Album Review: HELALYN FLOWERS - Nyctophilia

01. Tetrachromatic

02. Unleash The Wolves
03. Kamikaze Angel
04. Let Me In
05. Breathless
06. Run Away (With My Demons)
07. Beyond
08.When It Is Not Black Enough
09. Nyctophilia
10. Morphine

Album Review: SOULFLY - Ritual

01. Ritual

02. Dead Behind the Eyes

03. The Summoning

04. Evil Empowered

05. Under Rapture

06. Demonized

07. Blood on the Street

08. Bite the Bullet

09. Feedback!

10. Soulfly XI

Album Review: PULVERISE - Chaos Games

01. Fooled You

02. Slam Time

03. Bolitics

04. Sulk

05. Breaking Point

06. Kittens and Unicorns

07. Filth

08. Do or Die

Album Review: AMARANTHE - Helix

01. The Score

02. 365

03. Inferno

04. Countdown
05. Helix
06. Dream
07. GG6
08. Breakthrough Starshot
09. My Haven
10. Iconic
11. Unified
12. Momentum

Album Review: CANCER - Shadow Gripped

01. Down The Steps
02. Garrotte
03. Ballcutter (feat. Anders Nystrom)
04. Organ Snatcher
05. The Infocidal
06. Half Man Half Beast
07. Crimes So Vile
08. Thou Shalt Kill
09. Shadow Gripped
10. Disposer

Album Review: HANK VON HELL - Egomania

01. Egomania

02. Pretty Decent Exposure

03. Blood
04. Dirty Money
05. Bum To Bum
06. Never Again
07. Bombwalk Chic
08. Wild Boy Blues
09. Too High
10. Adios (Where's My Sombrero?)

EP Review: TOMORROW IS LOST - The Shadowman EP

01. We Are The Lost

02. Insane

03. Rapture

04. No One Knows

05. Shadowman

Album Review: SALIVA - 10 Lives

01. Domination

02. Only the Strong Survive

03. Some Shit About Love

04. Close to the Ledge

05. One More Night

06. Helpless

07. Epidemic

08. Gone Away

09. The Warning

10. The Snake

11. Make You Famous

12. Pissed

13. When I'm Gone

14. Some Thing About Love

Album Review: HARDCORE SUPERSTAR - You Can't Kill My Rock 'N Roll

01. AD/HD

02. Electric Rider

03. My Sanctuary

04. Hit Me Where It Hurts
05. You Can't Kill My Rock 'N Roll
06. The Others
07. Have Mercy On Me
08. Never Cared For Snobbery
09. Baboon
10. Bring The House Down
11. Medicine Man
12. Goodbye
13. Useless Information

Album Review: AMORPHIS - Queen of Time

01. The Bee

02. Message In The Amber

03. Daughter Of Hate

04. The Golden Elk

05. Wrong Direction

06. Heart Of The Giant

07. We Accursed

08. Grain Of Sand

09. Amongst Stars

10. Pyres On The Coast

11. As Mountains Crumble (Bonus Track)

12. Brother And Sister (Bonus Track)

Album Review: SLASH (FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS) - Living The Dream

01. The Call Of The Wild

02. Serve You Right

03. My Antidote

04. Mind Your Manners
05. Lost Inside The Girl
06. Read Between The Lines
07. Slow Grind
08. The One You Loved Is Gone
09. Driving Rain
10. Sugar Cane
11. The Great Pretender
12. Boulevard Of Broken Hearts

Album Review: BLOODBATH - The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn

01. Fleischmann

02. Bloodicide

03. Wayward Samaritan

04. Levitator

05. Deader

06. March Of The Crucifiers

07. Morbid Antichrist

08. Warhead Ritual

09. Only The Dead Survive

10. Chainsaw Lullaby

Album Review: THE CRUEL INTENTIONS - No Sign Of Relief

01. Jawbreaker

02. Reckoning
03. Genie’s Got A Problem
04. Weekend Suffering
05. Borderline Crazy
06. Check Your Head
07. Sick Adrenaline
08. Everybody Riot
09. Go Fuck Yourself
10. Chaos In A Bombshell
11. Devilicious

Gig Review: CHASING DRAGONS + WARD XVI at Satan's Hollow, Manchester (UK) 02/11/2018

Chasing Dragons is one of the best bands on the underground Rock / Metal scene right now, so I decided to travel up to Manchester to catch the first night of their UK tour supporting their debut album, 'Faction'. Satan's Hollow is a cool little venue with a 'Devils n' Dungeons' decor. It's also quite unusual in the respect that the stage is in the middle of the room, so the bands are playing 'in the round'. Shows like this never work out that way at Satan's Hollow though, as most of the crowd stand at one side anyway. Still, it's kinda fun.

