The Ultimate Black Sabbath Package 50th Anniversary 5LP Paranoid Super Deluxe Edition’ is that it weighs a freaking ton. Everything about this release oozes quality, starting with the box itself which opens with a smooth whoosh as the air slowly escapes along the close […]
This is a tell all book from the metal god about the rise of Judas Priest from the early days, right to date including the effect of the Covid 19 on the band’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations. The book is honest and frank about a lot of sensitive subjects including dealing […]
Static-X have returned with their first studio album since the tragic death of frontman Wayne Static in 2014. `Project Regeneration Vol.1` sees the band issuing 12 tracks of new music, most of them featuring the vocals of their late frontman in some of his last performances. Original Static-X members […]
If you’d have told me five months ago that I’d be switching boogying along to my favourite tracks at a gig or club to the confines of my own front room, my response would have been akin to that of a hyena. But then coronavirus hit and our lives changed […]
Following hot on the heels of their debut single `Beautiful Monsters`, new British band Jordan Red have just released another solid track to get fists in the air, even in lockdown. The band features the incredible voice of New Device and Shot Through The Heart frontman Daniel Leigh combined with […]
Vardis 100 Club, Tottenham Court Road London 13/03/2020 Words and Photos Stephen Johnson Vardis’ show at the 100 Club in Tottenham Court Road London, started off like a juggernaut and promptly deafened everybody in the room, as a result of the bands enthusiasm to really make their musical prowess felt, […]
Western Sand hail from Bournemouth, but as the vocalist points out they have their minds much further south, the Deep South, as their decent cover of Mississippi Queen illustrates. They put a lot of passion and attitude into their performance and, although it’s a pretty short set, they have […]
Burrfest 2020 featuring Kaine, Absolva, Tytan, Airforce, Elixir and Blaze Bayley The Dome, Tufnell Park London 07/03/2020 Words and Photos Stephen Johnson The Dome in Tufnell Park in London was the venue for Burrfest, an event which is held as a Memorial for Clive Burr, who passed away in 2013, […]
Testament/Exodus/Death Angel Forum, Kentish Town London 06/03/2020 Words and Photos Stephen Johnson The Forum venue in Kentish Town in London braced itself for the arrival of Testament, Exodus and Death Angel and judging by the way the three bands played at ear splitting volume, it had every right to be. […]
Redline are a group of older guys packing some pretty good firepower in terms of guitar, packaged with pretty good vocals with roots firmly in the NWOBHM days. Subjects of songs accordingly run from ‘Empires’, ‘Battlecry’ and ‘Gods and Monsters’ to extreme sports with ‘King of the Mountain’. For fans […]
