
A metal-heads journey into new and interesting music ♫ + a chance to "get off the fence" write some balanced opinionated material
Just as you've always been told “never judge a book by it's cover”, so should you never judge an album from it's opening salvo! Case in point Origin’s 6th effort Entity and its savage opening flurry of drums and guitar that would have many believing nothing more than a generic, one-dimensional death metal record was to follow. Yet as opener Explosion of Fury evolves and the remaining 37 minutes race by, a plethora of ideas and creativity prove the shackles have been well and truly cast aside. Let there be no...
Now that’s how you start an album! Rock icon Ozzy Osbourne knows how to catch your ear that’s for sure - as perfectly illustrated by album opener “Let it Die”. From the eerie riff and bass line that kicks things off, to the upbeat verse, vocal hooks, shredding solos (courtesy of new axe man Gus G) and variety of tempo changes throughout - it’s six wonderfully varied minutes of music, encompassing pretty much everything that’s good about metal! (plus it has cowbell! what more could you want?!) So off to a cracking...
Parkway Drive - Deep Blue I wasn’t sure what to expect as I began my first listen through Parkway Drive’s latest LP - ‘Deep Blue’. Admittedly my exposure to the “metalcore” genre box they are labelled under is limited, but word on the street was this record reset the bar for all other bands of the genre to live up to! High praise indeed, and certainly got my interest as I’d never been a fan of the small amount of material I’d heard from other such groups. As it turns out, I was in for a semi-pleasant surprise...
Omnipotent is practiaclly the only word that can do justice in describing the five members of Opeth and their majestic performance at the Royal Albert Hall on April 5th. On a night...
When was the last time you were star struck? can you remember? have you ever been? Well I can...and I'm gonna tell you - whether you are bothered or not! ;-)At approximately 8.35pm on Tuesday 2nd March...