Lamassu ‘Into The Empty’ Album Review By Adam McCann Independent Release/Doom Metal/Stoner Recently formed from the Australian doom and stoner scene, featuring members of Motherslug and Field, Lamassu have been beavering away to deliver their debut album ‘Into The Empty’. This album has been written whilst the creative juices and honeymoon period of a
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Drawn By Evil ‘Another Sin, Another Life’ Album Review
Drawn By Evil ‘Another Sin, Another Life’ Album Review By Adam McCann Black Sunset/MDD/Modern Melodic Metal Sometimes, a change in name results in lots of “who?” and “what?” and that is what occurred to Ignition. Forming themselves in 2012 and delivering one album ‘Psycho’ in 2016, it was a time for change and
Sonata Arctica ‘Talviyö’ Album Review
Sonata Arctica ‘Talviyö’ Album Review By Adam McCann Nuclear Blast Records/Power Metal Sonata Arctica have for many years, held court as one of the premier European power metal bands, releasing a string of albums which for many, hold sway as some of the definitive albums of the genre. However, the bands more recent
Twilight Force ‘Dawn Of The Dragonstar’ Album Review
Twilight Force ‘Dawn Of The Dragonstar’ Album Review By Adam McCann Nuclear Blast Records/Symphonic Power Metal It is very difficult to not give a wry smile at the very mention of Twilight Force, the band which blend ‘Dungeons & Dragons’, with symphony and power metal. This band of adventurers struggled through their second
The Ferrymen ‘A New Evil’ Album Review
The Ferrymen ‘A New Evil’ Album Review By Adam McCann Frontiers RecordsPower/Heavy Metal Ronnie Romero, Magnus Karlsson and Mike Terrana may currently be some of the busiest men in the metal world; the trio manage to keep themselves occupied with various projects spread out over the course of the year and 2019 sees
DragonForce Extreme Power Metal Album Review
DragonForce Extreme Power Metal Album Review By Adam McCann earMusic Record/Power Metal DragonForce, the band which conjures up images of blisteringly fast guitars, singalong chorus’ and Guitar Hero video games; but who would have thought that that was thirteen years ago? Since then DragonForce have become a parody of themselves, bloated and excessive
Lacuna Coil ‘Black Anima’ Album Review
Lacuna Coil ‘Black Anima’ Album Review By Adam McCann Century Media Records/Alternative Metal Lacuna Coil needed to do something following their 2016 album ‘Delirium’, this album was received lukewarmly by fans of the band and was the beneficiary of a harsh mauling from critics. Taking this in their stride, the Italian powerhouse returned
Novembers Doom ‘Nephilim Grove’ Album Review
Novembers Doom ‘Nephilim Grove’ Album Review By Adam McCann Prophecy Productions/Death/Doom Metal Novembers Doom have had an illustrious past within the death/doom genre. Throughout the last three decades, the band have released album after album of highly regarded metal with many fans and critics citing their work as definitive albums of death/doom. More
Pist ‘Hailz’ Album Review
Pist ‘Hailz’ Album Review By Adam McCann APF Records/Stoner Metal/Heavy Metal Given their very short life-span, Pist have made quite a name for themselves on the UK metal scene. Playing a brand of stoner that encroaches on both doom and groove metal at times, the Bury band hit the ground hard with their
Laura Cox ‘Burning Bright’ Album Review
Laura Cox ‘Burning Bright’ Album Review By Adam McCann earMusic Records/Blues/Rock The genre of blues/rock has been well-worn with a formula that although pretty standard, keeps throwing up excellent new editions and interpretations. That is what happened with Laura Cox, the half-English, half-French blues mistress talks a mean game with her sexy slide
Angel Witch ‘Angel of Light’ Album Review
Angel Witch ‘Angel of Light’ Album Review By Adam McCann Metal Blade Records/Heavy Metal It is hard to accept that seven years have elapsed since Angel Witch last released the fantastic ‘As Above, So Below’ album. For many NWOBHM fans, this album was to herald the return of Angel Witch to the forefront
Carry The Day ‘Perspectives’ EP Album Review
Carry The Day ‘Perspectives’ EP Album Review By Adam McCann Independent Release/Pop/Punk/Alternative Rock Californian rockers Carry The Day (CTD) have managed to cause quite a stir online with the release of ‘Perspectives’ their debut EP by playing a strain of pop/punk fused with alternative rock. ‘Perspectives’ has all the quirky, enjoyability beats and vocals
Meshiaak ‘Mask Of All Misery’ Album Review
Meshiaak ‘Mask Of All Misery’ Album Review By Adam McCann Mascot Label Group/Thrash Metal There was quite a buzz surrounding Meshiaak in 2016 with the Australian thrash band promising so much. Unfortunately, this didn’t quite pan out as expected and the band’s debut album ‘Alliance of Thieves’ was distinctly little more than average,
Skyblood ‘Skyblood’ Album Review
Skyblood ‘Skyblood’ Album Review By Adam McCann Napalm Records/Epic Doom Metal Mats Leven is no stranger to the heavy metal scene; the Swede has fronted both Yngwie Malmsteen and Therion and more recently was the latest in a revolving door of vocalists in Candlemass. Since his departure from Candlemass, Leven has continued work
Pagan Fire’ Serpent Warning Album Review
Pagan Fire’ Serpent Warning Album Review By Adam McCann Topillo Records/Doom Metal In 2014, Serpent Warning shocked the doom metal world with an excellent eponymous debut album. Unfortunately, all went quiet on the on the band front as the Finns secluded themselves away working on their latest offering ‘Pagan Fire’. As expected with ‘Pagan
The Scourge ‘Warrant For Execution’ Album Review
The Scourge ‘Warrant For Execution’ Album Review By Adam McCann Seeing Red Records/Thrash Metal The Scourge first came to the scene in 2014 with their decent debut EP ‘First Comes Destruction’ and from there, the Texan band have been relatively quiet as vocalist Andrew Atwood has been sharing his time as a guitarist
Enemynside ‘Chaos Machine’ Album Review
Enemynside ‘Chaos Machine’ Album Review By Adam McCann Rockshots Records/Thrash Metal Founded in 1999, Enemynside called it a day in 2013. Fortunately, the Italians returned in 2016 and on what would be their 20th anniversary the band have released their fourth studio album ‘Chaos Machine’. Thankfully, with ‘Chaos Machine’, Enemynside have rekindled the fire
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Destruction ‘Born To Perish’ Album Review
Destruction ‘Born To Perish’ Album Review By Adam McCann Nuclear Blast Records/Thrash Metal Destruction are enjoying something of a renaissance; the band had hit their stride again with the excellent ‘Under Attack’ album in 2016 and the German titans have worked almost endlessly since building up to their latest album ‘Born To Perish’. As
