Latest Metal Reviews
Airbourne – Black Dog Barking (Rock)
21st May 2013 -How you feel about Airbourne, and a new Airbourne album, is really dependant on your point of view regarding the merits of music’s necessity to expand and evolve. If you think that artists should explore new avenue’s and reinvent themselves on each new release then this is not for you. If, however, you know what you like and you like… Read More »
Evile – Skull (Metal, Thrash)
20th May 2013 -Evile’s fourth album – ‘Skull’ continues the British thrash collectives’ evolution. Where their last release – ‘Five Serpents Teeth’ adopted a more mid-paced dynamic often reminiscent of Metallica, ‘Skull’ does a better job of fusing the speed of their earlier work with the weightier riffs of ‘Five Serpents Teeth’. Nowhere is this more clear than on title track ‘Skull’ which… Read More »
My Dying Bride – ‘The Manuscript (EP)’ (Metal)
16th May 2013 -Doom overlords My Dying Bride have long been known for their sombre, dark and melancholic melodies of shame and desire, and with the release of EP ‘The Manuscript’, this is a reputation they are unlikely to lose. Themes such as religion, fantasy, desire and loss have always been a staple of the foundations that are rooted in all of their… Read More »
Stone Sour – House of Gold and Bones (Parts One & Two) (Metal, Rock)
7th May 2013 -Stone Sour’s latest release – House of Gold and Bones Part Two is, as is heavily implied by the title the second instalment of the ‘House of Gold and Bones’ double album. Unfortunately it just completes the impression given by Part One that House of Gold and Bones falls into that most common trap for double albums. There’s just too… Read More »
Drowning Pool – Resilience (Metal, Nu Metal)
29th April 2013 -It’s been a turbulent 15 year ride for Texan metal stalwarts Drowning Pool. They’ve had the highs of global mega-smash ‘Bodies’ – a song beloved of sweaty rock clubs and US soldiers, but despised by Iraqi detainees who were reportedly “tortured” by repeated plays of the track – but also lows, most notably the tragic untimely death of original vocalist… Read More »
