Night Cobra is a classic heavy metal band from Houston, Texas with an EP and a full length debut released in 2020 and 2022, respectively. Their second proper album Beware The Dark Future finds them with a new label, a much improved songwriting and a stellar production. The opener Keepers Of The Cult is a..
KANT – Echoes of Unfortunate Times (Sound of Liberation Records)
With their third album, KANT sound more direct and uncompromising than ever, while at the same time opening their music up to experimentation. Building on their heavy psychedelic foundations, the four-piece ventures further into modern psychedelia, doom and krautrock, creating a record that feels both heavier and considerably more playful in the changes of mood..
Before The Gold Rush – An American Country Rock Anthology 1966-1973 (Cherry Red Records)
In another of Cherry Red Records' excellent retrospective compilations, Before The Gold Rush offers the listener over four hours and 76 tracks of US country rock, rural roots, and proto-Americana in chronological detail, from erstwhile teen idol Rick Nelson's pioneeringwork through to a barn-storming wave of early Seventies bands and singer-songwriters, led by the Byrds..
Joanne Shaw Taylor Announces May 2027 UK Tour
A Senbla Presentation by arrangement with Neil O'Brien Entertainmentpresents:JOANNE SHAW TAYLORMAY 2027 UK TOURPLANET ROCK 48-HOUR TICKET PRE-SALE STARTS 10AM GMTWEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2026 AT PLANETROCK.COMTICKETS ON GENERAL SALE AT 10AM GMTFRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2026 FROM TICKETMASTER AND JOANNESHAWTAYLOR.COM "Joanne Shaw Taylor has done anything but play it safe, staying true to her love of the..
Interview with Kenny Hickey (Silvertomb)
Silvertomb is an all-star band featuring former Type O Negative/Danzig members Kenny Hickey (vocals, guitar) and Johnny Kelly (drums), and their three equally renowned bandmates Joe James (guitar, ex-Agnostic Front), Hank Hell (bass, ex-Sheer Terror) and Aaron Joos (guitar, keyboards). Seven years after their debut album, the band will release the excellent follow-up The Interpretation..
Iommi – From The Dark (BMG)
Pressing “play” for the first time on an album of a beloved performer or band, usually brings a mixed emotion of impatience, anticipation and ….a little bit of fear. Will they live up to expectations once again? Let’s start this review with the most obvious and impending answer to this question then – yes, he..
Pure Reason Revolution – Terrifying Angels (InsideOut Music)
Not having heard these guys before, and not knowing what to expect, I'm well and truly gob-smacked. The thing is, they have this innate knack for drifting from one style, one mood, one atmosphere, effortlessly into another...and another....and another! My initial thought of an angel was the cute kind of cherub, but traditionally angels aren't..
Interview with Niklas Stålvind (Wolf)
Back in the second half of the Nineties, playing classic heavy metal was almost unthinkable and the genre was put into a corner. Then Sweden came to the rescue and one of the first pure, old school, classic metal albums that started the so-called NWOTHM wave, was Wolf’s eponymous debut in 2000. Now, the band..
Could Seed – Terminal (Klonosphere Records)
The end result is that this is an album that feels both intimate and cinematic. One moment evokes solitude and reflection, the next bursts into overwhelming catharsis. Throughout Terminal, Could Seed remind us that instrumental music can communicate emotions with a clarity that words often cannot. (And it's not often I'd agree with that!). Some albums tell..
Zilqy – Birth Of Riot (Maveric DC Group)
Fancy a little bit of post-melodic nu-metal? Well, if you’re quietly wondering what that means then you are not alone because it was beyond me to fathom it out. OK, nu-metal we all understand, and nu-metal can be melodic (at times), but what does post-melodic mean? Anyway, post-melodic nu-metal might be how the band position..
