Mark Rotherham

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Mark Rotherham has been writing for MetalTalk since 2020. His day job is as a nurse, but he loves reviewing great music for MetalTalk and occasionally interviewing amazing musicians. In his spare time, he also writes books.


A published author, Mark has written a trilogy about a fictional Heavy Metal band called Cold Steel under the pen name Rick Brindle.

Album Of The Week: Doogie White is still fighting the fight

Doogie White's As Yet Untitled first saw the light of day in 2011 but has now been released with two bonus tracks, and a whole second CD of cover versions. I didn't...

Midnite City / A big American sound by a British band

Even before you've heard them play a note or seen a picture of them, when a band are called Midnite City and their latest album is called 'Itch You Can't Scratch', you...

Thunder / A good time approach to their music delivers all the right noises

Back in 1992, Thunder released 'Laughing on Judgement Day', which for me remains an all-time classic. It got me through a real crossroads in my life but, more than that, it poised...

Suzi Quatro / ‘The Devil In Me’ is a gem, chock full of surprises

By my reckoning, this is Suzi’s eighteenth studio album and her belief in this one is such that, even before its official release on 26 March, she has told MetalTalk that this...

DIO / Holy Diver Live is a magical memory of a unique night

I was there. But then again, I was at the Astoria every time Dio played there. This time, though, it was a bit special, to mark the twenty-first (ish) anniversary of the...

DIO / Evil Or Divine a very special a thing of magic

With a remastered sound, revamped cover artwork and additional goodies added to the CD and vinyl versions, this is a posthumous re-issue of Dio’s 2002 live album 'Evil or Divine'.Dio - Evil...

U.D.O. / Pandemic Survival Show is almighty Heavy Metal entertainment

You would have to have been circumnavigating the world in a one-person yacht without a radio to know that since March last year, there have not been any gigs. Anywhere.Apart, that is, from...

Accept / Still the absolute Metal masters with ‘Too Mean To Die’

Accept are back with Too Mean to Die. It is their 16th album and features eleven tracks of toxic Metal, all of them guaranteed to pour guitar fire and screaming vocals all...

Iconic Eye / Setting the bar and our expectations sky high

Iconic Eye will release the five-track EP 'Back From Behind the Sun' 4 December 2020, their way of saying they are back.Iconic Eye - Back From Behind The Sun RPRelease Date: 4...

Hammerfall / Long may the Metal carnage continue!

Hammerfall 'Live! Against The World', released as a double CD live album, was recorded on 15 February 2020 at the MHP Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany, during their World Dominion Tour.Hammerfall – Live...

Mark Rotherham

WRITER
Mark Rotherham has been writing for MetalTalk since 2020. His day job is as a nurse, but he loves reviewing great music for MetalTalk and occasionally interviewing amazing musicians. In his spare time, he also writes books.


A published author, Mark has written a trilogy about a fictional Heavy Metal band called Cold Steel under the pen name Rick Brindle.
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