La Luz – La Luz : Album Review
La Luz release a shining diamond of a fourth album, full of great songs, and their fabulous blend of harmonies, surf guitar, psychedelic keyboards, and an intoxicating dance beat.
Gareth Allen
Gareth is a contributor for Louder than War, and has previously contributed to Sonic Bandwagon, Room Thirteen and Mudkiss.
Baron Crâne – Les Beaux Jours: Album Review
Baron Crâne release their fourth album Les Beaux Jours, and unleash a powerhouse of heavy fusion sounds and astonishing musicianship.
Scordatura – Audio Glasgow: Live Review
It’s an evening of full on death metal, as Glasgow’s very own Scordatura, make a welcome return to a packed Audio Glasgow.
Hamish Hawk – Heavy Elevator: Album Review
Hamish Hawk releases an incredible new album, that marks the emergence of a supremely gifted musician, singer and writer.
Blue Rose Code – Glasgow, The Glee Club: Live Review
Blue Rose Code return to Glasgow, with live music to make your heart soar and your feet move (once again) to get hip to the beat.
VOW – ICARIAN: EP Review
VOW release a stunning experimental EP, that forges new directions within metal.
Necronautical – Slain In The Spirit : Album Review
Necronautical release a metal tour de force, on their fourth album, that takes the band into new and exciting musical territory.
Benjamin Croft – Far and Distant Things: Album Review
Benjamin Croft releases a stunning musical treat of an album, that works together quite beautifully; jazz with rock, progressive and classical music.
Swallow the Sun – 20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki: Album Review
Swallow The Sun release an incredible career spanning live album, covering all musical sides of this towering metal band from Finland.
At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being: Album Review
At the Gates unleash their new album, The Nightmare Of Being. It stakes out new musical ground for the Swedish metal legends.
Counting Crows – Butter Miracle, Suite One: EP Review
Counting Crows release the first in a series of musical suites, that provide an immersive and musically evocative soundtrack for our times.
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie – Live/A Night In The Windy City: Album Review
A reformed Goodbye Mr Mackenzie unleash a live album, that demonstrates again, what a great live and musically unique band they are, and why we have missed them so much.
Gojira – Fortitude: Album Review
Gojira unleash their new album Fortitude which shows a band at the peak of their creative powers, combining full on metal, with an extraordinary range of other musical influences.
Rorcal & Earthflesh – Witch Coven: Album Review
On their new album Witch Coven, Rorcal & Earthflesh have created a dynamic fusion of the black metal and doom metal genres together with other musical influences, It’s an intense listening experience that once again demonstrates the creative potential of metal.
WODE – Burn In Many Mirrors: Album Review
Manchester black-metallers WODE return and show the step up that they have made. Burn In Many Mirrors is a huge album, with the one of the most dynamic metal sounds you are likely to hear this year.