Author: Andy Thorley

CONTEMPORARY IRISH METAL FORCE, FOLLOWING THE SIGNS RELEASE  PUNISHING NEW SINGLE, 'BIRTHRIGHT'Harnessing some of the heaviest riffs to emerge from the Irish Metal scene, Cork five-piece, Following the Signs are back with new music in the form of 'Birthright'.Last...
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGBLACK HAIRED GIRLnew singleout 24.07.24(Glassnote Records)streamincluded onVARIOUS ARTISTSSILVER PATRON SAINTSTHE SONGS OF JESSE MALINstar-studded tribute/benefit albumout 20.09.243xLP | digital also includes the singlePRISONERS OF PARADISEfeat. BLEACHERSstream  |  visualiser"As always in my songs, the themes are...

THE COMMONERS, MADISON GALLOWAY @ KK’S STEEL MILL, WOLVERHAMPTON 23/07/2024

"We usually have an intro tape, but this is a rock 'n' roll venue, so let's just get right into it," says Chris Medhurst,...

REVIEW: DEAN OWENS – GHOST WALKING (RIDGE TRILOGY VOL 1)

If I had a relative who was a lion tamer, I think that's all I'd talk about, never mind the fact that I was...

REVIEW: CATEGORY 7 – CATEGORY 7 (2024)

Anthrax, Armored Saint, Adrenaline Mob, Machine Head, Overkill, Exodus, and Shadows Fall—if you've got a band with members of all those groups, then you're...

REVIEW: DREAM EVIL – METAL GODS (2024)

If you're going to call your new album "Metal Gods," then it had best start with a fists-in-the-air anthem, paying homage to—and name-checking along...

HILLBILLY VEGAS, THE HOWLING TIDES @ KK’S STEEL MILL, WOLVERHAMPTON 21/07/2024

Surely, there should be a law, that every gig must end with either a Creedence Clearwater Revival or Grand Funk Railroad track. Oklahoma's Hillbilly Vegas...

RELEASE WEEK ROUND UP JULY 19TH: PATRIARCHS IN BLACK, SHUN, DENDERA, WORSHIPPER, JUPITER CYCLOPS

PATRIARCHS IN BLACK –  THE VISIONING Patriarchs In Black the new venture for former Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly and Hades man Dan Lorenzo,...

AMONGST LIARS, JAMES KENNEDY AND THE UNDERDOGS, BLUE NATION @ THE GIFFARD ARMS, WOLVERHAMPTON 20/07/2024

Whenever someone refers to a footballer as “hard-working”, my brother always replies: “Hard work is the least you should expect”. Therefore it feels like...

REVIEW: LONESOME SHACK – SONG OF THE HORSE (2024)

What does the name Lonesome Shack sound like to you? To me, it conjures up images of a rickety old place that stands on the...

REVIEW: FALCON TRAILS – COMING HOME (2024)

I've never understood, Dear Reader, the need to reinvent the wheel. The wheel does a perfectly good job. So I’ve never understood, either, why people...

REVIEW: SAMMY KAY – JULY 1960 (2024)

Let’s get the clichés out of the way first, shall we? Sammy Kay is from Asbury Park, New Jersey. Greetings from it and all...

REVIEW: HILLBILLY VEGAS – LONG WAY BACK (2024)

A title track with a deeply personal message – it is written about Hillbilly Vegas’ singer, Steve Harris’s grandad missing home while overseas in...

REVIEW: EVERETTE – KEYS TO KENTUCKY (2024)

Halfway through “Keys To Kentucky” is the unashamed, good-time country pop of “Picnic Table”—and in its chorus, it says this: “We ain’t trying to...

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