MEMOREVE – Insignia (2016)

Four tracks of delight The fact they were formed by members of bands such as UK metal underground favourites Dreamcatcher and Power Quest might explain...

REVIEW: TRUCKFIGHTERS – V (2016)

Fuzzier than Fuzzy Felt, that’s an actual line in this review It’s is, you have to say, jolly decent of Truckfighters to give their new...

Review: The Mission – Another Fall From Grace (2016)

The UK’s premier merchants of gothic rock have returned and celebrate 30 years with a brand new album. It would have been impossible to predict...

Review: Cattarse: Blackwater (2016)

The music is better than the name, says Bernard With so much music to listen to, sometimes it’s a name that makes a band standout...

REVIEW: Captain Crimson – Remind (2016)

Swedes' new one ticks all Bernard's boxes Nothing gets my musical interest like an e-mail appearing in my inbox that mentions Sweden and Smallstone Records. ...

REVIEW: JOHN WESLEY – a way you’ll never be (2016)

Album number eight is a triumph The press pack for this record - Wesley’s eighth and perhaps best – is at great pains to explain...

REVIEW: AYNSLEY LISTER – EYES WIDE OPEN (2016)

Album number eight is a real triumph Both on the back of the lyric booklet for “Eyes Wide Open” and also displayed inside – the...

REVIEW:  SUICIDAL TENDENCIES: WORLD GONE MAD (2016)

Crossover heroes fight on The other week MV was reading an interview online with Mike Muir, the living, breathing beating heart of Suicidal Tendencies since...

REVIEW: OPETH – SORCERESS (2016)

The metamorphosis is complete May 17, 1966: Manchester Free Trade Hall. “Judas!” “I don’t belieeeve you, you’re a liar” 12th November 2011, Birmingham Academy: “We wanna...

Review: Eric Johnson – EJ (2016)

Thirty years into a storied career Texan guitar maestro gets down to brass tacks and gives a new spin on some old tales on first all-acoustic album. Eric Johnson is...

REVIEW: BRANT BJORK AND THE LOW DESERT PUNKS – TAO OF THE DEVIL (2016)

Desert infused psychedelic blues Brant Bjork has apparently written a record which features break beats and funk influences which is yet to see the light...

Review: Second Skin – BPM (2016)

Bernard enjoys the occasional growl On the face of it this album isn’t my thing. For a start it features ‘growling’. Those that know me...

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