Album Review: Iced Earth

[Album: The Crucible Of Man - Something Wicked, Part 2]
[Label: SPV]

It’s easy to suggest that song-writing these days is becoming slightly predictable. It seems we either have idiots like Usher telling us how much they’d like to “make love in the club” or politically-charged protest artists still thinking they can change the world. Sometimes you […]

Album Review: All Shall Perish

[Album: Awaken The Dreamers]
[Label: Nuclear Blast]

James Murphy (the other guy from Death to get a brain tumour) once complimented my guitar tone - as one of the best melodic soloists in death metal, I was pretty damn stoked. It’s a weak link, but the fact that California’s All Shall Perish mention Mr. Murphy in their […]

Gig Review: The Warlocks + The Koolaid Electric Company

[Venue: Soul Tree, Cambridge]
[Date: 25 August 2008]

This gig appears to have lost it’s audience. Somewhere between changing venues from one to another the majority have lost faith and disappeared to the pub. Could it be the Soul Tree’s overpriced drinks policy or the early start? - both seem rather feeble excuses. Whatever the reasons, the […]

Slipknot: Announce 3rd London Date!

Slipknot have announced a third Hammersmith Odeon gig after their two previously announced shows sold out in less than 48 hours. The band will now play an additional date on Wednesday 3rd December. Tickets are on sale now at www.seetickets.com. Tickets for the regional arena shows are also shifting extremely quickly, […]

Interview: Mothlite

Daniel O’Sullivan is a talented composer best known for playing in experimental rock bands such as Guapo, Æthenor and Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses. Be it progressive folk, minimalist psychedelia, or a even neo-classical, free-form jazz, O’Sullivan revels in toying with the odd until it becomes something extraordinary. With his new project, Mothlite, […]

Funeral For A Friend: New Album Details + Tour

Welsh rockers Funeral For A Friend release ‘Memory And Humanity’, their eagerly anticipated fourth album, on Oct 13 2008 via their label, Join Us Records. It will be preceded by the ‘Kicking And Screaming’ single on Sept 29.
One of the UK’s most successful rock acts, Funeral For A Friend have notched up a staggering number […]

Underoath: UK Tour Dates

Underoath will release their new album Lost In The Sound Of Separation via Virgin Records on September 1st and will be showcasing the new material on a UK tour in September.
6 Sep Manchester Academy 2 Manchester
7 Sep Glasgow Garage Glasgow
8 Sep Birmingham Academy 2 Birmingham
10 Sep Cardiff University Solus Room Cardiff
11 Sep […]

The Mirimar Disaster: More Dates Added To UK Tour

The Mirimar Disaster will be on the road supporting their fantastic new mini album Volumes and have added a good few more dates to their schedule.
SEPTEMBER:
3 Sheffield, Academy 2
4 Birmingham, Asylum
5 Milton Keynes, Pitz w/ The Sontaran Experiment (Undergroove Recs)
7 Manchester, Satans Hollow
8 Glasgow, Ivory Blacks
9 Newport TJs
10 Guilford The Boiler Room
11 Plymouth, White Rabbit
12 […]

Album Review: Drive A

[Album: Drive A]
[Label: Unsigned]

Drive A’s promo package is hurting my eyes, it’s that glossy. It’s an A4 gatefold that contains three colour photos, a DVD, a three-track single and an 11-track self-titled album. There’s also positive quotes from rock luminaries such as Tommy Lee, Don Henley and Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom). No, seriously. This […]

Album Review: Renfro

[Album: Mathematics]
[Label: Meltwater Records]

I’m sure many of you by now must be familiar with the unmasked Dubstep prodigy of Burial, aka Will Bevan, and I’m also very sure all of you are familiar with the name Thom Yorke. However, I doubt you’d ever thought of a scenario where the talents of the two men are […]