Fish On Friday – An Initiation (2010-2017)
This album serves as an engaging introduction to progressive rock Fish On Friday, which draws from their four albums released betwixt 2010 and 2017….
Reviews – Audio
Samson – Bright Lights: The Albums 1979-1981
5CD Boxset If ever there was a box set to capture everything that was (and still is!) great and magical about the New Wave…
Darkthrone – Old Star
A new album from Darkthrone is always a special occasion. Recently I was watching Behemoth at King John’s Castle in Limerick when a friend…
Pere Ubu – The Long Goodbye
Now into the fifth decade of Pere Ubu, David Thomas is still creating music that is fresh and original. What would you expect from…
Renaissance – Novella
3 CD Remastered and Expanded Edition Born out of the ashes of The Yardbirds (a band that proved fertile ground for creative people, look…
Damnation’s Hammer – Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres
It’s a rare thing in this day and age to hear a band with such a strong identity and musical senses, and with such…
Cruickshank – self-titled
This new Ontario noise rock band is made up of local metal scene veterans, dudes who’ve done time in outfits like Teethmarks and Greber….
Concrete Funeral – Ultimum Judicium
Concrete Funeral are excellent musicians but I would say what really makes ‘Ultimum Judicium’ work is the chemistry between the band members – they…
Raven – Over The Top! The Neat Albums 1981-1984
4 CD Clamshell Boxset Raven, like Venom are an important band, and for many years an underrated part of the history of heavy metal. Indeed,…
Leather Lung – Lonesome, On’ry and Evil
While the Waylon Jennings reference in the title of this seven-song, 27-minute EP is what caught my attention, outlaw country this is not. Rather,…