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Metal loving music journalist, loves going to see gigs, listening to and reviewing albums and interviewing bands.

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Review: DORO “Triumph And Agony Live” [Rare Diamonds Productions]

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Doro has been the undisputed Queen Of Metal since her days as vocalist for Warlock and beyond, and even with her career in music spanning four decades, she ...
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Review: AC/DC “Power Up” [Columbia Records, Sony Music Australia]

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The past few years have been some of the most testing times for the legendary AC/DC with the extremely sad loss of the bands iconic rhythm guitarist and ...
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Interview: DORO

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Doro has been rocking stages all over the world and releasing much loved music for over thirty five years both as a solo artist and with her band ...
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Review: Napalm Death “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” [Century Media Records]

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There are not many bands who sound as vital and incendiary as Napalm Death do, especially for a band who are forty years into their career. In fact ...
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Interview with Schmier of Destruction

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With the worldwide coronavirus scuppering the touring plans of every band on the planet, there has been a void of live music. For German Thrash Metal Kings Destruction, ...
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Review: BruceXCampbell “South To No Life” [Give Praise records]

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Los Angeles Grindcore maniacs BruceXCampbell return with a specially released version of last year’s long awaited and years in the making South To No Life album. The year ...
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Interview with Robert Garven of Cirith Ungol

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American metal pioneers Cirith Ungol blast back with their new album Forever Black, their first since 1991 and it proves that they are back with a vengeance after ...
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Interview with Damir Eskic (Gomorra, Destruction)

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Gomorra play no-nonsense thrash metal and their debut album Divine Judgement is a full-throttle assault on the senses packs full of speed, heaviness and the right amount of ...
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Interview with Night Crowned

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Night Crowned specialise in black and death metal with a melodic edge to it, which many of the best Swedish bands from At The Gates, Dark Tranquility and ...
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Review: Cro-Mags “From The Grave” [Victory Records]

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The crazy history of New York hardcore pioneers Cro Mags is one that is at times triumphant and definitely tumultuous but behind all the drama that has ensued ...
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Interview: Jörgen Sandström (ex-GRAVE, ENTOMBED and more)

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Jörgen Sandström is a name synonymous when it comes to Swedish metal. From his early days as a vocalist in death metal greats Grave to being the bassist ...
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Review: SLAYER “The Repentless Killogy – Live At The Forum In Inglewood, CA” [Nuclear Blast Records]

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With their recent last ever live performance, the world said goodbye to Slayer and with that, their storied almost forty years career. As one of the most influential ...
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Review: Municipal Waste “The Last Rager” [Nuclear Blast]

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Thrash maniacs Municipal Waste return with their latest release The Last Rager EP and as we have come to expect from them, it’s packed full of slamming riffs ...
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Review: Krysthla “Worldwide Negative” [Initiate Audio and Media]

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Krysthla are a band who have been making a name for themselves on the metal underground for a number of years now both with their recorded output (with ...
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Review: BEASTMAKER “Eye of the Storm” [Shadow Kingdom]

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The sounds of traditional heavy metal and doom will never die and Beastmaker, the other band from Haunt mainman Trevor Church know that as they combine both with ...
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Review: Phobia “Generation Coward” [Willowtip Records]

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Long revered as true masters of grind, Phobia return with their latest storming album Generation Coward and its a full-on attack on a generation obsessed with social media ...
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Review: Sacred Reich / Iron Reagan Split [Metal Blade Records]

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Old and new thrash crossover kings collide on this split release as Sacred Reich and Iron Reagan unleash fresh material onto an unsuspecting world and if there were ...
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Interview: Emilio of Possessed

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Hi Emilio! Your new album Revelations Of Oblivion is out very soon. How did the creation and recording of the album go? Hello Gavin, Thank you for the ...
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Review: Theories “Vessel” [Corpse Flower records]

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Theories return with new album Vessel and this is the long-awaited follow up to brilliant debut album Regression and sees the band grinding out another top quality record ...
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Interview: Mike Eginton of EARTHLESS

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Your latest album Black Heaven came out last year. What has the reaction to the album been like since you released it? So far the majority of reviews ...
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