The Fierce & The Dead – Regional Theatre: Album Review
Be fierce or be dead. Or both. Pushing the songwriting and the sonics, The Fierce & The Dead try and test the untried and untested.
Time & Tide, The Songs Of Big Big Train – Wild & Helvering: Book Review
An ambitious and beautifully executed deep dive into the origins and meaning behind the music of Big Big Train.
Zvindiyar – Six Rites: Album Review
The debut album from Zvindiyar is a clear progressive death metal balancing punishing riff architecture with ritual precision by multi-instrumentalist Mohammed AlMeshkhas.
Demonic Manifestation – Grimshrine: Album Review
Carved straight from the crypts of Mexico’s underground Demonic Manifestation unleash chainsawing Swedeath fury after a six year silence.
Westside Cowboy – New Century Hall, Manchester: Live Review
In the Round with Westside Cowboy at Manchester’s New Century Hall – a communal experience.