Album Reviews Archive
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Counting Crows : Underwater Sunshine
Posted on April 2, 2012 | No CommentsCounting Crows are one of the most influential bands around. They bring their own unique brand of folk tinged rock, and they’ve been doing it for a long time. This... -
3 Inches of Blood : Long Live Heavy Metal
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No Comments3 Inches of Blood have been around peddling their tribute to traditional heavy metal for well over a decade and return with ‘Long Live Heavy Metal’. The revolving door approach... -
Mitch Laddie : Burning Bridges
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsHaving been blown away by Mitch Laddie’s debut album This Time Around, I have been awaiting this one with baited breath. Hailed as “The best young guitarist in the world”... -
Jumping Jack : Trucks and Bones
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsAs nice as it is to have records that are clever and studied and very knowing, sometimes you can get an equal level of pleasure from records that are straightforward,... -
4Bitten : Delirium
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsThere hasn’t been a lot of good news coming out of Greece recently, but thankfully amongst all the austerity, financial turmoil and political stalemate some things are carrying on as... -
Mike Paradine Group : Death In The Family
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsAnother day, another pleasant surprise. When CackBlabbath received the debut solo album from ArcticFlame drummer Mike Paradine no one was exactly falling over themselves to volunteer to review it. But... -
OHMphrey : Posthaste
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsSo far, 2012 has definitely been an eclectic year musically with some amazing releases across virtually every genre that you can possibly think of. Fitting squarely into the “progressive instrumental... -
Caliban : I Am Nemesis
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsWell, seriously, I wasn’t expecting this. Not being one of metalcore’s adherents (of which there are many), I came to Caliban‘s latest album with little expectation; I also came to... -
Job For A Cowboy : Demonocracy
Posted on March 24, 2012 | No CommentsYou always had a sense that Job For A Cowboy’s Jony Davis had something about him that set him apart from the moribund masses of guttural roar. Now the only... -
Danny Bryant’s Red Eye Band : Night Life
Posted on March 24, 2012 | No CommentsNow I like a good live album. In fact some of my favourite albums of all time have been live albums, so good things were expected from this, the eighth...