With doors at a crazy-early 6pm, I wasn't able to get to tonight's show in time to watch the first two bands. However, I did catch main support Ward XVI.

Ward XVI is a band I've been wanting to see live for a while now. They put on a fun Horror stage show, complete with a corpse, a chainsaw, and plenty of fake blood. As a fan of Alice Cooper and Lizzy Borden, I have to give props to Ward XVI for the effort that they put into what they do. Musically, they're a Metal band with an array of influences and plenty of heavy riffs entwined with melodic lead work. Tonight, they seemed to have a few technical issues, but that didn't stop them from delivering a 'killer' set.

If only the lead singer had used that chainsaw on the sound guy who played the crappest Hip-Hop imaginable over the PA between bands!

Please forgive the shitty quality of the photos, as I took them with my phone.

Ward XVI

Ward XVI

After being seriously impressed with their debut album (read my review here), I've been looking forward to seeing Chasing Dragons again. It's been nearly two years since I last saw them, so this gig was way overdue.

Tonight, they were nothing short of excellent. Lead singer Tank was particularly on point, absolutely nailing every note with power and conviction. They played a 45-minute set packed with tracks from the new record, including fan favourites Bare Knuckle Lover, Like Gravity, and set closer Devil In Her Eyes.

Chasing Dragons are not only a great band, but they tick all of the boxes that I would have thought would attract a decent sized label. They have the songs, the top-notch album production, the work ethic, the image, the ability to kick ass live, and they're also the right age. Why they haven't had their big break yet is anybody's guess. Regardless, tonight was clearly a success, and a great start to their UK tour.

Chasing Dragons

Chasing Dragons

Chasing Dragons

Album Review: GRETA VAN FLEET - Anthem Of The Peaceful Army

01. Age of Man

02. The Cold Wind

03. When the Curtain Falls

04. Watching Over

05. Lover, Leaver (Taker, Believer)

06. You're the One

07. The New Day

08. Mountain of the Sun

09. Brave New World

10. Anthem

11. Lover, Leaver (Taker, Believer)

Album Review: BONFIRE - Legends

01. Africa (Toto cover)

02. Hold the Line (Toto cover)

03. Rosanna (Toto cover)

04. Man on the Silver Mountain (Rainbow cover)

05. I Surrender (Rainbow cover)

06. Stone Cold (Rainbow cover)

07. Death Alley Driver (Rainbow cover)

08. Black Masquerade (Rainbow cover)

09. Burning Heart (Survivor cover)

10. Eye of the Tiger (Survivor cover)

11. Caught in the Game (Survivor cover)

12. Doctor Doctor (UFO cover)

13. Lights Out (UFO cover)

14. Rock Bottom (UFO cover)

15. Child in Time (Deep Purple cover)

16. Jet City Woman (Queensryche cover)

17. Silent Lucidity (Queensryche cover)

18. Eyes of a Stranger (Queensryche cover)

19. Tears in the Rain (Robin Beck cover)

20. The First Time (Robin Beck cover)

21. Save up All Your Tears (Robin Beck cover)

22. Hot Cherie (Hardline cover)

23. DR. Love (Hardline cover)

24. Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley cover)

25. Rebellion (Grave Digger cover)

26. Heavy Metal Breakdown (Grave Digger cover)

27. Love Don't Lie (House Of Lords cover)

28. I Wanna Be Loved (House Of Lords cover)

29. King of Dreams (Deep Purple cover)

30. Frei wie die Geier (Puhdys cover)

31. Erinnerung (Puhdys cover)

32. Alt wie ein Baum (Puhdys cover)