Robert Adams

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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.

Album Of The Week / The Stranglers Dark Matters is simply majestic

The Stranglers finally get around to releasing the follow up to 2012's Giants with Dark Matters. MetalTalk asks Robert Adams if it's been worth the wait? The quick answer to that question is...

Brian Setzer / Gotta Have The Rumble cements top of his craft position

King of Rockabilly, Brian Setzer, releases his third solo album and MetalTalk asked Robert Adams to get out his drainpipes and suede shoes to give you the lowdown. Brian Setzer – Gotta Have...

Opeth reissue Blackwater Park, their ‘stepping stone into professionalism’

Two decades in and still a breathtaking piece of work, Opeth's magnum opus Blackwater Park is dense with extraordinary melodic moments, spine-tingling atmospherics and agile but crushing heaviness. Opeth – Blackwater Park 20th...

Lacuna Coil / Italian Metal giants release special hometown live lockdown show

We all know the very real pain, and suffering COVID-19 has brought to our planet these last 18 months. Life as we knew it quite literally changed overnight. Friends, family members and...

Frost* release unashamedly British and genuinely fantastic album

A debut album can make or break any band. Usually, it's a springboard to bigger and better things, but it can also be a millstone around their neck for some. In my...

Ocean Machine Livestream / Devin Townsend is a fantastic entertainer

What originally started as a series of online, live-streaming solo performances from Canadian maverick Devin Townsend to raise funds for a Canadian hospital, one in New York and the NHS during the...

The Pineapple Thief / Versions Of The Truth Show was something very special

Neo-prog stalwarts The Pineapple Thief played a very special online show to make up for their tour cancellation due to "that pandemic." The Pineapple Thief – Versions Of The Truth Online Show Words: Robert...

Liquid Tension Experiment / Legendary Progressive Rock maestros deliver LTE3

A quick recap of Liquid Tension Experiment’s history is required before we delve into this release. Liquid Tension Experiment came about back in 1997 when the then Dream Theatre drummer Mike Portnoy...

Volbeat / Anniversary album is a bona fide cracker

Danish Rockabilly Metallers Volbeat celebrate the 15th anniversary of their debut album 'The Strength/The Sound/The Songs' and have reissued it on limited edition coloured vinyls. MetalTalk decided to give the album a...

Devin Townsend / Canada’s mad musical scientist releases beautiful solo acoustic album

Devin Townsend wanted to do something a bit different with the 'Empath' touring cycle and broke it into three separate entities. This solo acoustic tour was Volume 1 of the cycle. Unfortunately, due to...

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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