Montreal's finest, The Damn Truth will release their third album “Now or Nowhere” on Friday 7 May via Spectra Musique/Sony Music. The first single off the album, “This Is Who We Are Now” has now been released and is already beginning to get air-play. The Damn Truth are a band that, in many ways, has..
Heart Healer – The Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson (Frontiers Music)
The nerd in me thinks how do you file this one, is it under Heart Healer or as Magnus Karlsson? So to avoid any confusion, the name of this new project is Heart Healer with the album being called The Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson; something of a strange title but there you are! I'm..
Memoriam – To The End (Reaper Entertainment)
The end of this week will mark the release of the fourth album by death metal traditionalists Memoriam, a band, which was born back in 2016 as a tribute to the late Bolt Thrower drummer Martin "Kiddie" Kearns. First few seconds into opener Onwards Into Battle prove that the guys continue forging their trademark mid-tempo,..
Distant Past – The Final Stage (Pure Steel Records)
Music can induce so many different feelings and emotions but, sometimes, you come across an album that if suffused with pure and simple joie de vivre it automatically lifts your mood and puts a great big grin in your face. This excellent old school metal album by the Swiss band Distant Past is a perfect..
TOYAH – Sheep Farming In Barnet: Expanded Edition (Cherry Red)
Any time is a good time to have Toyah's often-overlooked early '80s albums revisited, but in this case there seems to be no more expedient occasion to have this album back in the public eye, in its most impressive form yet. Toyah has come to prominence very much on social media during the Covid pandemic..
Joe Bonamassa announces one-night-only livestream pay-per-view event on 1st April.
JOE BONAMASSA ANNOUNCES ONE-NIGHT-ONLY LIVESTREAM PAY PER VIEW EVENT AT THE LEGENDARY AUSTIN CITY LIMITS LIVE BROADCAST WORLDWIDE APRIL 1st, 9PM Eastern Time BOOK TICKETS FOR THE VIRTUAL CONCERT AT www.jbonamassa.com/streaming/acl THE LIVESTREAM EVENT WILL RAISE MONEY FOR FUELINGA MUSICIANS PROGRAMME TO HELP ARTISTS IN NEED Joe Bonamassa is known for being "always on the road". This time..
Hongo Fuu – Fuu (Sliptrick Records)
Occasionally, you get to review an album that defies all of your best efforts and it remains something of an enigma. When this happens, I usually refer to the music as 'eclectic' and then move on quickly as eclectic can means so much and covers just about everything - or so I thought. Then this..
From The Depth – Back To Life (10th Anniversary Edition) (Rockshot Records)
From The Depth is an Italian power metal band that formed in 2008 with the original version of the band's debut album, Back To Life, being released in 2011. This is very the rather distinctive and emotion filled Italian version of power metal and you should therefore expect a touch of Labyrinth and Rhapsody but..
AMORPHIS: announce’Live At Helsinki Ice Hall’out on May 21st + reveal video “Daughter Of Hate”
While concerts and cheering crowds seem to be a long lost echo from the past these days, melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS bring back some of the life and incomparable energy that many of us have been missing so desperately. Recorded during a special hometown show that took place on December 7th, 2019, little did the Finns know..
T2 – It’ll All Work Out In Boomland (Esoteric / Cherry Red)
One of the underrated classic albums of its time, Boomland finally gets the 3CD treatment from Esoteric records, who’ve gathered together all the music recorded by T2 in the early seventies and put it together in a 3 CD set, with the original 1970 album on one disc, songs in varying states of readiness recorded..