Author: Azra Pathan

Interview: Pop Evil’s Hayley Cramer
March 19, 2019 No Responses

Interview: Pop Evil’s Hayley Cramer

The Lion Queen You find me sitting in the dark of the Academy bar waiting anxiously to meet the “girl in the band”. Hayley Cramer, a compatriot and drummer with Pop Evil, joins me to have a quick chinwag about...
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EP Review: The Xcerts – Wildheart Dreaming
March 18, 2019 No Responses

EP Review: The Xcerts – Wildheart Dreaming

Dead Cert Desserts! These four little titbits were written at the time of the “Hold On To Your Heart” sessions but were not included on that album. Instead we have extra pudding my friends, and everyone loves pudding! This EP...
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Album Review: Mark Morton – Anesthetic
March 18, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: Mark Morton – Anesthetic

Oceans Eleven The featured artists list on Mark Morton’s debut solo outing reads like the running order for the State Opening of Parliament, it has all the splendour, pomp and ceremony, so “Hats off, Stranger” as we high tail it...
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Album Review: Children of Bodom – Hexed
March 8, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: Children of Bodom – Hexed

Hexed Messages Like a thoroughbred, gallopingly wildly across the wide-open plains, “This Road” opens the latest Children Of Bodom record, one which I have been looking forward to immensely. Straight outta Finland (Hanoi Rocks, sorely missed, RIP Razzle, h...
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Live Review: Pop Evil, The Fallen State and Blackwater Fiend at O2 Academy, Birmingham
March 5, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Pop Evil, The Fallen State and Blackwater Fiend at O2 Academy, Birmingham

Fiendishly Fallen! It was a warm night as I stepped out of the venue to check out the queue for the evening’s shenanigans, it was a fantastic turn out, just brilliant to see people who are eager to experience live...
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Album Review: While She Sleeps – So What?
March 4, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: While She Sleeps – So What?

The Elephant In The Room Sharp, shiny and unsheathed like Sheffield steel here come WSS, the torch bearers of self-belief, courage and determination to enlighten us all and address the grim realisation of what life has to offer. Marching proudly...
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EP Review: Valensole – Imposter
February 25, 2019 No Responses

EP Review: Valensole – Imposter

Sole Provider Much like the Dover sole, slim fit and looking mighty tasty, here we have Valensole a three-piece outfit from Southampton,(Creeper second album please….) who bring with them an “Imposter” out of the shadows and into the “Cold Light...
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Album Review: Dave Keuning – Prismism
February 24, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: Dave Keuning – Prismism

Killer Keuning “Prismism” , try saying that after a few drinks, I’ve only got tea and I’m struggling, Dave please put that dictionary down. This is the debut offering from Dave Keuning( The Killers) and serves up an absolute corker...
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Live Review: Stone Broken, Those Damn Crows and Skam at The Mill, Birmingham
February 20, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Stone Broken, Those Damn Crows and Skam at The Mill, Birmingham

Stone The Crows! It’s A SKAM#! Shuffling our way into the venue, we wait patiently for the nights events to unfold, when on trundle SKAM#, a three-piece from Leicester, having heard little of them before tonight I mentally urge them...
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Album Review: High Rise – Endeavours
February 16, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: High Rise – Endeavours

We Got High Hopes… The metalcore subgenre pulls another home-grown talent under its umbrella, High Rise dig their incisive fingers deep into your skin and begin to pick and poke around until their hearts content. Echoes of While She Sleeps,...
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