Reviews
Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Album Reviews, Live Show Reviews, DVD and Film Reviews
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Album Review: AUGURY – Illusive Golden Age
It’s been nine years since the last release from Canadian progressive/technical death masters Augury. Fortunately, this dormancy has been but…
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Album Review: PRIMORDIAL – Exile Amongst the Ruins
For those unfamiliar with Primordial, their roots go back to 1987 when their current guitarist, Ciarán MacUilliam, and bassist, Pól…
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Concert Review and Photos: SKID ROW in Manchester & London – UK
On finding out that Night Ranger had been added to the Skid Row tour billing as Special Guests only…
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Concert Review and Photos: MYLES KENNEDY at Gorilla in Manchester
MYLES KENNEDY Gorilla – Manchester, United Kingdom – 21 March 2018 Anybody who knows me is perfectly aware that I…
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Album Review: MEMORIAM – The Silent Vigil
While the Heavy Metal world, let alone Death Metal world, is ridiculously populated with bands ranging in talent and originality,…
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Album Review: MAVERICK – Cold Star Dancer
I guess that I have a tiny bit of bias to admit to before I start this review – Maverick…
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Concert Reviews and Photos: NIGHTWISH at the Fillmore – Charlotte
Nightwish Deliver the Greatest Show on Earth to a Nearly Sold Out Crowd at the Fillmore in Charlotte, NC The…
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Concert Review and Photos: SABATON with KREATOR and CYHRA at the Ritz – Raleigh
The Swedish War Machine Conquers the Ritz in Raleigh, NC The Ritz – Raleigh, NC – 08 March 2018 Sabaton…
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Album Review: ON THORNS I LAY – Aegean Sorrow
Greek goth purveyors On Thorns I Lay are accomplished veterans, having contributed much to the goth aesthetic of earlier years.…
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Album Review: THE DEAD DAISIES – Burn It Down
There are some bands that you can almost guess what they’ll sound like, just by their name – Rammstein would…
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SHIPROCKED 2018: Port Canaveral to Nassau & Half Moon Cay – January 21-25, 2018
Shiprocked 2018 – Port Canaveral to Nassau & Half Moon Cay – January 21-25, 2018 Review and photos by Tara…
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Concert Review: DED at Canton Hall – Dallas
THE DED ARE RISING – ANOTHER ROCK RAPTURE BY A BAND FROM PHOENIX Canton Hall – Dallas, TX – 24…
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Concert Review and Photos: OF MICE & MEN at the Underground at the Fillmore – Charlotte
Of Mice & Men Turn the Underground at the Fillmore into a Warzone The Underground at the Fillmore – Charlotte,…
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Album Review: NEAL MORSE – Life and Times
Review by Dale Unsworth Since first appearing on the progressive rock scene in the early 90s with Spock’s Beard, Neal…
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Concert Review: BOBAFLEX at the Curtain Club – Dallas
Bobaflex The Curtain Club – Dallas, TX – 16 February 2018 According to ancient Rock Lore, BOBAFLEX came into existence…
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Album Review: NECROPHOBIC – Mark of the Necrogram
It’s been nearly five years since the last Necrophobic album. However, the Swedish melodic black/death mavens’ lengthy absence came about…
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Album Review: NIGHTWISH – Decades
Nightwish release career-spanning greatest hits collection with Decades It’s not often that a band comes along that changes the face…
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Album Review: SCUMPULSE – Rotten
Right out of the gate, Scumpulse reveal themselves with zero pretense whatsoever. Blackened crust is the game, and Scumpulse have…
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Album Review: INSECT ARK – Marrow Hymns
“It’s so fucking cool,” I remarked casually while recommending Insect Ark’s upcoming record Marrow Hymns to a friend. As I…