Helloween – Helloween – Album Review
Helloween, I am ashamed to say, are one of those bands I haven’t paid a lot of attention to over the last few decades. I lost interest in the band when the line-up changed. I wasn’t interested in the change…
Blaze Bayley – War Within Me
Blaze Bayley has been around for a while. Lead singer of both Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden in the past, he has carved out a heavy rock and metal career that has produced some excellent, if underrated, solo albums. He rarely…
Accept – Too Mean To Die – Album Review
German rockers Accept are back with a new album, but does it live up to our very high expectations? Read on and find out. Without being impolite, Accept have been around for roughly 45 years. Still in the top tier…
Hearts & Hand Grenades – Turning to Ashes
Formed in 2012 as a covers band, Hearts and Hand Grenades is one of those groups that has taken a while to be noticed, but was worth the wait. They spent ten years building a reputation as one of upstate…
McCartney III
Once upon a time, Paul McCartney was a member of a band called the Beatles. Apparently they were quite famous. However, since then he has been in Wings and has now also done many a solo album. This is his…
THE OVERTURES: ONCE IN A WORLD 2020
Following the decade that brought us world changing music acts, the likes of which had never been experienced before, such as The Beatles, The Stones and… well there are far too many to mention. Many bands have tried to recreate…
Killer be Killed – Reluctant Hero
It’s alive! Progressive metal is still going strong and kicking ass. While most of us believers already knew that, it’s nice to have it confirmed with the release of this second album from the convergence that we now know as…
Leaves Eyes: The Last Viking
Leaves Eyes, if you didn’t know, are a symphonic Viking metal band, with great vocals, soaring guitar solos and a mix that wants you to let your brain disengage and just listen. Honestly, if I was still able, I would…
Serpents Oath – Nihil
Who are Serpents Oath? They are loud, very loud. A band of musicians from Belgium who seem to have pushed the volume on their recordings to the limit. This is black metal, so called because the lyrics deal with the…
Luke from Dxwnsides talks to Jessica May
Dxwnsides, (pronounced Downsides), is a band from Birmingham and are not to be missed! With a unique sound and a mixed group of musicians they originally started out as pop punk but are now using their talents to bring back…