rock/metal albums
EP: Midnight Drive – Misery
In the absolute shit show that has been 2020, there’s some great news on the horizon for fans of the heavier side of music. Manchester based Midnight Drive are finally releasing their long awaited first EP Misery on the 9th October. Opener Faded has a cool electronic synth vibe with heavy undertones, vocalist George Holding gets the …
Album Review: The Total Rejection – The Time Traveller’s 3rd Will And Testament
Remember when gigs were a thing? Last year I went to a pub in Salford to see Bristol’s The Total Rejection in all their raucous glory. The gig was fantastic, like seeing ‘65 era The Who playing The Seeds or 13th Floor Elevators songs at full pelt and full volume. They may well wear their influences on …
Album Review: Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways
The bard’s long-awaited album, the first of new material in eight years, burgeons with a young man’s enthusiasm but an older gentleman’s wisdom and experience. The ten tracks produce an image of world-weariness and superiority with gusto, of a benevolent arrogance from someone unaccustomed to it, Dylan seeming like a town crier with bags of …
Album Review: Larkin Poe – Self Made Man
Larkin Poe take us on a joyride with the full-throttle roots-rock of fifth album Self Made Man. Larkin Poe, aka Atlanta-born Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist sister duo Rebecca and Megan Lovell, have spent the last ten years releasing the crossover music of my dreams. They’ve journeyed from folky acoustic roots to their current mix of barnstorming blues …
Album Review: Katatonia – City Burials
By Chris Gibbons Lockdown has certainly had an impact on my listening habits. I’ve been fortunate that I’ve been able to keep up with weight training in a garage gym and it is during training sessions that I get time away from work and family long enough to enjoy a metal playlist or two. Whereas …
Album Review: Black Rainbows – Cosmic Ritual Supertrip
Italy’s cult stoner rockers BLACK RAINBOWS are back with their ass-kicking, whiplash-inducing new album ‘Cosmic Ritual Supertrip’ this May 22nd on Heavy Psych Sounds! The new album is heavier than 2018’s ‘Pandemonium’ and this eighth full-length album is about to turn your heads upside down for good. No matter how psychedelic the title may sound ‘Cosmic Ritual Supertrip’ …
Album Review: Hayley Williams – Petals For Armor
It’s the solo record that many people disputed would ever happen, but boy, are we so glad it finally did. On 8th May 2020 through Atlantic, we were finally treated to the collection of songs now known as Petals For Armor, by Paramore‘s frontwoman Hayley Williams. The album was written throughout 2019, chronicling Williams experience …
ALBUM REVIEW: TRIVIUM – WHAT THE DEAD MEN SAY
Since releasing their debut album in 2003 there has been a sense Trivium have been searching for their own sound. Albums like ‘Ascendancy’ and ‘The Sin And The Sentence’ have been absolute smashes, but still that feeling of the band trying to find their way as they wander lost through the metal genre has prevailed. …
Album Review: Sleepersound – Medias Rae
Milwaukee, Wisconsin quartet Sleepersoiund have recently released their latest long player ‘Medias Res’ on the Shore Dive Records imprint, the bands first new music since their 2016 Pilots / Passengers / Portals EP, and sees them further hone their experimental shoegaze post-rock This band have a hypnotic ambience about them which draws on clean sounding …
