Review: Solace ‘Fading Failing Ruin’
Hope we’re all enjoying the year of our Lord 2026 – now memorable for an eclipse of the sun and
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Author: David J McLaren
Review: Warning ‘Rituals Of Shame’
Don’t ya just hate it when some thirty-year-old in a battle jacket says their first Metallica album was Kill ‘Em
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Review: Urzah ‘A Tranquil Void’
I owe Urzah a pint. When their debut album, The Scorching Gaze, was released back in 2024, I listened to
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Review: Black Lung ‘Forever Beyond’
So, here’s a quick summary of everything you may or may not have read in the past about Baltimore’s Black
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Review: Conan ‘Violence Dimension’
What could make a new Conan album an even more attractive proposition? Is it a) the inclusion of an exclusive
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Review: Messa ‘The Spin’
News fresh in from the interwebs: Messa have SOLD OUT with their new album The Spin on Metal Blade Records,
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Top Ten Of 2024: David J McLaren
So, how’s your 2024 been? Mine has been deliberately and consciously happy. Not very fashionable or interesting to be happy
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Review: Various Artists ‘The Very Best Of Jethro Tull Redux’
Internal David-monologue, approx. 1994: Everything must be heavier than everything else! Metallica are for girls (NB I was sexist as
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Review: Legions Of Doom ‘The Skull 3’
Do I need to go into the who, what and when of The Skull? In short, Eric Wagner left Trouble
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Review: Slomosa ‘Tundra Rock’
So far it’s been a year of follow-ups from bands I’m already invested in. Slomosa have fallen into the category
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Review: Dopethrone ‘Broke Sabbath’
I’ve been a fan of Electric Wizard since their Dopethrone album came out. If truth be told I had a
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