Metal Reviews

Girlschool / The School Report is the perfect set

Girlschool – The School Report 1978-2008 (Cherry Red Records). With the band going on tour again, there's never been a better time to catch up on their history. #Girlschool @cherryredrecords Words: @pmonkhouse1

Pantheist / A rare opportunity to catch a seminal band up close and personal

Pantheist - Edenfall - Pyrogaric - Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff - 4 December 2022. A rare opportunity to catch Pantheist, a seminal band, up close and personal. Photo: @photos.bygeoo Words: @hutchie224 @pantheistband @edenfall_official @pyrogaric

Uriah Heep / A further walk down memory lane brings many smiles

The celebration of 50 years of Uriah Heep continues with 1973's Sweet Freedom and 1975 album Return To Fantasy on ltd edition heavyweight picture disc by BMG. Words: @hutchie224 @uriahheepofficial @mick_box_uriah_heep @bmguk

ScvmFvzz / Dag Basturd and Billi Bollox Make Punk Rock Shit Again

Make Punk Rock Shit Again! An audacious ambition, but was it ever shit? And if it was, do Scvmfvzz have what it takes to return it to those dubious standards? #RupturedAmbitions #ScvmFvzz

Screamer / Swedish Metallers look for their coronation with album number five

Screamer – Kingmaker (Steamhammer / SPV). The musicianship is top-drawer, and the cohesive style and interplay stunning. Bring on the summer festivals. @hutchie224 @wearescreamer @steamhammer.official

Black Sabbath / Win a Heaven And Hell Anniversary Edition CD set

Black Sabbath / Win a Heaven And Hell Anniversary Edition CD set. Black Sabbath released Heaven And Hell on 18 April 1980. Their first with the voice of Ronnie James Dio and the production skills of Martin Birch. Words: @rock_pixs @blacksabbath

Gary Moore / A Different Beat sparkling and intriguing in equal measure

Gary Moore / A Different Beat sparkling and intriguing in equal measure. @pmonkhouse1 #GaryMoo

Competition / Black Sabbath – Mob Rules 40th Anniversary Edition

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules 40th Anniversary Edition. As powerful today as ever, This chance to revisit and truly take in all its wonders is one not to be missed. @blacksabbath @pmonkhouse1

Faster Pussycat keep rocking with new double-A single

Faster Pussycat release double-A single with the original song Like A Ghost and a cover of Johnny Thunders' Pirate Love, their first with Golden Robot Records. @fasterp_ssycat @goldenrobotrecords @giirlsneedlove

Album Of The Week / Final Fling is a fitting tribute to Bernie Tormé

Bernie Tormé - Final Fling. Now a posthumous release as Bernie passed away in March 2019, the day before his 67th birthday, it’s a fitting tribute. @bernie.torme Words: @hutchie224 Photography: @ericduvetphotography

Vicious Rumors / The Atlantic Years a history lesson in exhilarating Heavy Metal music

They may have been another band who frustratingly just missed on the super leagues, but Vicious Rumors were indeed contenders and The Atlantic Years is a fine testament to that very fact. @pmonkhouse1 @cherryredrecords @viciousrumorsband

Virtual Symmetry release one of the best albums of 2022, with an uplifting, vibrant feel

Virtual Symmetry – Virtual Symmetry (Sensory). Virtual Symmetry is one of the best albums of 2022, with an uplifting, vibrant feel. @virtualsymmetryofficial @hutchie224

Enuff Z’Nuff always manage to conjure up something great on every album

Album Review - Enuff Z'Nuff - Finer Than Sin (Frontiers) - Always manage to conjure up something great on every album. It's a punchy album that fans will enjoy.

Like A Beast, W.A.S.P. and Armored Saint put on a fierce show in Montclair, New Jersey

Concert Review - W.A.S.P - Armored Saint - The Wellmont Theater, New Jersey - 17 November 2022. The anticipation for W.A.S.P.'s homecoming American tour has been brewing ever since their last time touring the country over a decade ago. Photo: @shannonwilk_ @waspnationofficial @thearmoredsaint

Iron Maiden / The heavyweight versus featherweight battle in The Number Of The Beast

On the 22 March 1982, Iron Maiden rewrote the Heavy Metal rulebook with the release of their iconic album The Number Of The Beast. Today the 40 Anniversary Edition is released

Beneath The Embers / Condemned is an enticingly brutal Metalcore/Thrash debut

Beneath The Embers - Condemned if you are a fan of the range of music from Metalcore to classic rock, then consider yourself in good hands with Condemned. @beneathembers Words and Photo: @lawrence89_photography

The Bloody Hell / Nobody Cares of great interest to punk and horror punk fans

Canadian Punk Rockers The Bloody Hell, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, finally return with their follow-up to their 2018 self-titled debut album, with the nine-track, twenty-eight-minute offering, Nobody Cares. @thebloodyhellhfx

Suzi Quatro / Uncovered is an excellent insight into the artist

Suzi Quatro, The Queen of rock 'n' roll, has been putting her in-between concert time to excellent use with the release of a six-track EP called Uncovered.
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