Category: Featured

Fairport Convention – Roadworks: Album Review

By John Barlass on 28th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Fairport Convention share a few highlights of their Wintour 2025 show on Roadworks, a new live album…only available during the current Spring Tour, or at Cropredy…

Elles Bailey – Band On The Wall, Manchester: Live Review

By Mark Lear on 27th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Elles Bailey and Caitlin Krisko And The Broadcast hit some Blues heights at Manchester’s Band On The Wall.

Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season: Album Review

By Dominic Walsh on 27th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Winterfylleth are back with The Unyielding Season; album number nine, full of more soaring and epic black metal but this time, a harder edge.

Hellripper – Coronach: Album Review

By karinbaldanza on 27th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Hellripper return with Coronach; another blistering collection of speed metal rooted on Scottish folklore and heritage.

Massive Wagons – Live At The Great Hall: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 26th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Made in Lancaster – Massive Wagons, live and dangerous in their natural habitat.

Axel Rudi Pell w/ Neverland – O2 Academy, Islington: Live Review

By Jack Merry on 26th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Axel Rudi Pell and Neverland remind us why Melodic Metal still matter in an Islington O2 Academy double bill.

Joe Hicks – Before It Gets Dark: Album Review

By John Barlass on 26th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Third album from Newbury-based singer-songwriter Joe Hicks. Before It Gets Dark is a cathartic set of songs, written as Joe came to terms with breakup and the death of his father.

Manchester Folk Festival 2026 – Live Review

By Seuras Og on 25th March 2026 • ( 2 Comments )

Manchester again plays host to an impressive line up of Folk Music from the UK and beyond.

Employed To Serve w/ Cage Fight – Yellow Arch, Sheffield: Live Review

By Andy Pountney on 25th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Employed To Serve and Cage Fight deliver an double bill of Metal in the intimate confines of Sheffield’s Yellow Arch.

Robertson – Robertson: Album Review

By John Barlass on 25th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

A dose of Californian sunshine – all way from Aberdeen. Our old friend Kevin Robertson is back and his new band is ready to jangle…

Mario Giammetti – Tony Banks, Man Of Spells, The Magician Of Genesis: Book Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 25th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Arch Genesis writer and critic, Mario Giammetti, delves deep into the musical career of keyboardist and composer Tony Banks.

Antrisch – Expedition III: Album Review

By Nick Waring on 25th March 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Bavarian black metallers Antrisch live up to their namesake in this eerie and haunting exploration of the adventures of the conquistador Lope de Aguirre.