For fifteen years now, Alter Bridge have been masterfully bridging the gap between hard rock and heavy metal. Of the five albums they have made so far, at least three...

Life Of Agony have always been a bit of a cult band. Having come up in the 90s New York scene, they gathered acclaim for their debut album, River Runs...

It is an early time for Wayne Kramer and company to hit the stage at Birmingham's Resorts World arena but 7 o'clock has never seemed so good. Now named the...

  It was an early  time as Rebecca Downes took the stage at the newly refurbished Eleven at her support slot. Her voice was hypnotic as her and her band...

Japanese sensation BABYMETAL will be releasing their 3rd album on 11th October 2019. For major fans this is quite the announcement, as it has been a whopping three-and-a-half years since...

This Southern rock/metal quartet are back with their second installment of "Black to Blues", and we couldn't be more excited. With six tracks awaiting our eardrums, this was an album...

This has been a long time coming. The metal world has been starved of Kenny Hickey ever since the release of the solitary Seventh Void record in 2009 and the...

Tonight, I have seen the best Symphonic Metal concert in my life. S&M2 Metallica’s one night only concert film, filmed over two nights at the new state-of-the-art Chase center in...

During the 2000s thrash revival, Municipal Waste made a name for themselves as being the fun, party band as opposed to straight-laced, super serious style adopted by the countless other...

When you revisit bands after a rather long absence of listening to their material in the confines of your home, car or a DJ set - you open your eyes...

Finland has a long and storied history with melodic death metal, dating back to the early '90s when the likes of Sentenced were putting their spin on the style. Many...

The translation of Swedish band Alfanne’s latest album , Atomvinter is nuclear winter, the 9 tracks are a mash up from the likes of Rammstein, Sisters of Mercy , Slipknot,...

Mike Zito knew Chuck Berry and even opened up as support for the man , so this is not just a collection of songs for the sake it, this was...

The time will soon be upon us when VOODOO VEGAS release their third album. Suffering at the hands of the Pledge Music catastrophe, when ‘Feeling So Good’ was being recorded...

Two days have passed since Volbeat cancelled their Bristol gig due to illness, causing fans in the Midlands to bite their fingernails in rabid anticipation. Thankfully Volbeat prove to make...

It’s an early start for this gig, first band are on at 7.30pm. A least the O2 is easy to get to and there’s plenty of parking spaces tonight. The...

Hellyeah are bringing us their 6th album release "Welcome Home", which is a grand 11-track record. You may have heard some songs already, such as "333", which have been released...

Just in time for Halloween, Wednesday returns with his crew for, by my counting, studio album number eight and the second for Nuclear Blast. While it will contain no surprises...

Truth be told, I did not expect Dragonforce to survive as long as they have done (and I’m probably not the only one). I thought the loss of Roadrunner’s backing...

Insomnium took the boldest step of their career with 2016’s concept album Winter’s Gate, which was comprised of one 40 minute track. The gallant move paid off, being well received...

From the age of 15 the young PAUL GILBERT was turning heads in the music industry, with his intricate playing style. After several years in Racer x and Mr Big,...

Since last year’s Songs for the Firing Squad, SeeYouSpaceCowboy have attracted a lot of positive attention from fans of mathy hardcore. In a year where we’ve had a new Employed...

For many, Opeth used to be the pinnacle of progressive metal. After stunning the musical world with a series of exemplary albums combining the best of both progressive and death...

Here we go. It is no secret to anyone that knows me that I hold Mike Patton's work in VERY high regard. I consider his voice to be one of...

Flying Colors - Third Degree (Mascot Label Group) Released (on multiple formats): October 4th 2019 What do you get if you put musicians who've been involved with the likes of...

Tokyo's metal sensation Survive have released their 7th full-length album, Immortal Warriors, today 24th September 2019. This four-piece band work to fuse old and new metal into one sound, and...

Since their arrival on the scene in 2016 with their debut album, Permanent Rainbow, Nervus have cultivated a small but dedicated fan base. Their bright indie-punk with lyrics that seemed...

Steel Panther are best known for their Glam-Rock aesthetics, humour and mass innuendos. These rockers have been bringing us comical classics since the early 2000's, and are now bringing us...

The Body grabbed my attention right from the beginning of their existence, with their brutal take on electronic music very much resonating me. Uniform I discovered later, and rather like...

