Album review: Resonance Cascade/Järnbörd “Hyperakusi”
A new split album featuring Swedish bands Resonance Cascade and Järnbörd gives us splendid earsplitting crust punk and grindcore.
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Reviews
Album review: Krokus “Big Rocks”
Swiss rockers Krokus return with a bluesy covers album filled with rock classics.
Read MoreGig review: Loudness finishes off a great year with a knockout performance in Roppongi
Loudness finishes off a great year with a sold-out performance in Roppongi and a knockout set-list decided by the fans.
Read MoreSingle review: The Gloria Story “Roadtrip”
On new single “Roadtrip”, Swedish rockers The Gloria Days strip it down with acoustic guitars and an old-school drum machine.
Read MoreAlbum review: Firewind “Immortals”
Greek guitar god Gus G is back with a with a catchy, fast and melodic Firewind album.
Read MoreAlbum review: Jim Jidhed “Push On Through”
Alien frontman Jim Jidhed is back with a new solo album full of radio-friendly quality AOR songs.
Read MoreAlbum review: Grafvitnir “Obeisance to a Witch Moon”
Grafvitnir is back with a its fourth riff-heavy studio album with haunted, possessed and pissed-off vocals.
Read MoreAlbum review: Witchery “In His Infernal Majesty’s Service”
Witchery, the blackened extreme metal band from Sweden, is back with a new smoking album.
Read MoreEP review: Lamb of God “The Duke”
Lamb of God sounds fantastic on this new EP on which we get treated to two new studio tracks and some festival live recordings.
Read MoreGig review: New England at Club Citta in Kawasaki
Sensational first-ever gig in Japan by classic American rock band New England. Few other classic rock bands have the songs, the musicianship and creativity that this band has.
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Album review: Vanderberg “Devil May Care”
German guitarist Marc Vanderberg’s promising debut album is filled with 80s-style European melodic hard rock.
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Album review: Netherbird “The Grander Voyage”
Swedish melodic black/death metal band Netherbird exceeds expectations with its new studio album, “The Grander Voyage”.
Read MoreAlbum review: Sixx:A.M. “Prayers for the Blessed, Vol 2”
Sixx:A.M. – featuring Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba and James Michael – is back with the band’s second album this year and the best album of the band’s career.
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