Book reviews: history and mythology
Castle Builders: Approaches to Castle Design and Construction in the Middle Ages by Malcolm Hislop Published by Pen & Sword Archaeology Castles are always…
Hellbound Year End 2016: Steve Earles
Hellbound’s End of Year Wrap Up Begins: Part 1 Well, hell’s bells – 2016 was a hellride of a year, wasn’t it?! As the New Year…
Solitude – Reach For The Sky
Japanese metallers Solitude are Toru Nishida (bass), Akira Sugiuchi (vocals), Takamasa “MAD” Ohuchi (drums) and Shingo Ida (guitars). This is Solitude’s third album following 2009’s…
Book reviews: film & TV
Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen by Brain Taves (Published by University Press of Kentucky) It is fair to…
Red Cain – Red Cain
Firstly, let me praise Red Cain for their commitment to music as a physical entity; the CD bears a most amazing cover by Peter…
Illyrian – Round 2: Fight!
Previously known by the impressive monicker of Hellborn Death Engines (which sounds like a great lost 80s film), Illyrian impressively fuse such influences as classic thrash,…
John Carpenter – Live Retrospective, 25 October 2016
Vicar St Dublin, Ireland Tuesday 25th October 2016 Film auteur and composer extraordinaire John Carpenter has been a big part of my life for…
The Girl With All The Gifts – film review
A few years ago, when Andy Black and I wrote The Dead Walk (www.noirpublishing.co.uk), we focussed on the quality zombie films because there are…
Thundermother – Road Fever
I first became aware of the existence of the splendidly-named Thundermother in the pages of the hallowed Iron Fist magazine. It was obvious that…
Old Corpse Road – Of Campfires and Evening Mists
In the metal genre we all love, a band’s artwork speaks volumes as to their intentions. The splendidly named Old Corpse Road’s evocatively titled…