Hot off the back of last years debut album, Stöner are back with another meaty offering of desert rock. Totally… sees forefathers of fuzz; Brant Bjork, Nick Oliveri and Ryan Gut, return with another greasy slice of stoner-fuzz blues. The aforementioned debut, Stoners Rule, hit the shelves less than a year ago after the band introduced themselves via the Live in the Mojave…
Let’s face it, the last few Covid-inflicted years have been a pretty miserable affair for all of us. And, while the world’s slowly returning to a somewhat more normal state, between the economic and environmental crisis and the war in Ukraine, fun is still a thing that rarely finds a space to call home anymore….
After their last two albums, the new release from Papa Roach, is greeted with a certain amount of trepidation. So it’s a relief when Kill The Noise opens the album all swagger and rage, a theme that continues with Stand Up. Papa Roach matured and grew their sound gradually since debuting with Infest (2000), which…
Immutable, meaning unchanging over time, is a word that’s at odds with itself when used in relation to Meshuggah. Since their debut, Contradictions Collapse (1991), the band have certainly gone through stages of evolution but the reason they are respected as one of the most significant bands in the history of heavy music is because…
The boys are back in town! After a smattering of reunion shows and occasional teasing with the idea of a full-blown The Hellacopters comeback, here we are with a shiny new album from Sweden’s stonking retro-rockers. Eyes Of Oblivion is the first The Hellacopters album since they signed off with Heads Off all the way…
Therapy?. Not many bands can say they’ve pissed off journalists trying to write about them around the world because they decided to keep a silly typo, but Therapy? are that band and here they are celebrating their 30th, I mean, 32nd anniversary with a string of dates long delayed by that bastard Covid. The delay…
The mighty Wolf is at the door and about to set loose album number nine! Shadowland sees the ever-resilient Swedish four-piece return with traditionally rooted and nonsense-free heavy metal. We’ve given the game away here; Wolf have compiled another tasty selection of tunes that won’t win them any awards for innovation or pushing the musical…
Gloucester’s Underground Festival returned on March 26th with 30 bands across four stages and three indoor venues. With the weather on their side and free admission to the festival, the stage(s) was set for a brief taster to wet your appetite for what is to come in the summer once festival season gets underway. Cult…
Did you know that no one born in Wales has ever been into space? Hard to believe, isn’t it? They aren’t exactly short of space cadets though, are they? There is definitely something in the water and in the mushrooms in Wales. From the denim-clad transit van fabulists Budgie, through the mystical rave rock of…
While they’re making music and embracing their creativity, bands often need a release. Is there any better way to create that than getting together and running through music from bands they enjoy? For Swiss quartet Daxx & Roxane, no. Their recently released EP, DROP, pays homage to their influences while adding a flair of their…
