Hertfordshire metal quartet, Before the Sirens, have supreme confidence in their song writing skills and an unusual humility to accompany them. Alun Davies (vocals/guitar), Adam Aldridge (bass), and Chris Tidey…
Tag: hard rock
A Metallica album is like a football world cup. It occurs on a cycle rather than every summer and creeps up on you when so much has happened in the…
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Finnish thrash metal trio, Damage SFP, produced two demos in the 1990s before splitting up in 1996. They reformed twenty-two years later and released their self-titled 2019 debut with songs…
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The Final Sleep released their first demo in 2006 and retain three out of five original members in the seventeenth year of their existence. As natives of Troy, New York,…
Threshold would be prime contenders if the rock and metal industry had a lifetime achievement award for the most underrated act. The Surrey quintet have been innovating in the progressive…
Norwich metal quintet, Hedra, formed in 2014 as a studio project of Jim Marten (vocals) and Kamil Korsak (guitar) and endured the usual struggles of keeping a band together with…
We noted in 2021 that Therion’s previous record ‘will disappoint those looking for a heavy dose of metallic crunch underneath the operatic flamboyance, despite some moments of genuine brilliance.’ That…