Mike Tyler is a poet from New York City who has been cited as an infleunce on Beck, and who’s words have been stencilled by the artist Banksy outside London’s Paddington station (the line used was ”only the ridiculous survive”). ”Erection” is his second album. Listening to this album, the closest comparison is to Lou…
This album was originally released in 2010 but has now been re-released with extra tracks. This is a very unusual album (but in a good way). It doesn’t really fall into any recognisable genre. Ambient or Prog are the two terms that come to mind when listening to it – certainly at times it has…
Canadian band Kobra and the Lotus have come a long way in the last few years, and in the last few months in particular. The band formed in Calgary towards the end of 2008, and their first UK shows were in November 2009 when they played to a handful of people. Their debut album, ”Out…
Pagan/folk metal band Korpiklaani are about to release their eight album – Manala Jonne Järvelä gives this summary of the storyline: “`Manala´ is the realm of the dead – the underworld in Finnish mythology. This place is best known for its appearance in the Finnish national epic Kalevala, on which many of our new songs…
Testament – one of the big beasts of Thrash metal are back with their latest album – Dark roots of Earth. In the almost 30 years since the band was formed, Testament have released a steady stream of quality thrash albums, although there was a dip in form for a few years. The bands last…
German Thrash metal band Tankard have been going for 30 years now, and unlike many bands with such a long history, Tankard have been going continuously during that period. In that time they’ve released 14 studio albums, and are now ready to release album number 15. This will be their first album since signing with…
It’s hard to believe it, but it’s 28 years since the first Warlock was released. After a few years and several albums, Warlock came to an end and lead singer Doro Pesch continued her career in metal as a solo artist. Since then she has been one of the hardest working performers in music, releasing…
Turbonegro are a Norwegian band who’s music mixes Glam, hard rock and punk. They are a band that I’ve heard of over the years but never quite got round to listening to. After listening to their new album I’m kicking myself for not having listened to them before now – this is damn good stuff….
Goodbye Labrador are a band that consists of members from different cities – New York, Prague and Barcelona. The band formed in 2008 in Barcelona, and in 2010 recorded and produced their debut album in New York, They started work on this new release in 2011 in Lisbon, so they really are an international band…
Mode Moderne are a Canadian band that formed in 2008. Their debut release followed in 2009, and was followed by a single in 2011. ”Strange Bruises” is the latest release from Mode Moderne. With only seven songs with a running time of just 24 minutes then this can only be called an EP – its…
Antler velvet is the new album from Finnish band Embassy of silence. Their last album, ”Euphorialight” went down well with fans and reviewers and set a high standard for them to try and beat with the new album. The music probably falls somewhere between symphonic metal and melodic rock, and fans of Delain are likely…
Last year, Rhapsody of Fire announced they were to split and that Alex Staropoli would continue under the Rhapsody of fire name, while Luca Turilli would be forming a band under the Rhapsody name. Rhapsody was the original name for Rhapsody of fire until legal issues forced the name change, so for Luca Turilli the…