Author: Azra Pathan

EP Review: Khemmis – Doomed Heavy Metal
May 26, 2020 No Responses

EP Review: Khemmis – Doomed Heavy Metal

Al Khemmis Live! The name Khemmis harks back to Egyptian times, when cats ruled( I think) and the band have very kindly rifled through their back catalogue to bring us this fine selection of choice cuts to chomp over during...
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Album Review: Operation Neptune Spear – Class War
May 21, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: Operation Neptune Spear – Class War

Spear Of Destiny Operation Neptune Spear is the brainchild of one man, Michael Sherratt, who tackles all aspects of this recording, the whole gamut my friends, on his tod. That to me is utterly staggering, and worthy of high praise,...
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Album Review: Enter Shikari – Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible
May 12, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: Enter Shikari – Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible

Hips Don’t Lie Ok my friends the reason for this title is my daughter (and she isn’t a toddler if you’re wondering), who insists on doing her best Shakira moves every time I mention Enter Shikari. Her hips may not...
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Album Review: Turmion Kätilöt – Global Warning
May 6, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: Turmion Kätilöt – Global Warning

You’ve Been Warned Hello my friends, and today my guests are the highly energetic and ‘set off like a bomb’ Finnish band , Turmion Kätilöt, which translates as ‘ Midwives Of  Ruin’ or ‘ Midwives Of Perdition’. Well now that...
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Single Review: Past Lives’ Into the Night and Vindicate
May 5, 2020 No Responses

Single Review: Past Lives’ Into the Night and Vindicate

A hop skip and a jump across the water from Donegal comes Tomas Walsh, to position himself as singer in Past Lives whose line up is completed by Zach Davis on guitar, Jack Waterfield on bass and Ryan Walsh on...
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Single Review: Scarred By Truth – The Plight
April 29, 2020 No Responses

Single Review: Scarred By Truth – The Plight

The Plight By Night ‘So cold like the eyes of the ones who refuse to see’ My friends, we writhe in an eternal nightmare; authorities couldn’t give a stuff, social injustice is rife, inequality and hatred are in charge. As...
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Album Review: Irist – Order Of The Mind
April 29, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: Irist – Order Of The Mind

Disorder Of The Mind Here I have the debut album from our three-fifths South American cousins, Irist, the other two-fifths are from Atlanta, where the group are now residing. It takes a lot of courage to uproot your life entirely...
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Album Review: Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi
April 29, 2020 one Response

Album Review: Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi

Orange is the New Black Metal This is my second outing this week dipping into Babylonian mythology with our friends Oranssi Pazuzu, as they take their name from the wind demon associated with that time in history. The new album...
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Album Review: Kingsmen – Revenge, Forgiveness, Recovery
April 28, 2020 No Responses

Album Review: Kingsmen – Revenge, Forgiveness, Recovery

All The Kings Horses And All The Kingsmen From the tiny state of Rhode Island arrive Kingsmen, living, breathing proof that out of the grimmest of times emerges a solid, chunk of irrefutable rock that offers comfort, solace and is...
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A poem to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death (14th April) of Type O Negative’s Peter Steele
April 23, 2020 No Responses

A poem to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death (14th April) of Type O Negative’s Peter Steele

Steele Away The Night A man of steel, a heart of gold A gentle giant, oldest of souls, But when summer turns to autumn The October hues of gold and amber, I’d tumble in the fallen leaves If I could...
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