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The Night Flight Orchestra – Aeromantic – Album Review
Artist: The Night Flight Orchestra Album Title: Aeromantic Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 28 February 2020 You’d think that given my love of Soilwork and melodic rock music that The Night Flight Orchestra would be a total no-brainer for me. But the truth is that I’ve never really got into the band, despite the Continue Reading »
Earthside – Interview – “we don’t write something with the idea of making it easy to play live”
‘A Dream In Static’, the debut album from US progressive metal band Earthside ended up as my favourite album of 2015. I wasn’t expecting this to be the case at the start of the year but if you’ve heard it, you’ll not be surprised as to why it attained such a lofty place in my Continue Reading »
Live gig review: Earthside, Toska, Brutai, Voices from the Fuselage – Camden Barfly 10/04/16
The following gig review comes with an apology for the quality of the photos – I’m no photographer and so, coupled with a poorly-equipped camera and a level of entertainment that meant I didn’t want to ruin my enjoyment by staring through a lens all night, they are not the best. In fact, if there Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2015 – Number 1
So, here we are. I’ve made it. One month and over 30,000 words later, my ‘Album Of The Year 2015’ Top 30 countdown comes to an end. It has been challenging, tiring and occasionally frustrating but well worth the effort. I have enjoyed the banter, the more serious conversations, the arguments and the positive comments Continue Reading »
Album Of The Year 2015 – Number 12
Another day and another entry into my ‘Album of the Year 2015’ top 30 countdown. Just when I thought that I might run out of steam in the lead up to Christmas, I press play on the album that’s subject to today’s post and the juices start to immediately flow. When the music is this Continue Reading »
Earthside – A Dream In Static – Album Review
Artist: Earthside Album Title: A Dream In Static Label: Independent Release Year Of Release: 2015 The buzz of being an early discoverer of a new band is one of the best on Earth, at least for me anyway. I first became aware of a band called Earthside when I was given the heads-up by their Continue Reading »
Disarmonia Mundi – Cold Inferno – Album Review
Artist: Disarmonia Mundi Album Title: Cold Inferno Label: Coroner Records Year Of Release: 2015 As I have written ad infinitum within other posts on this very blog, I vividly remember the first time that I was introduced to melodic death metal. It was In Flames’ ‘The Jester Race’, one of the early pioneers of the Continue Reading »
2013 – The Best Of The Rest (Part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of my round-up of some of the other great rock and metal releases from 2013 that, thanks to a very strong year, missed out on a spot in my top 20 list. Part 1 can be read here if you missed it. Also, if you missed my full top 20 countdown, Continue Reading »
Half-Way Through 2013 – The Best So Far – Part 3
Today I bring you Part 3 of my “Half-Way Through 2013 – The Best So Far” series. Hopefully you’ll find something within this blog to pique your interest – it is certainly a more mixed bag today with one surprise choice nestled in here. Keep reading to find out what that is… You can also Continue Reading »
Interviewing My Musical Heroes – The Ups & Downs
There are many great things about writing for a music magazine. From getting to hear albums before their official release, to gaining entry to gigs on press passes and getting access to the photo pit, it’s all good. However, the one aspect that I both love and fear the most is the interview. Over the Continue Reading »
