Album review: Savage Messiah “Demons”
Modern British metal band Savage Messiah returns with a new album combining the proud British heavy metal tradition with contemporary melodic touches.
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Reviews
Album review: Kampfar “Ofidians Manifest”
Kampfar, one of the best extreme metal bands to ever come out of Scandinavia, is back with an epic new album.
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Album review: Whitesnake “Flesh & Blood”
David Coverdale returns with “Flesh & Blood”, Whitesnake’s 13th studio album. He has a bag full of new songs and Tommy Aldridge, Reb Beach, Joel Hoekstra, Michael Devin and Michele Luppi backing him up.
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Album review: Enforcer “Zenith”
Swedish band Enforcer is back a fabulous melodic heavy metal album which is a bit more varied than its earlier efforts.
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Album review: Zephyra “Fall. Rise. Conquer.”
Sweden’s Zephyra serves up a mix of melodic and brutal metal on a new album which also gives us a couple of songs in Swedish and a brave Metallica cover.
Read MoreAlbum review: Inculter “Fatal Visions”
Norwegian band Inculter gives us a classic-sounding 1980s thrash metal assault on their terrific new studio album.
Read MoreGig review: Jake E Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel in Tokyo
Legendary guitar wizard Jake E Lee makes a triumphant return to Tokyo with a show featuring Red Dragon Cartel, Badlands and Ozzy Osbourne songs.
Read MoreAlbum review: Tronos “Celestial Mechanics”
In Tronos, three of our absolute favourite people in the music industry – Shane Embury, Russ Russell and Dirk Verbeuren – offer us something very different and splendidly gorgeous. The result is atmospheric epicness!
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Album review: Entombed “Clandestine Live”
Reunited Swedish death metal pioneers Entombed’s live version of its 1991 “Clandestine” album is nothing short of a brutal masterpiece.
Read MoreAlbum review: Suzi Quatro “No Control”
Suzi Quatro is back with a new studio album filled with grown-up rock’n’roll with plenty of blues and some glam rock hints. 46 years after her album debut, she is still in control of her career.
Read MoreGig review: Uriah Heep rocks Roppongi
British classic hard rock band Uriah Heep was formed in 1969. 50 years later they’re better than ever and on stage at Billboard Live in Roppongi performing a terrific show.
Read MoreGig review: Marty Friedman up close and personal in Tokyo
Marty Friedman continues with his series of special, one-off shows in Tokyo for his Japanese fans. It’s such a treat for Marty’s fans to see him up close and personal and performing music that is rarely performed by him in his usual shows.
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Album review: Mötley Crüe “The Dirt – Soundtrack”
Mötley Crüe gives us a fantastic collection of old songs on this new movie soundtrack. But the new material falls short of expectations.
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