Chris Andrews, Author at OriginalRock.net

February 12, 2020 one Response

Album Review: Mondo Generator – Fuck It

The fact that stoner rock legends Queens Of The Stone Age have now recorded more bad albums than good ones can, in my opinion, be contributed to just one factor. They don’t have Nick Oliveri in their ranks anymore. All...

November 13, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Life of Agony at Bristol’s Fleece

With their new album “Sound Of Scars” getting rave reviews the world over, the reinvigorated masters of the metal underground, Life of Agony have dropped by Bristol this evening to show the modest crowd at The Fleece what they are...

November 1, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Kiefer Sutherland and Twinnie at Tramshed, Cardiff

Is it sheer morbid curiosity or are there really this many genuine country fans in Cardiff? I fear it may be the former as a jam packed Tramshed in Cardiff welcomes a bonafide Hollywood superstar to its stage in the...

September 30, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: Black Mastiff – Loser Delusions

This is perhaps what Queens Of The Stone Age might sound like if Mr Homme hadn’t turned it into his one man band and ripped the guts out of their sound. Black Mastiff are from Canada, but if you had...

August 25, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: Reclaimer – Grief Enslaved

Lincoln has been hiding a secret from us, but it’s not a secret anymore. Like anything else in the world, if it’s good, it’s going get noticed and the UK metalcore scene is waking up to Reclaimer. The UK is...

July 3, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals & The Illegals at The Fleece, Bristol

It’s a warm evening in the South West of England. Not the sort of night you want to spend stuffed into a packed club with a bunch of sweaty humans. So it’s off to a packed club with a bunch...

June 25, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Download Festival 2019

The British media would have you believe that the weather was of biblical proportions and rivers of mud are threatening to wash the festival away. Yes it was bad, but no worse than the weather we’ve come to expect at...

June 10, 2019 No Responses

EP Review: LightHammer – Launch

It’s hard to be truly unique in the music business today. Every riff has been written, every note has been sung, but by god, Cardiff’s Lighthammer are trying their best and to some extent-succeeding. The trio’s talent has not gone...

June 10, 2019 No Responses

Album Review: As Cities Burn– Scream Through The Walls

It brings a warm feeling to my heart when brothers reunite, as is the case with the Bonnette brothers from As Cities Burn. When T.J left the band in 2006, they soldiered on but there was something missing. A whole...

May 28, 2019 No Responses

Live Review: Year of The Knife at Fuel, Cardiff

You have to hand it to them, Nuclear Family Records put on some of the sickest shows in Cardiff and tonight is no different. The cosy surroundings of Fuel Rock Club is the scene as straight edge’s newest heroes Year...

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