MOTORHEAD‘s fifth studio album, Iron Fist is a record that really should need no introduction. Originally released back in 1982 when the speed metal trio were at the height of their chart topping power. Iron Fist was the last album to feature the classic three amigos line-up of Lemmy Kilmister, “Fast” Eddie Clarke and Phil…
When Black Francis sings “Don’t piss in the fountain” on Doggerel‘s opening track Nomatterday, one has to assume he’s referring to the fountain of youth. Ever since their reformation in 2004, PIXIES have been seemingly turning back the clock. Beneath The Eyrie (2019) was a noticeably darker record in tone. Full of gothic melancholia and…
For most of the bands that reformed in the wake of the great gig gold rush of the noughties the following years have been a rather understated epilogue in terms of recorded output. There has been little truly great music produced by those acts, but one band who have bucked the trend are Cincinnati’s rock…
Five years after the release of their album Life is Good, Flogging Molly are back with a brand new, aptly named album Anthem that will raise your spirits and make you dance like no one’s watching. The Los Angeles-based band consisting of Dave King, Bridget Regan, Dennis Casey, Matt Hensley, Nathen Maxwell, Spencer Swain, and…
There is a reason why Foo Fighters are one of the biggest bands in the world. With a slew of classic albums and a catalogue littered with absolute anthems, they have more than earnt their stripes. With that said, it has been a decade since The Foos released a truly great album, with 2011’s Wasting…
Talking about your own personal issues whilst the world endures a pandemic can feel a bit like preaching to the choir. With so much daily trauma, writing about your own struggles could easily feel inconsequential. This is a line that vocalist Lois McDougall and Drones have had to walk when approaching their second album ‘Our…
By now you are likely aware of Here Lies Man, the act that burst onto the rock scene in 2017 with their self-titled debut, with their afrobeat meets Sabbath modus operandi, and eye-catching, unsettling artwork adding to the aura of heart-of-darkness otherness. You may not know that the band are made up of members of…
Debut albums matter. Maybe not as much as they did 30 years ago, but they are still vitally important. As an artist, this is your chance to show the world what you’re really made of. Singles and EP’s are all well and good, but one hot single won’t make a career. Albums are different, they’re…
People welcome back Mr Frank Iero and The Future Violence. The 4 track EP Heaven Is A Place, This Is A Place is his latest effort following his last full length album Barriers. There has been a lot of speculation around this release, especially when 2020 was meant to be the year of MCR. When…
Accept’s latest outing, Too Mean To Die, certainly hits the ground running from the very start. The opening duo of tracks, Zombie Apocalypse and Too Mean To Die, are chock full of growling guitar riffs, screaming solos and those now trademark gravelly vocals from Mark Tornillo. The title track especially is a whirlwind concoction of…
