Author: Callum Reid

Top 10: Metal Albums
February 5, 2023 No Responses

Top 10: Metal Albums

No. 10: SpiritWorld – DeathwesternLabel: Century Media Do Metal and Spaghetti Westerns go together? You tell me! See Kreator’s Sergio Corbuccio Is Dead, the intro to their Hate Uber Alles album, or Karma To Burn’s classic Arch Stanton, to name...
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Live Review: Robert Plant Presents Saving Grace Featuring Suzi Dian, at the Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen (November 8, 2022)
November 10, 2022 one Response

Live Review: Robert Plant Presents Saving Grace Featuring Suzi Dian, at the Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen (November 8, 2022)

On this night, Robert Plant was a constant name-dropper – which is probably the closest I will come to criticising a superlative musical experience, co-ordinated and masterminded by the former Led Zeppelin frontman turned far-travelled, wise and eclectic mus...
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Album Review: Noctem – Credo Certe Ne Cras
October 26, 2022 No Responses

Album Review: Noctem – Credo Certe Ne Cras

Followers of Swedish nutters Watain, Norway’s Satanic lot Gorgoroth and/or Poland’s ever mighty Behemoth can keep the Euro flag flying thanks to Noctem, a Black Metal/Death Metal export who originate from Valencia, Spain. If you’re into the Black, the De...
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Album Review: Austin Meade – Abstract Art Of An Unstable Mind
October 12, 2022 one Response

Album Review: Austin Meade – Abstract Art Of An Unstable Mind

Ace singer-songwriter-guitarists with a fresh voice but a musically mature head on their shoulders come along once in a while. Austin Meade’s new record, following 2020’s very-well-thought-of Black Sheep, can only reinforce his growing reputation as a rare...
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Album Review: Warforged – The Grove/Sundial
September 7, 2022 No Responses

Album Review: Warforged – The Grove/Sundial

Strap yourself in for a wild ride that’s sure to end in some kind of collision with Warforged’s new long player, an angry and expert slice of Death Metal that takes no prisoners. There may be a number of bands...
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Live Review: Machine Head – Electric Happy Hour (Live) at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen (September 4, 2022)
September 5, 2022 No Responses

Live Review: Machine Head – Electric Happy Hour (Live) at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen (September 4, 2022)

When is an Electric Happy Hour not an Electric Happy Hour? When it’s two hours, and when it’s not just “happy” but ecstatic, epic and enthralling (if not, ultimately, a tad enervating). Electric? I’ll give you that – OK, I’ll...
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Album Review: Andrew Combs – Sundays
August 17, 2022 No Responses

Album Review: Andrew Combs – Sundays

Stripping things back to get to the heart of the matter works wonders on Andrew Combs’ meditative, melodic and melancholy Sundays, a collection of songs that invites you to sink into yourself while keeping an eye on the world, adding...
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Album Review: Regent – Just A Revolution
August 10, 2022 No Responses

Album Review: Regent – Just A Revolution

Summertime, and the livin’ is … uneasy. Regent seem to catch the mood and catch the moment. Indie Rock ’n’ Roll to make you think, more than capable of smacking you round the chops, is what’s on offer from the...
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Album Review: Sole Syndicate – Into The Flames
June 15, 2022 No Responses

Album Review: Sole Syndicate – Into The Flames

Some things change, some things stay the same … and Swede dreams are made of much nostalgia, going by the evidence of Sole Syndicate’s heavy but melodic and hugely entertaining Into The Flames. For me, this was a grower. Play...
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Album Review: The Q-Tip Bandits – Melancholy Flowers
June 9, 2022 No Responses

Album Review: The Q-Tip Bandits – Melancholy Flowers

If you can’t recognise the pure, bona fide sound of summer when you hear it, you need to clean out your ears. As days grow long and the world blooms anew, fill your boots, be ready to zoot and get...
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