Metal Reviews

Album Review: For over two decades, Sweden's Cult Of Luna have delivered an increasingly ambitious sound. The Long Road North is huge and filled with emotion. @cultofluna @metalbladerecords

Annihilator, legends of Thrash Metal from Canada, release Metal II on 18 February 2022. The overhaul of Metal, shows this is an album worthy of revisiting. @annihilatormetal @earmusic

Slash ft Myles Kennedy - 4 is a sonic benchmark for modern rock music. As an example of hard rock music recorded, played, produced and mixed to absolute perfection, 4 is going to take some beating. @Slash @officialmyleskennedy @kahmel_farahani

Rise Up (Live From Daisyland) is the first of four live tracks released from The Dead Daisies. The song was recorded at Rock City, Nottingham, on their recent tour. @thedeaddaisies @douglasaldrichguitar @glennhughesonline Photo: @rock_pixs

Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin is released 25 February 2022. There is arguably no finer singer around today to put her own soul into this selection. @officialbethhart @mascotlabelgroup @pmonkhouse1

Album Review: Doubtful that you'll hear a more seductive and heartfelt album than Nectar by Silent Skies all year. Tom S. Englund and Vikram Shankar work their magic on ten tracks that are breath-taking in their beauty.

Faster Pussycat may not have got to ride the commercially lucrative wave. But there was no doubting their credentials, attitude and most importantly, the songs. @fasterp_ssycat @brian_boyle_72

REVIEW: Carpe Diem shows that Saxon are at the top of their game with no intention of surrendering after all these years. Heavy Metal Thunder at its finest. @saxon.official @pmonkhouse1 @silver.lining.music

Arguably the biggest cult band in the UK, Hawkwind are both one of the most quintessentially English acts, but also the most underrated. Read the review of Dust Of Time. @_hawkwindoficial_ #Hawkwind

Entering their 55th year in existence, Jethro Tull are an evergreen presence in British rock music. New album The Zealot Gene is pure Tull brilliance. @jethrotull_

Arjen Lucassen's Star One to release Revel In Time. There really is so much to get to know and appreciate. If you love Arjen's work, Revel In Time will really hit the spot for you. @ayreon_official @floor_jansen_official @marcelabovio @cuijpersjohn

Scarlet Rebels release See Through Blue on 18 January. We already have a contender for classic rock album of the year on our hands right here. @scarletrebelsofficial

Chilean Black/Death Metal duo Chaos Perversion are set to unleash their debut EP, Petrified Against the Emanation, upon the unsuspecting world. @sentientruin @death_total

Uriah Heep. Very Eavy, Very Umble from 1970 and 1971s Salisbury are both definitely products of their era when you listen to them now. @uriahheepofficial

With no album from "legendary garden machinery obsessed Thrash/Crossover titans" Lawnmower Deth since '93s Billy, all that is about to change with Blunt Cutters @lawnmowerdeth_pete @dissonance_productions

It's three months shy of twenty-one years since Iron Maiden played Shepherd's Bush Empire, tonight's venue for what could easily have been billed as 'A Very Special, Thought Provoking and Memorable Evening...

It's finally here. 'Firepower', the most hotly anticipated Metal album of 2018 has arrived and it lives up to and surpasses all expectations.

WISDOM - 'Judas' - (Noise Art Records) Release Date: August 24th 2012. Words: Ivan David