Tag hard rock
Professor Black aka Chris Black of High Spirits and Dawnbringer fame is becoming something of a musical project whore just like a certain Swedish gent we know and love, which is great by the way. With each endeavour, there is… Continue Reading →
From note one of Crobot’s debut album, ‘Something Supernatural’, there can be little doubt as to what you are going to get, a wall of feedback building into the massively hook laden riffs of ‘Legend of the Spaceborne Killer’. Even… Continue Reading →
Amulet are London’s future legends, having followed this band from their inception it’s with great pleasure that I get to review their debut album on a major label, something that is both warranted and something that is justified via their… Continue Reading →
Malrun are a Danish 5-piece who play a blend of hard rock and melodic metal with that unmistakable Scandinavian sound – harmony leads, vocals which switch from clean singing to fierce growls at the drop of a hat and… Continue Reading →
Ace always attracts good and bad comments when you look at the internet forums, I for one don’t really give a damn, Ace was part of one of the most important hard rock bands ever and various solo releases have… Continue Reading →
Despite the title of this Swedish retro band’s first release, this is not a live album performed in space. It would be cool…but no, it’s not even Live. Though the album’s basic sound IS from a time when having landed… Continue Reading →
Unswabbed are a French outfit from Lille who have been kicking around now for near 20 years. With a handful of albums and EP’s under their belt, they’ve managed to share the stage with the likes of Cavalera Conspiracy, HED… Continue Reading →
To be honest, I really wasn’t expecting much from this album. I listened to a couple songs they had uploaded to YouTube while waiting for the CD to arrive. Thankfully I’ve been pleasantly surprised, as it is so much better… Continue Reading →
Three years have passed since Die Apokalyptischen Reiter released their excellent ‘Moral & Wahnsinn’, and to make up for the three year gap they have returned with a double album, ‘Tief. Tiefer’, which translates as ‘Deep. Deeper’, not in… Continue Reading →
Sometimes follow up albums can be tricky. I don’t mean for the bands, who gives a shit about them. They are just performing monkeys prodded and poked to dance and bang things for our pleasure. No, the difficulty is for… Continue Reading →
Those parts of continental Europe closer to the Arctic circle seem to have an ability to throw out class band after class band, particularly in the fields of hard rock and metal that are so close to my heart, and… Continue Reading →
I’ll be honest, I approached this review with a little bit of trepidation. My only prior experience with The Graviators was when they opened for the legendary Saint Vitus back in December 2010 at Camden’s infamous sweat pit The Underworld,… Continue Reading →