rock/metal albums
Album Review: Bleed Again – Resurgence
Brighton metalcorers Bleed Again have now unleashed their sophomore album, ‘Resurgence’ as they now embark on a new era complete with a solidified line-up. In true style for these guys, first track ‘Prevail’, explodes with a monstrous riff and superb screaming vocals. What a way to start the album off. An album of blistering guitar …
Album Review: Apollo Stands – Interstellar
Norwich metal band Apollo Stands have released another album of their unique brand of British metal that takes influences from a wide range of genres. The huge cinematic opening that is first track ‘Void’ sets the album up nicely as something different from the usual mould of metal acts. The track leads into ‘Insolarous’ which …
Album Review: Steve Conte – Bronx Cheer
The children of musical parents have a mixed blessing when it comes to career springboards; some find the understanding and support (and potentially the genetic passing on of whatever ‘talent’ actually is) a huge help. Others, it seems, find a famous parent a millstone that’s difficult to escape from. For Steve Conte, and brother John, …
Album Review: Kulk – We Spare Nothing
Kulk’s new album ‘We Spare Nothing’ comes a year after the release of their dense and fuzzed out debut ‘here lies kulk’ and sees the band elevating their monolithic brand of doom and sludge. The album is available through Hominid Sounds on vinyl and digital. The band comments: “It’s a journey, we felt like a …
Album Review: Molybaron – The Mutiny
After the French-Irish quartet Molybaron recently landed a deal with InsideOut Music / Sony Music Entertainment, and have re-released their album The Mutiny. Singer Gary Kelly says: “We’re absolutely delighted to have joined forces with the awesome team at Inside Out Music / Sony Music. Every kid who picks up a guitar dreams of joining a big …
Album Review: The Zephyr Bones – Neon Body
The Barcelona-based psych-rock quartet, The Zephyr Bones have released their second album, Neon Body via La Castanya. The album was produced by Brian Silva and Santi Garcia, and sees the band exploring ideas centered around love, self-affirmation, loss, and hope. Musically, it finds the group tapping into their “beach wave” sound. Shimmering electrics start with first track ‘So High’. The softly sung vocals …
Album Review: Enslaved – Caravans To The Outer Worlds
Caravans to the Outer Worlds is the follow up to the bands full length album Utgard which was released last year (Read our review here). The EP is broken into four tracks, two main songs, which the band also release two videos for, and two shorter interlude pieces, styled as “Intermezzos. The two main tracks …
Album Review: King Of The Dead – The Summoning
Horror rockers, King OF The Dead have released their new EP titled ‘The Summoning’, which is accompanied by a full comic book the band had created a Kickstarter to raise funds for. The comic will pick up where the lyric video for ‘With Love’ ends, find out the true story behind The Summoning. With the …
Album Review: Drott – Orcus
Drott is comprised of Arve Isdal (Enslaved), Ivar Thormodsæter (Ulver) and Matias Monsen and hails from Bergen in the west coast of Norway. With their varied musical background ranging from metal and jazz to classical music, the band have created their own genre which can only be described as Drott. Inspired by forces of nature, …
EP: Night Thieves – Spiral
With covid having forced the band into the studio with producers Paul Visser (Black Orchid Empire, Hawxx) and Kev Yates (Forever Never) to create the follow up to their debut EP Battle Cry. The result is their epic three track EP Spiral. The band remark about the EP: “Work on Spiral began the moment lockdown …