Gorguts – Considered Dead / The Erosion of Sanity: Album Review
Cherry Red/Dissonance reissue the first two albums from Canadian death metallers, Gorguts.
Dominic Walsh
Dominic has written about music for several years for various outlets including Louder Than War magazine, The Sludgelord, Manchester Evening News and Cultural Bulletin.
Seventy Songs for Saturday – The Cropredy Playlist 2025: Opinion
Seventy Songs for Saturday. This is our specially curated PA playlist for Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2025.
War – Band On The Wall: Live Review
War celebrate 50 years of Why Can’t We Be Friends? with a rare show in Manchester, bringing the hit list to life!
The Charlatans w/ Embrace & The Coral – Castlefield Bowl, Manchester: Live Review
The Charlatans return to Manchester with indie heavyweights Embrace and The Coral in tow – a mouth watering bill for any indie fan.
King Diamond w/ Paradise Lost & Unto Others – Manchester Academy: Live Review
King Diamond return to English shores. Dare you enter Saint Lucifer’s Hospital? Support comes from UK legends Paradise Lost and goth rockers Unto Others.
Download Festival Day Three: Live Review
Korn get their chance to headline after putting in the graft over the years. Bleed From Within step up, Meshuggah punish and Turbonegro being the good times.
Download Festival Day One: Live Review
Green Day make their Download debut, Opeth and Windhand bring the heavy artillery and Dirty Honey deliver the old school rock and roll vibes.
Hothouse Flowers w/ Lorraine Nash – O2 Ritz Manchester: Live Review
Hothouse Flowers celebrate their first two albums in emphatic fashion. Support comes from the brilliantly talented Lorraine Nash.
Hothouse Flowers – The Older We Get – The London Years: Album Review
Hothouse Flowers have their London Records albums collected via Cherry Red Records offering a great overview of one of the finest Irish bands in the land.
Fortress Festival 2025 Day Two: Live Review
Agalloch headline day two of Fortress Festival; a day where every single band could be the band of the weekend.
Fortress Festival 2025 Day One: Live Review
Scarborough plays host to another sold out Fortress Festival, helping deliver the crème de la crème of extreme metal to UK shores.
Orbital – Brown: Album Review
Orbital reissue their second self titled album; colloquially known as ‘the brown album’. Like it’s green predecessor, this one is full of electronic classics.
Stiff Little Fingers – The Singles, 1978 – 1983: Album Review
Cherry Red Records release compilation from Stiff Little Fingers’ most commercially successful period. A compact and succinct selections of some bona fide classics.
Sleep Token – Even In Arcadia: Album Review
Sleep Token release Even In Arcadia; their first major label release on RCA. Destined to be on of 2025’s biggest releases; are they in the big leagues now?
Amelia Coburn – YES, Manchester: Live Review
Amelia Coburn heads out on a headline tour in support of Between The Moon & The Milkman; her brilliant 2024 album.