Wolfredt is a post-rock band based in Tallinn, Estonia, that started as a one-man-bedroom-project, but has now grown into a four-piece post-rock/post-grunge outfit. Often described as melodic, emotional, loud and powerful post-rock, Wolfredt released their debut album Lullabies to Vilhelmine in 2013 under the guidance of creator Margus Voolpriit, the follow-up Neverno coming out in..
NoN – III (Crusader Records)
The heavy but melodic rock band NoN (formerly Now Or Never) was formed in 2012 by a couple of musicians formerly with that most superior Danish rock band Pretty Maids with guitarist Ricky Marx (Henrik Mark) with the band between 1989 and 1991 and bassist Kenn Jackson (Kenn Lund Jacobsen) from 1991 to 2010. They..
David Minasian – Random Acts Of Beauty/The Sound Of Dreams (Golden Robot Records)
David Minasian is an American keyboard player, vocalist, songwriter and producer and seems to be one of those very special people who excel at everything they attempt. I have to admit that I was previously unaware of him and I simply cannot understand how his quite brilliant work has passed me by so far. He..
Saber – Without Warning (Church Recordings)
Saber is a relatively new band from Los Angeles, which we can safely put in the NWOTHM sub-genre. The band first released the speed metal flavored single Speed Racer in 2019, and in June 2020 “upgraded” it with another song in the new single Strike Of The Witch. This is the moment when Trevor William..
PIG – Pain Is God (Metropolis Records)
You have to have full belief in your talents, capabilities and totally prepared to do it your way if you are going to make a name for yourself in the rock business when performing under the name of PIG and using quite extreme photographs to publicise your work! Londoner, Raymond Watts aka PIG started out..
Avatarium – An Evening With Avatarium
There aren’t many rock bands around today that can put on a show this good. The first thing that struck me about this album was the title. Quite a few albums are entitled “An Evening With [artist name]” but typical examples are “An Evening With John Denver” or “An Evening With Diana Ross” which tend..
Theatre Of Tragedy – Musique (20th Anniversary Edition) (AFM Records)
The Norwegian rock band Theatre Of Tragedy built up quite a reputation during a career that began in 1993 and ended in 2010 during which they morphed from doom metal through industrial rock to become a fully fledged Gothic metal band. They produced seven very interesting albums during their career and they were always capable..
Sole Syndicate – Last Days Of Eden (Scarlet Records)
Sole Syndicate is an '80s inspired hard/melodic rock band from Sweden with Last Days Of Eden being the band's second album following on from the debut, Garden Of Eden, released in 2016. I haven't heard the first album but the lyrical theme of this follow up is very much COVID influenced with a dark warning..
Siren – Back From The Dead (FHM Records)
Siren is a heavy metal band from the Tampa Bay area of Florida which formed in 1981 and after releasing several debuts the band was picked up by a German label which led to a couple of albums being released with No Place Like Home in 1986 and the curiously titled Financial Suicide in 1988...
Ignitor – The Golden Age Of Black Magick (Metal On Metal Records)
Ignitor is a rather brutal heavy rock band that was formed in 2003 in Austin, Texas and The Golden Age Of Black Magick is now the seventh album from this hard hitting outfit. Photo: S Miller Photography The band has received numerous accolades over the years but has also seen numerous changes in personnel with..