Author Andy Barker
So many Tygers Of Pan Tang album reviews I’ve read in the past 20 years start by referencing the band’s NWOBHM past, many choosing to try and draw comparisons with their early 80’s sound and not really focusing massively on… Continue Reading →
Part One of Elvenking’s Reader Of The Runes Trilogy emerged in 2019, with the knowing stride and confident swagger of a Metal band who are happy with who they are and where they’re going. You’ve got to be confident in… Continue Reading →
Evermore’s 2021 debut “Court Of The Tyrant King” was no doubt one of the best self-released Power Metal albums of that year. Deservedly it earned them a record deal with Scarlet Records and this well-established Italian record label is an… Continue Reading →
Four albums in Fifteen years isn’t the most regular of album output, but Scandinavian (Three Swedish musicians with a Norwegian vocalist) Melodic Power Metal Band Saint Deamon are not a band to be rushed. In the scheme of things, it’s… Continue Reading →
I’m resisting with every pore in my body to start this review with “Ahoy”, “Me-Hearties” or even a lazily barked “Geearrgh!”, because it’s just too easy. Besides, Red Rum have all that covered and already have their work cut out… Continue Reading →
Attractive Chaos are the latest vehicle for Vocalist Emma Elvaston and Guitarist Clement Botz, who some might know from their previous bands Evolvent and Beneath My Sins (though as far as I’m aware Beneath My Sins are still a going… Continue Reading →
It’s been five years since Canadian Metal band Gatekeeper hit the ground running with their impressive debut “East Of The Sun”, gaining much positive attention from all over the globe. They occupy that blurry Metal territory that some might call… Continue Reading →
I first encountering Finnish Melodic Power Metal band Excalion way back in 2007 with what I now know to be their second album (their first with Limb Music). It was a solid, decent album, with plenty of good guitar and… Continue Reading →
Twenty or so years ago, if you had a female singer and distorted guitars you were instantly just labelled Gothic Metal. Just as it seems to have been the trend over the last ten years or so to dub any… Continue Reading →
It’s taken just three albums for Frozen Crown to lift themselves undeniably into one of Italy’s best and highly regarded Power Metal bands. After a find-your-feet, yet still impressive debut, two more albums of fantastic songs driven by the dual… Continue Reading →
It’s all been rather quiet for a while from Greek Symphonic Metal band Enemy Of Reality. After releasing their debut back in 2014, their impressive follow-up “Arkhne” arrived in 2016, but since then a native language single a couple of… Continue Reading →
Swedish Melodic Heavy Metal band Rexoria are actually no strangers to the scene. With a consistent line-up since their inception back in 2016 “Imperial Dawn” is their third release on three different record labels. Each album has seen the band… Continue Reading →