music REVIEW: Winter Storm – Serenity in Darkness
Jack Traveller investigates the debut album of midlands symphonic metal stalwarts Winter Storm. Will it be a blizzard of riffage, or will The Traveller get lost in the whiteout?
Jack Traveller investigates the debut album of midlands symphonic metal stalwarts Winter Storm. Will it be a blizzard of riffage, or will The Traveller get lost in the whiteout?
David Keevill takes a nine-minute beating at the hands of Philadelphian hardcore/metal mob Cop Problem’s self-titled EP.
What exactly does ‘Modern Hard Rock’ entail these days? Dani takes a rest from the extreme noise and takes a curious peek at Thessaloniki four-piece Lucky Thir13n’s latest to find out…
Death metallers Goatwhore have released their fifth LP, do they still have what it takes?
Poor old Job For A Cowboy. They get a lot of stick, don’t they? Find out what Ryan Neal thought of their new album, Demonocracy. He promises not to mention Myspace once…
Ryan Neal locked himself in a darkened room to weep and recite romantic poetry in order to best understand Twilight’s Embrace’s doomy new EP, Traces. It’s great. Come inside to find out more.
Jack Traveller finds out whether indelicately-named Irish death metal/sludgers Fuckhammer have managed to hit the nail on the head with ‘Hammered To Fuck’.
In Place Of Hope have released a self-titled EP. Luke Morton places his hope in what could be the future of metalcore.
Danny Heaton sidled down to the subterranean environs of The Royal Park Cellars to catch some epic doom.
You’re as likely to be able to dance to Dave Keevil’s review as the album he’s talking about. Yep, it’s a new Meshuggah record alright.
Prog rock duo OSI give you their fourth album. Will they be able to bring the thunder? (We make no apologies for that terrible joke)
Mastodon’s Brent Hinds brings us some forgotten gems from his past in this two-part album. Zakk Appleyard grapples with the split personality that is Fiend Without A Face/West End Motel.
Danny Heaton dons his board shorts and battle jacket to take the plunge with Californian thrashers Fueled By Fire.
Nicholas Cleeve takes a look over ‘Trial By Fire’, the debut album of one of Birmingham’s rising stars, power metal quintet Dakesis.
Phil Whitehouse donned his horned helm and packed his drinking horn for an evening of Viking-themed melodic death metal courtesy of Amon Amarth, with support from fellow Swedes, occult trad metallers In Solitude and heavy/doom metal power trio Grand Magus.
Ryan Neal delves into the vaults to unearth Woods of Ypres’ challenging fourth album, Woods 4: The Green Album.
Chris Ward checks out the full-length debut album from hotly tipped Brighton rockers Furyon.
Dave Fensome heads to the Islington Academy in London to check out a diverse evening of prog metal, post-rock, punk and technical metal.
Phil Whitehouse grills death metal quintet Job For A Cowboy’s vocalist Jonny Davy about overly homogenous touring packages, corrupt Arizona sheriffs and the relative coolness of Magic: The Gathering cards.
Ryan Neal shines a light on the final release by melancholic metallers Woods of Ypres.