You just wonder where the time goes, it's been 21 years since these guys first album, it doesn't seem like that long ago, album number nine for these guys, this album consisting of a couple of eps already released and the full version of the album appearing in December!
An American institution, Five Finger Death Punch practically bleed rawness in both their attitude and music and what you see is most definitely what you get.
Global straddling megastars The Police were just taking off when a shadowy, but oddly familiar, figure emerged from the wings. For all who saw him, it was no secret that Klark Kent was actually drummer Stuart Copeland on a branch from the day job, the worry as to whether the Copeland, Summers and Sting triumvirate would actually break through into the mainstream.
Formed in 2010 in Dereham, Norfolk, and influenced by the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Black Crowes, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Touch have grown and developed their ‘Down ‘n’ Dirty’ style of rock ‘n’ roll, and in doing so becoming a “Must See” band.
Now onto their third album, Buffalo quartet Hearts & Hand Grenades have certainly earned their stripes and anyone who witnessed their UK tour in the Summer will attest to their feral power as a live act.
C Bone. A name I had not come across until this CD popped through my letterbox. Based in the south west of England C Bone describes himself as a beach blues busker/festival funkster.
November is all about nostalgia for The Almighty and their fans. With three gigs announced earlier this year which we have been told will be the final hurrah for the band and to promote these two re releases, it is a very exciting time for the fans who have already sold out two of the three shows and with these two albums for the remainder who cannot make it.
Mississippi MacDonald doesn't just sing the blues, he doesn't just play the blues, he knows and feels the blues. If a listener unfamiliar with the blues asked this reviewer what the blues was I would hand them a copy of this album and say 'Give this a listen, this IS the blues'.
Bernie Marsden - The very mention of his name invokes a smile and memories of time spent in his company watching him up there on stage or chatting to him offstage as he was more than willing to do so with as many of his army of fans as possible.
Ireland’s thrashtastic titans Gamma Bomb return with their eighth album Bats.
It's often said that The Struts are 'the new Queen', the Derby quartet fronted by the flamboyant Luke Spiller and the band happily mixing genres in their grand rock style, but there's so much more to them than that.
New England death metal beasts Fuming Mouth unleash their second album Last Day Of Sun
Rose City Metalcore unit Dying Wish return with feral new album Symptoms of Survival Maniacal opening title track Symptoms of Survival serves as a sure-fire statement of intent, short, blistering, and full of fury which followed some absolute pounding drum patterns with a razor-sharp vocal delivery on Watch My Promise Die
Green Lung return with an abundance of folk horror inspiration for their latest soundtrack esque off This Heathen Land
Having already made a seismic impact on the scene, London quartet HAWXX having absolutely no respect for any walls or barriers in their way.
Starting the album off with a vocal refrain before the band kicks in and straight away, yes, a proper drum sound where you can hear the crack of the wood and not processed to hell, lovely!