Author: Donnie Kemp

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...

Donnie’s Top 10 Gigs of 2017

Donnie has not been to as many gigs as he would have wished in 2017 but he still attended his fair share of belters...

Review: The COPS – First Offense (2018)

Stick ‘em up punks, it’s the indecent loving COPS.  The new Texan purveyors of high octane punk make their debut release something to grab...

Review: Autopsy – Puncturing The Grotesque (2017) 

US Death metal titans continue on their gruesome trail with a new mini-album/EP   Autopsy are celebrating 30 years and have never sounded fresher or more...

Review: ALICE COOPER @ Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham 14/11/2017

The King of Shock Rock returns to the UK and brings a few old friends along with him. Alice Cooper has been no stranger to...

Review: Europe – Walk The Earth (2017) 

Sweden's greatest hard rock export continue their recent winning streak with studio album number six since their reformation in 2003.  Often the object of derision...

Review: Kansas – Leftoverture: Live & Beyond (2017)

  Legendary US rockers revisit one of their most iconic albums and give it the full live treatment, with magical consequences. It can be a double-edge...

Review: Metallica @ Genting Arena, Birmingham 30/10/2017 

The world’s biggest metal band take over the home of metal in an evening that proves that the band just keep going from strength...

Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham 28/09/2017 

The king of effortless cool and his cohorts march on the East Midlands ready to gather up an army of new admirers 34 years...

Review: Gary Numan – Savage (Songs from a Broken World)

The electro-pop pioneer continues his industrial dystopian journey into the future on his latest album but this time it comes with Eastern flavour and...

Review: Venom Inc – Avé (2017)

Former members of black metal originators Venom reunite to create a brand new version of Hell. The name Venom holds special reverence for many lovers...

Review: Warrant – Louder Harder Faster (2017)

The Down Boys return with first new album in six years and the first since the passing of former vocalist Jani Lane.  Can the...

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