Author: Donnie Kemp

Live Review: Steve Hackett @ Nottingham Royal Concert Hall – 2nd October 2021

Before we start the gig review proper let’s just make one thing abundantly clear.  Steve Hackett is far more than the guitarist who used...

LIVE REVIEW: GENESIS – Utilita Arena, Birmingham 20th Sep 2021

Firstly let me deal with the elephant in the Genesis room.  It gives me great pleasure to advise that the demise of Philip David...

Review: Ex-Deo – The Thirteen Years of Nero (2021)

Back through the annuals of time there are few figures that conjure up the image of decadence, extravagance and devilish tyranny more than Nero...

Review: Gary Numan – Intruder (2021)

45 years in the business and the dystopian deliverer of industrial-tinged desolation follows up from his superb Savage album to send another warning to...

Review: Don Cherry – Cherry Jam EP (2021)

Jazz legend’s spectacular EP, previously only available as a Record Store Day release, finds a larger audience as this 1965 pre-record for Danish national...

Review: Binker & Moses – Escape The Flames (2021)

There is a unique musical chemistry between tenor saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd that is difficult to categorise yet obvious to the...

Review: Yoth Iria – As The Flame Withers (2021)

Greek blackened-metal duo release debut album in troubled times and these troubled times call for troubled and dark music in many minds.  Donnie shrouds himself...

Review: Dread Sovereign – Alchemical Warfare (2021)

Irish Sabbath-inspired darkness comes round again with their third full length release.  Primordial vocalist Nemtheanga’s band of doom-laden metal purveyours Donnie checks it out.  Dread Sovereign...

Albums to look forward to in 2021 (First Quarter)

Despite 2020 being generally recognise as "a bit shit" to say the least it nevertheless produced a very healthy amount of great albums.  With...

Albums of 2020 – Donnie

MVM scribe Donnie submits his albums of 2020 for your amusement, abuse and agreement!! Ok, so it is agreed by the whole planet that 2020...

Review: Killer Be Killed – Reluctant Hero (2020)

Fireband supergroup follow-up their stunning debut release with blistering second offering.  How does it stand up with the first album?  Donnie pins his ears...

Review: Blue Öyster Cult – The Symbol Remains (2020)

New York rock legends return with first studio album in nearly twenty years as they bring some much needed excitement and pleasure to rock...

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