Robert Adams

WRITER
Robert has been writing about music for over thirty years. Starting with Glasgow-based M8 magazine back in his native Scotland, he then moved down to London and worked as a music PR with the late Roland Hyams at Rock Hard PR.

With Roland, he worked with artists such as Bruce Dickinson, The Almighty, Helloween, W.A.S.P, Big Country, and The Stranglers.

Robert wrote for Rock Sound magazine for a few years before joining the MetalTalk team around seven years ago.

Porcupine Tree return after 12 years away with a triumphant sold-out show at Wembley Arena

Gig Reviews
Porcupine Tree - OVO Wembley Arena - 11 November 2022. The last gig of the massively successful Closure / Continuation tour that sold out arenas North America and Europe. Photo: @rock_pixs @porcupinetreeofficial @stevenwilsonhq

Devin Townsend / Lightwork is the perfect antidote to lockdown fever

Metal Reviews
Devin Townsend has never been afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve, and with Lightwork, that's the lasting effect. It's a healing album, and it's beautiful. @dvntownsend

Sodom / Teutonic thrash veterans celebrate 40 years of noise in their unique fashion

Metal Reviews
Sodom – 40 Years At War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom (S.P.V. / Steamhammer). You don't have a music career that long if you're not doing what you do very well indeed. @sodom_band_official

Lonely Robot / A Model Life is John Mitchell’s crowning achievement to date

Metal Reviews
Lonely Robot - A Model Life is John Mitchell’s soul being laid bare to musical accompaniment. @lonelyrobotband @insideoutmusic

Supersonic Blues Machine / Voodoo Nation will have you grinning like a Cheshire cat

Metal Reviews
Supersonic Blues Machine, Voodoo Nation (Provogue / Mascot) Album Review. If blues/rock is your thing, Voodoo Nation will have you grinning like a Cheshire cat.@supersonicbluesmachine @provogue_records @krisbarrasband @kingsolomonhicks @joshsmithguitarzan @sonny_landreth_official @ericgalesband @officialjoelouiswalker @anapopovicmusic @kirkfletchermusic @cwgstarr

Porcupine Tree / Should Wilson, Barbieri and Harrison have let sleeping progs lie?

Metal Reviews
Album review. Porcupine Tree – Closure / Continuation (Music For Nations / Sony). Should Wilson, Barbieri and Harrison have let sleeping progs lie? @porcupinetreeofficial Review: Robert Adams.

Coheed And Cambria continue epic Amory Wars saga with a genuine genre-skipping masterpiece

Metal Reviews
Album review. Coheed And Cambria release their tenth album Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind pick ups where 2018s Vaxis I: The Unheavenly Creatures left off.@roadrunnerrecords @coheed

Roland Hyams / The last of the old school music PR agents dies

News
It is with a heavy heart that MetalTalk are reporting the passing of Roland Hyams on Tuesday, 3 May 2022.Roland was the owner and operator of Work Hard P.R. and was possibly the last of the old school music PR's working in the business. #RIPRoland

Rammstein / Zeit is the most melancholic and heavy album the band have recorded

Metal Reviews
Album Review: Rammstein – Zeit (Universal). Rammstein are well and truly back, and Zeit is an album that sits very near the top of their catalogue.@rammsteinofficial @universal._.records

If you’ve ever wondered what makes Steven Wilson tick, then wonder no more

Metal Reviews
Limited Edition Of One is a fascinating and frequently humorous insight into the mind of one of the 21st Century's most prolific and eclectic musicians, producers and songwriters.A great story of story of life inside the music business and success despite never being fashionable. @stevenwilsonhq @constablebooks @littlebrown @mick.wall7
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Robert Adams

WRITER
Robert has been writing about music for over thirty years. Starting with Glasgow-based M8 magazine back in his native Scotland, he then moved down to London and worked as a music PR with the late Roland Hyams at Rock Hard PR.

With Roland, he worked with artists such as Bruce Dickinson, The Almighty, Helloween, W.A.S.P, Big Country, and The Stranglers.

Robert wrote for Rock Sound magazine for a few years before joining the MetalTalk team around seven years ago.
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