Merciful Fate
So, folks you find me once again playing catch up with reviews due to ill health and work commitments, I dutifully poked a stick into my messages and look what cried for mercy – ahem. As part of the British...
Author: Azra Pathan
Gearing Up
Our lives are now set on a path created out of the pandemic, with copious amounts of chaos and confusion for us to sift through. Here with a timely reminder are my friends Unknown Refuge and their newest, shiniest single...
Devil’s Spit
“I gotta end this while I’m still young” So friends after suffering another bout of serious flu, I’m back and just in time to catch this little beauty from those deliciously dark devils As Sirens Fall, rejected from heaven they...
Money To Burn
Sadly, not for me and nor for my friends Amongst Liars, who have been slogging it out on the grassroots circuit since lockdown, and now present to you their debut album. After a flurry of singles, hungrily devoured by a...
Refined Times
Hi friends, today I have the newest, shiniest, outing from our collective bestest friends Verity White and partner in crime Alex, known for their Monday evening mayhem over on Facebook, they are the most convivial of folks, exactly what we...
Holy Muthers!
Hi friends, hope everyone is well, so back in May I was at Muthers recording studio watching a showcase of new talent. Having arrived fashionably late I caught the end of the set by The Skeme, a brave bunch of...
The Punishment Due
Hi my friends, hope you are well, so during one of my adventures, meandering across this green and pleasant genre, I came across this lesson in metal eloquence and elegance. The perpetrators are Azaab, the Urdu word for ‘punishment’ and...
Slow Folk Music
Hi friends, now for something different, a few months ago my good friend Nate introduced me to Steve McGrady, an unassuming character, yet incredibly thoughtful, composed and fine tuned into his surroundings and the world at large. Nate is a...
The Fire and the Fury
The Fire and the Fury Firstly, apologies for the delay, I was really ill and then I was working so I am now playing catch up on some of the years releases that I would have tackled earlier. With ‘Chains...
Walsall Wonderers
Alroight Bab, got the new record from our yampy cuzins Stone Broken, yow better loik it or I’ll chuck yow in the cut.In a nutshell that is a word of warning, heed it or get thrown into the canals of...