Single Review and Poem: Ozzy Osbourne – Under The Graveyard

Single Review and Poem: Ozzy Osbourne – Under The Graveyard

Aston Pride Around the corner from me used to live Ozzy Osbourne, it’s where he grew up, played, went to school, exactly the same as me. I’ve never met him but feel a  deep affinity and sense of belonging and...
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Album Review: Refused – War Music

Album Review: Refused – War Music

Everybody Needs A Swede! Remember this sprightly number from The Lorax ( replace ‘Swede’ with ‘Thneed’), well this is the punky and funky equivalent. It is a holler from the heart my friends, in these most fraught and fractious of...
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Album Review: Mighty Mighty – Misheard Love Songs

Album Review: Mighty Mighty – Misheard Love Songs

High And Mighty After a thirty- year hiatus -you get less time for murder- my yampy cousins from Brum have returned. After succumbing to the trials of life, like we all have to, they found it in their hearts and...
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Album Review: Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea Of Tragic Beasts

Album Review: Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea Of Tragic Beasts

Prey For Plagues Our New Jersey( did someone say Bon Jovi?) deathcore heroes return with their fifth album and we delve into the otherworldly sounding ‘The Sea Of Tragic Beasts’, the title conjures up all manner of fantastical creatures, each...
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Live Review: The Fallen State, Mallen, Fahran and The Cruel Knives at O2 Academy Birmingham

Live Review: The Fallen State, Mallen, Fahran and The Cruel Knives at O2 Academy Birmingham

In- Fah-Mal Cruelty Evening ducklings gather round and listen very carefully, I have important matters to discuss. It was a busy evening with four bands on tonight, a great vibe inside the venue is always a good sign. What caused...
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Album Review: Goodbye June – Community Inn

Album Review: Goodbye June – Community Inn

Family Ties Born out of the loss of a family member, our band of cousins Goodbye June rise from the Bourbon- soaked music city of Nashville , Tennessee, home of country. Using their familial bond to strengthen and gel their...
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Album Review: Michael Monroe – One Man Gang

Album Review: Michael Monroe – One Man Gang

Photogenic Photo Finnish! I’m reviewing this my friends tinged with a little sadness as I remember Hanoi Rocks( got Cheyenne on repeat), pioneers of true grit Rock ‘N Roll, all the way from Finland to pave the way for the...
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Album Review: Abigail Williams – Walk Beyond The Dark

Album Review: Abigail Williams – Walk Beyond The Dark

What Sorcery Is This? It is, my friends, the latest offering from Abigail Williams, our symphonic, barbwire encrusted  metal heroes who have overcome the trials of the music industry and personal life to create this body of work. Their name...
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Album Review: UnityTX – Madboy

Album Review: UnityTX – Madboy

Bring The Noise! Deep in the heart of Texas, where the stars at night, are big and bright, we see in the moonlight, our friends UNITYTX  strutting their funky stuff to the tune of a hip/hop and rock infusion. Using...
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Album Review: GosT – Valediction

Album Review: GosT – Valediction

Songs To Say Goodbye A hitherto unknown, and somewhat shrouded in an air of mystery producer Gost( aka Baalberith)  has been using his keen interest in 80’s horror and the occult to formulate a spine-tingling web of music destined to...
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