Review Date: March 2020 Released: 2019 / print on demand. Label: Independent Rating: 3.5/5 Review: JP While we are all fans of music to one degree or another there are those individuals who truly super-fans. These people want to contribute something back and share their love of a certain band…
Groghan, Brad-Hair Metal Activity Book (Book review)
Review Date: March 2020 Released: 2019/print on demand. Label: Independent Rating: 3.5 /5 Review: JP While we are all fans of music to one degree or another there are those individuals who truly super-fans. These people want to contribute something back and share their love of a certain band or…
Alkira – The Pulse
March 2020 November 29th, 2019 / Self-Release Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Since forming in early 2010, Alkira has made quite a name for themselves as a young group of talented musicians with a brutal live show. Hailing from the small country town of Strathalbyn in the Adelaide…
Haunt – Mind Freeze
March 2020 January 10th, 2020 / Shadow Kingdom Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine I have become quite a fan of Haunt since their first full-length release, 2018’s BURST INTO FLAME. From that release until now, it seems that Haunt has not taken a break since releasing a…
Amorphia – Arms To Death
Reviewed: March 2020 Released: November 23rd, 2019 / Awakening Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine India thrash war machine Amorphia’s debut assault ARMS TO DEATH is 100% old school bestial aggression. This merciless onslaught of pure thrash metal has received glowing reviews from all over the globe, as…
Pestifer – Expanding Oblivion
Reviewed: March 2020 Released: 2020 Xenokorp Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Belgian death metallers Pestifer might not be the most productive band around, but what they lack in quantity, they have to this point made up in quality. Expanding Oblivion is just the band’s third album in 16 years, but…
Metal Church-The Elektra Years 1984-1989
Review Date: March 2020 Released: February 2020 Label: Cherry Red/ HNE Rating: 3/5 Review: JP This falls in the category of public service reviews. Cherry Red and HNE have just released a cool little package collecting some (but not all!) of the major label years of Metal Church. …