While She Sleeps are one of the UK’s hottest properties in metal right now. James was lucky enough to catch up with WSS’s guitarist Sean a couple of weeks ago ahead of While She Sleeps support slot with Asking Alexandria. So you’ve got the Asking Alexandria Tour in January are you looking forward to taking…
Album of the year Sylosis – Monolith A hulking beast of brooding progressive atmospherics mixed with some devastatingly fast thrash, Monolith simply crushes. Honourable Mentions Lamb of God – Resolution. Its Lamb of God back to doing what they do best after a (very) slight dip in form with ‘Wrath.’ Kreator – Phantom Antichrist Best…
Parkway Drive are a band who’s profile has been slowly rising in the UK in recent years. They may be arena headliners at home in Australia but have remained a much smaller draw in Europe for the last few years. However, constant hard work touring on these shores with bands such as Bring Me The…
‘The Very Beast of Dio – Volume Two’ is a compilation of the late Ronnie James Dio’s work from the second half of his solo career. The better known section of his solo work is, indisputably contained in the first volume. This then, makes Volume Two an interesting listen as it lacks the familiarity of…
The UK is a breeding ground for hot, new, unsigned talent right now in the world of metal and rock – Exitum are just one such unsigned band, having gained a substantial following – principally through online means and not by playing shows (although they managed to bag a support slot for Malefice on…
Papa Roach first rose to prominence in the early 2000’s ‘nu-metal explosion’ with smash hit ‘Last Resort’ – a song that’s still played in rock clubs everywhere and, seven albums later Papa Roach are still penning huge, bouncy and fun rock songs, this time introducing electronic elements to the more traditional rock sound that the…
It’s been over four years since bay area thrash legends Testament released one of the best albums of their career so far, The Formation of Damnation. They have now returned with The Dark Roots Of Earth, released on the awesome Nuclear Blast Records, and expectations for this album were very high indeed. The opening song…
Save the Nation the second release by Swedish Hard Rock band Royal Republic takes a derivative hard rock formula into which a heady sense of reckless fun is enthused. Songs like the title track ‘Save the Nation’ will plaster a huge grin on your face with its anthemic chorus shrieking “a vote for me is…
