Author: Donnie Kemp

REVIEW: THE EXPLODING BOY – ALARMS (2018)

Swedish sextet release album number five and get set to set off more than alarms in the hearts and minds of the gothic rock...

REVIEW: DIMMU BORGIR – EONIAN (2018)

Norwegian symphonic black metallers mark their 25 years with their 10th studio album which is likely to divide rather than conquer. Donnie listens in...

REVIEW – BEHEMOTH – MESSE NOIRE (2018)

Poland's greatest export give their landmark album "The Satanist" the full live treatment. It's the question that has played on the minds of bands who...

REVIEW: RICK PARIFTT – OVER AND OUT (2018)

The much-missed Status Quo rifflord bows out in style on the first, and only, solo album. Now that Status Quo icon Rick Parfitt has passed...

Review: Legend of the Seagullmen – Legend of the Seagullmen (2018)

Debut release from exciting new supergroup that set sail for adventure, giant mutant squids and whatever else lurks beneath the waves. +There have been...

Review: Of Mice & Men – Defy (2018)

Orange County front-runners continue to defy the odds and critics and continue their ascent and bid for Metalcore domination on their fifth studio release. ...

Review: Orphaned Land – Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018)

Album number six sees the Israeli multi-faith metallic prophets of peace reunite with producer Jens Bogren as they continue to expand their sound and...

Review: Bleeding Gods – Dodekathlon (2018)

Dutch epic blackened death metallers return with their second album and are ready to tear us all asunder.  Donnie dons his armour and prepares...

Review: Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse (2018)

Swedish black metal legends go back to the future and return to their purest form with studio album number 6 (66). In the press...

Review: Joe Satriani – What Happens Next (2018)

Guitar god Joe Satriani takes another peak into the future on studio album number 16.  As always the future is brighter than ever before. Having...

Donnie’s Top 20 Albums of 2017 (10-1)

Here are the albums that made the most impact on Donnie, musically speaking, this year. 10 - Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis The UK's premier...

Donnie’s Top 20 Albums of 2017 (20-11)

It has been another busy year in the MV offices with hundreds and hundreds of exciting new albums to check out and review.  Donnie...

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