Music reviews often come with some sort of pre amble, a kind of scene setting if you will.  Whether for effect, reader engagement or pure self-indulgence from the writer, there are many reasons that reviews are perhaps stretched out, watered down, elaborated or elongated. 

In another life, I learnt a bit about business.  Business contains a load of key parts, all essential, and all equally as important as the next.  A business can not survive without sales, people, finance systems, processes and procedures.  

Everyone has their own personal taste in music right? And if you’re like me, you sometimes let that taste determine what you think you like, and what you think you don’t like quite so much.

Fast becoming one of the most fascinating and vital bands on the circuit, For The Forsaken have brought a genuine raw emotion and power to the scene.

Showing that grassroots bands are better doing things the hard way, Hedra have been one of the most ferocious acts out there, building up a reputation through consistent touring rather than focusing on whacky and staged TikTok videos to gain likes.

After three decades at the cutting edge of blues-rock, Joe Bonamassa tears down the walls once again with “Breakthrough” yet another testament to his grit, soul, and the relentless pursuit of something greater.

Sweden has always been a cool country, the home of ABBA and Ikea, it's produced more than its fair share of great bands with Ghost, Opeth, The Hives, Sabaton, Evergrey and Royal Republic amongst many others flying the flag.

There’s something undeniably rebellious about Parker Barrow, even before you’ve heard a note of ‘Make It’, their latest single. Named after the infamous criminal duo Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the bank robbing couple who plied their trade during the 1930’s Great Depression across the pond.

Easter Friday’s.   They’re always pretty bland for me personally.  Granted, it’s a day off the day job, and being suitably unimaginative, I filled my day with the mundane and overdue. 

In sometime back in 2024, there was some rumours and tinter web goss about a new Ghost album being released in ‘early 2025’.  Those of you who have conditions, will know what that is like.  Like a meeting at 3pm in the afternoon, and its 9 in the morning, you sit, agitated, all day, until that meeting has been and gone.

There's something stirring in the Valleys right now with Those Damn Crows rapidly heading to arena-filling status and Haxan releasing the finest track of their career so far.

One of the most brutal bands from the North East since Venom, KIlonova aren't interested in taking prisoners, their aim instead to eviscerate everything in their path.

There's no question that Birmingham is THE home of Heavy Metal, the Midlands city boasting more than its fair share of legends and newcomers alike.

Your new addiction is here. Hailing from Northampton, Mercy Falls have burst onto the scene with this monstrous slab of irresistible sonic assault that blends eviscerating fretwork, city block destroying drums and a soaring chorus that will stay in your brain for days and never leave.

Hungry and out to prove themselves, Cambridge's finest metal outfit For The Forsaken release this new monster from their mighty arsenal of killer tunes.

One of the most unutterably cool bands on the scene, London quintet Dead Writers have been casting their spell over audiences whenever they play.