Reviewed: July 2018 Released: 2018, Loma Vista Recordings Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Lord Of The Wasteland With its fluidity between the rock and metal genres and image-based “gimmick,” Ghost has been a polarizing band since the release of its debut, 2010’s OPUS EPONYMOUS. Over the course of three albums, vocalist Papa…
Salem – Attrition
Reviewed: July, 2018 Released: 2018, Dissonance Productions Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Gabor Csete Before I got ‘Attrition’ I’d never heard about Salem. I mean, not the one from the United Kingdom. So it was a surprise that ‘Attrition’ is their third album. It was shocking that they formed in 1979. So…
Self-Hatred – Hlubiny
Reviewed: July, 2018 Released: 2018, Solitude Productions Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Sadness is a universal language. Find yourself in any corner of the globe, surrounded by words you may not understand and you will recognize sadness when you see it, even more so when you hear it. Such is…
Axel Rudi Pell – Knights Call
Reviewed: July 2018 Released: March 23rd, 2018 / Steamhammer/SPV Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine It’s hard to say whether or not many of you know the man Axel Rudi Pell let alone his contributions to the music world over the past 30 years. And then there are a…
Crowcroft, Orlando, Rock In A Hard Place (Book review)
Author: Orlando Crowcroft Title: Rock In A Hard Place Publisher: Zed Books Published: 2017 Date: July, 2018 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I enjoy reading the quintessential ‘Rock Star’ biographies of the timeless trilogy of sex, drugs and rock ‘ n’ roll, but it is very nice and a pleasant change…