Gavin Brown 72 articles

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]

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...

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Review: AC/DC “Power Up” [Columbia Records, Sony Music Australia]

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...

Interview: DORO

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...

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Review: Napalm Death “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” [Century Media Records]

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...

Interview with Schmier of Destruction

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...

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Review: BruceXCampbell “South To No Life” [Give Praise records]

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...

Interview with Robert Garven of Cirith Ungol

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...

Interview with Damir Eskic (Gomorra, Destruction)

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...

Interview with Night Crowned

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,...

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Review: Cro-Mags “From The Grave” [Victory Records]

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...

Interview: Jörgen Sandström (ex-GRAVE, ENTOMBED and more)

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...

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Review: SLAYER “The Repentless Killogy – Live At The Forum In Inglewood, CA” [Nuclear Blast Records]

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...

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Review: Municipal Waste “The Last Rager” [Nuclear Blast]

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...

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Review: Krysthla “Worldwide Negative” [Initiate Audio and Media]

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...

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Review: BEASTMAKER “Eye of the Storm” [Shadow Kingdom]

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...

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Review: Phobia “Generation Coward” [Willowtip Records]

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...

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Review: Sacred Reich / Iron Reagan Split [Metal Blade Records]

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...

Interview: Emilio of Possessed

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...

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Review: Theories “Vessel” [Corpse Flower records]

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...

Interview: Mike Eginton of EARTHLESS

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...