It seems strange to say that this is only album number two from Empirion, considering their origins way back in 1993, but here it is, 'Resume', the follow up to...

Deathcore is a genre that has somewhat fractured over the years. Ever since the early 2010’s, many of the bands who played straight deathcore took the genre in a different...

Excalion were one of the great underrated power metal acts of the 21st century, with a trio of albums between 2005 and 2010 that showcased a maturity and craftsmanship beyond...

Day 2 of the festival and I head down to the Academy early as I have Interviews to do. After a meeting with fellow guests, held by Jonni Davis CEO...

Nu Metal phenomenon KORN are due to release their new album "The Nothing" on 13th September 2019, giving us a whopping 13 tracks to get stuck into. It also happens...

Midweek gigs in Cardiff can be a bit hit and miss. Either they are quiet as the grave, or they are an early sell out. Skunk Anansie rarely come to...

Time to head up to Sheffield again for the annual get together of all that is sleaze. Having arrived on Friday, I watched the 8 bands compete in the ‘Highway...

Finland’s Sonata Arctica won the hearts of power metal fans the world over with a string of well received albums in the late ‘90s / early ‘00s, before embarking on...

It won’t take a genius for anyone who listened to Duff McKagans new LP entitled Tenderness who attended the gig to realise the show was not going to be an...

STONEDEAF FESTIVAL – Newark Showground 24th August 2019 Links Full Stonedeaf Gallery View Here Stonedeaf Video Interview Click Here MMH - Friday Night Rock Party Gallery MMH Team Stondeaf Behind...

Marco Mendoza, Viva La Rock Tour. Cannock, England 14th August, 2019 Marco Mendoza has the pedigree of a superstar. Playing with the likes of Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Black Star...

This is only my third year at Bloodstock, honestly - my preferred genres are Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative and some cross-over, so a lot of the bands that play...

As a reviewer, it is critical to stay unbiased and open-minded when listening to new material. This is mostly to ensure that a fair review is delivered, void of unnecessary...

Boomtown Fair Festival in Winchester only started adding heavy music to their line up in the last couple of years, and it certainly seems to be bringing crowds successfully. This...

What a better way to spend a Saturday evening than at the Redrum, Stafford, when 3 top bands are playing. The place is packed out before the opening act gets...

Still over the moon with Taake and Helheim last night I realised the festival was coming to an end . We powered through the wind and rain and was still...

After an amazing evening me and my friends all had a catch up in the morning and chilled out with a Coffee.The weather had took a turn for the worst...

Thursday was an amazing evening and I was really excited for the line-up of the bands playing today. Joining me in the media tent today was our amazing in-house DJ,...

It’s that time of the year again when 1000’s of roaring metal heads from all over the world join forces to raise their horns and head to Derby Catton Hall...

For a lot of veteran metal bands, there seems to come a time when they start to curb their experimental instincts and settle into a safer groove, where their creative...

Previously called Scout Killers, the Bath based alternative rockers have now taken an infamous address as their new title. Number 10050 of that road, being the former home of the...

Cwn Annwn are a metal band from Minnesota, who released their new eight-track album Patron Saint on June 28th 2019. This album is based around tales of the deep and...

For all the conceptions of hardcore as a collection of hyper masculine guys shouting down microphones, telling you how to live your life, and playing pretty basic music, the current...

    It’s Day 3 already and my last drive up the mountain, my concentration, while trying to avoid the rocks, is broken with the speed limit signs, quoting lines...

For those of you who were around during to original rise of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), Sacrilege may be a familiar name. The band first surfaced...

Whilst Sorcery’s ascent in the extreme metal scene coincided with the resurgence of the Swedeath style around the start of this decade, the group are actually old hat at this...

Day 2 of the festival and it’s a lovely day again. The site is filling up early and anticipation is running high, there are 8 bands on today and some...

In its 9th year, this well organised and friendly festival, is one that’s always a pleasure to attend. After a steady climb up the mountain and the rock strewn farm...

The Band Bloodywood are a metal sensation from New Delhi, who blew up the internet with covers of "Tunak Tunak" and "Mundian To Bach Ke". They formed in 2016, and...

One of the things I naturally do when listening to a band for the first time is to make a guess as to what the sound of the band is...

Death metal and crust punk are often cited as the two key ingredients in the make up of grindcore. As such, when a band is described as death/crust the question...