Reviewed: January, 2022 Published: 2021, Sonic Bond Publishing Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: JP Back in October of 2019 I had the pleasure of reading a book by John Tucker from the On Track Series called Judas Priest:Every Album, Every Song. It was (at the time) a relatively new series of publications…
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Pilkington, Steve-Iron Maiden: Every Album, Every Song (Book Review)
Reviewed: January, 2022 Published: 2020, Sonic Bond Publishing Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Back in October of 2019 I had the pleasure of reading a book by John Tucker from the On Track Series called Judas Priest:Every Album, Every Song. It was (at the time) a relatively new series of publications…
Bossk – Migration
Reviewed: [July 2021] Released [2021 Deathwish Inc.] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson If you’re looking for some light, good-time party anthems to rock out to this summer after being stuck in relative isolation for the last fucking year, you should probably steer clear of the second full length from English…
Chez Kane
Chez Kane Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Stacey Webb for setting up the interview. Thanks to Frontiers Records for the promo pictures Promo pictures of Chez Kane is taken by: Scott Elliott British singer Chez Kane released her self-titled solo debut album a few weeks ago (March 2021). Prior…
Interview with Darren Sadler, founder of Metalhead Magazine
Interview with Darren Sadler, founder of Metalhead Magazine by JP Are you crazy? Nobody starts a print magazine these days. Just kidding! Congratulations on your new venture! However, there is a serious question in there. With the market for Metal magazine collapsing about 10 years ago,…
Metalhead Issue #1 (Magazine review)
Reviewed: February, 2021 Released: 2020, Indie Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Periodically (pun fully intended) I’ll review a Metal magazine. As a rule of thumb if a new Metal magazine comes along I will review the first issue, as sort of a public service announcement to let fans know there…
Sylosis – Cycle Of Suffering
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 7th February 2020, Nuclear Blast Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Shirley England’s own Sylosis have returned from their hiatus and good grief, thank god for that. From first seeing and hearing them in the early 2000’s, they have gone from strength to strength and it seems like…
Old Corpse Road – Interview with The Bearer
Old Corpse Road – Interview with The Bearer Interview by Demitri Levantis The British black metal institution have returned with their third album: “On Ghastly Shores Lay the Wreckage of our Lore”, and to find out more on this new release, Metal-Rules caught up with the band to find out…
Halmshaw, Paul, Peaceville Life (Book Review)
Halmshaw, Paul- Peaceville Life Reviewed: October, 2018 Publisher: Hell Segundo Year Published: 2018 Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP I love it when I’m right. A few years back I predicted that with the massive increase in Metal related publications we would see more books written about record labels. It makes sense,…
Hamerex – The Abyss
Reviewed: June, 2018 Released: 2018, Hamerex Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Erich Hamerex has been active since the release of their debut album back in 2012. Hailing from the UK, THE ABYSS is the band’s second EP release and fifth album overall. One of the things I love about the band is…
Monsterworks – Scale and Probability
Reviewed: May, 2018 Released: 2018 Eat Lead and Die Music Rating: 2.5 / 5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Monsterworks may well be the most prolific band you never – or maybe just barely – have heard of. Scale and Probability is the 16th album from the British by way of New…
Septic Tank – Rotting Civilisation
Reviewed: May, 2018 Released: 2018 Rise Above Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson After kicking around as more myth or concept than actual “thing” for the better part of 20 years, and offering but a tease with a four-track, 7-minute EP in 2013, the supergroup Septic Tank have finally come…
Napalm Death – Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs
Reviewed: April, 2018 Released: 2018 Century Media Records Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson As they ready to begin work on their next album, their 16th if my math is correct, figure out what role guitarist Mitch Harris will play – since he hasn’t performed live with the band…
Bloodstock Festival 2017
Bloodstock Open Air 2017 @ Catton Hall, Derbyshire 10th-13th August Review by Demitri Levantis Photography & Mini Reviews by Graham Hilling
Bloodstock Open Air 2016 @ Catton Hall, Derbyshire
Bloodstock Open Air 2016 @Catton Hall, Derbyshire 11th – 14th August 2016 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography and Additional Reviews by Graham Hilling Derbyshire is probably the last place you’d expect to find metal. It’s not one of England’s most famous counties, nor has it built up a reputation for…