Reviewed – Mallavora – Favourite Mistake

Rating - 3.5/5 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/6riwvTAZ8l1bfTi0GqemMq Website - https://www.mallavora.co.uk/ Bandcamp - https://mallavora.bandcamp.com/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZu04vbgYHpEqmgLfI_u2pA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mallavora/?ref=br_rs ‘Favourite Mistake’ from British four-piece Mallavora is an enjoyable mix of heavy riffs, solid playing and interesting lyricism. The track features a call and response between the two vocalists, sharing chorus and verse duties respectively. The vocals... Continue Reading →

31st May 2020 0

Death – Symbloic – 25 Years on.

Twenty-Five years ago the greatest death metal album was given to the world. Symbolic by Death is a journey. A formation of songs that encrypt the listener into an inviting climb of what thrash metal had buried within itself to become. Although Symbolic came towards the end of the Death Metal genres peak in the... Continue Reading →

29th May 2020 0

Reviewed – The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form

Rating - 2/5 I’ll start by saying I am a fan of the 1975, and think their albums have been creative and of quality so far. Of course, this means new projects carry pressure and when seeing the, let’s say, ‘mixed’ feelings for the new album, I was ready for a departure from what’s gone... Continue Reading →

26th May 2020 0

Reviewed – Red Negative – Sweet Summer Girl

Rating - 3.5/5 Midlands five-piece, Red Negative release their single ‘Sweet Summer Girl’; an upbeat pop-rock effort that is at best extremely catchy and at worst derivative; but hey what pop-rock isn’t somewhat derivative at this point? The single arrives in advance of a longer, an unreleased project titled 'Two Metres Apart’; presumably a commentary... Continue Reading →

18th May 2020 0

Reviewed: Wishbone – Pseudo Planet EP

Released: 1st May 2020 Rating: 4/5 The world needs more doom pop, and Midlands trio Wishbone are here to provide it. Their debut EP, Psuedo Planet, is a magnificent insight into the genre, and promises the band an exciting future. The EP features two previously released singles, Laika and Maelstrom, plus three brand new tracks,... Continue Reading →

13th May 2020 0

Deftones – Diamond Eyes – A Ten Year Reflection

Diamond Eyes is by far a gateway album for me and is a huge reason as to why I got into Deftones. I think I was about 13 when I'd first listened to them and that album in particular. We'd bought it on CD and always used to play it in full, no skips (it's... Continue Reading →

13th May 2020 0

Reviewed – VEDA – Leave it All Behind

Rating - 3.5/5 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vedawave/ Bandcamp - https://vedawave.bandcamp.com/album/bdiy-009-sweetheart Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1vSSzvDl4 A modern retelling of dark-wave bands gone by- taking influence from the horror-punk and goth legends of before and rewriting the formula to create a fresh new take on an old sound. The debut album “Leave It All Behind” from Birmingham based goth-pop... Continue Reading →

10th May 2020 0

Reviewed – Divided By Design – Orion I: Denial

Rating - 4.5/5 Website - http://www.dividedbydesign.uk/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dividedbydesignband Intsagram - https://www.instagram.com/dividedbydesign_band/ ‘Orion I: Denial’ is part one of an upcoming conceptual series of tracks from Leeds prog-rock group Divided By Design; it’s a composition that draws on classic progressive sounds of the 70s and 80s as well as incorporating modern elements of metal. The... Continue Reading →

9th May 2020 0

Reviewed – Non Canon – Dark Force Rising

Rating - 4/5 Today’s single is a treatise on sociopolitical behavior from a man named Barry. Wait, don’t run off screaming just yet. Non Cannon aka Barry Dolan (he of Oxygen Thief) is bringing his follow up album after a four-year break. Imaginatively titled Non Cannon II and released on May 15th, the album covers... Continue Reading →

9th May 2020 0