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Remember my previous posts where I mention a social media post won't do a single justice? Well this is one of those cases, the song in question is SKYBLAZER's latest offering Morning Star. For those who don't know, SKYBLAZER is a project started up by SYMPHONITY's Johannes Frykholm. He does the vocal work and other … Continue reading NEW SINGLE: Skyblazer – Morning Star
Photo Credit: LBPhoto.uk Have you ever felt so immersed into something that you can't focus on anything else? This is the experience I felt when listening to Reign, the latest single from TRIBE OF GHOSTS. The first thing I noticed is how different it is to their single previous single Cold; already this shows me … Continue reading NEW SINGLE: Tribe Of Ghosts – Reign
It was in 2019 I first came across BETH BLADE AND THE BEAUTIFUL DISASTERS; they had just released their album Show Me Your Teeth and was instantly infected by the energy and undying passion that came across so brilliantly in their no-nonsense sound. They are now due to release their latest record Mythos, Confession, Tragedies … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters – Mythos, Confession, Tragedies And Love
Dinosaurs, Ninjas and Power Metal? If this makes you as excited as I am then you are going to love this! Step into an alternate reality where humanity is under attack by an evil space ninja clan. Our protectors: the mystical and magical Dinogods. Herein lies the next instalment from VICTORIUS with their new album … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Victorius – Dinosaur Warfare Pt.2 – The Great Ninja War!
Photo Credit: LBPhoto.uk This single has been out for a little while now and it's been on my list to do a write up as a standard social media post will not do this spine-tingling single justice. The single in question is Cold by TRIBE OF GHOSTS; they state their music being Dystopian Music for … Continue reading SINGLE REVIEW: Tribe Of Ghosts – Cold
Deep in the mines, metal dwarven clan WIND ROSE have been hard at work. Warfront is the latest treasure they are ready to share with long time members of their clan and new adventures eager to join. The hard work has paid off immensely with this record. Let me explain. It starts of with Of … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Wind Rose – Warfront
In the middle of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, a dark ordeal was taking place. Anonymous clown horde THE INJESTER were giving one of their warmup rituals in time for their big top ceremony at Download Festival. Joining their mischievous goings on were equally troublesome AAND?, mixed metal outfit HELESTIOS and the powerful KATJA MACABRE. As … Continue reading LIVE REPORT: The Injester, And?!, Helestios and Katja Macabre @ Surburbia, Southampton 03.06.2022
It’s been almost a year since the mighty DEF LEPPARD released their Volume Three boxset which contained studio albums from the 2000’s along with some unreleased content. This consisted of some covers from their influences and some recordings of these performed live too. On the back of this the band drawn from their inspirations and … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Def Leppard – Diamond Star Halos
When I first heard that uprising Power Metal stars BATTLE BORN, progressive melodeath visionaries COUNTLESS SKIES and local death metal act EMBOLECTOMY were to put on a show at The Firehouse, Southampton; the thing that came to mind was the eclectic music lover's playlist on shuffle. This is in no way a bad thing at … Continue reading LIVE REPORT: Battle Born, Countless Skies and Embolectomy @ The Firehouse, Southampton 06.05.2022
Last year our appetites were whetted with a diverse selection of covers from the likes of NIGHTWISH, ABBA and EUROPE all performed by an unknown act. This new group had an instantly memorable name and showed signs of something fresh, interesting and left us hungry for more. Here we present First Bite the debut album … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Big Deal – First Bite