STONE SOURHouse Of Gold & Bones: Part 1 Roadrunner (2012)Rating: 8/10 With Slipknot slowly on the road to a full return, it’s not particularly surprising to see a new Stone Sour record. House Of Gold & Bones is a two-part journey that follows the story of someone at the “crossroads of his life” as questions […]

MY DYING BRIDE – Rock Till Doomsday Anthony Morgan October 2012 My Dying Bride (l-r): Shaun MacGowan, Andrew Craighan, Aaron Stainthorpe, Lena Abé and Hamish Glencross Parts for 11th My Dying Bride studio full-length A Map Of All Our Failures began to be authored during early 2011, guitarists Andrew Craighan and Hamish Glencross writing various […]

MY DYING BRIDEA Map Of All Our Failures Peaceville (2012)Rating: 7.5/10 Considered one of the forefathers of the modern doom metal genre, My Dying Bride have been on the scene for 20-plus years now. Much like contemporaries Cathedral, they are rock solid with their albums. They always deliver well-produced, highly musical songs of lament and […]

COHEED AND CAMBRIAThe Afterman: Ascension Hundred Handed (2012)Rating: 9/10 Nyack, New York’s Coheed And Cambria are an interesting band. Over the course of six albums they continue to remain a unique beast, impossible to classify. Equal parts prog rock, post-hardcore and punk clash to create a sound that is the singular territory of Coheed And […]

PETER DOLVINGThieves And Liars Self-released (2012)Rating: 9.5/10 Original frontman of The Haunted, Peter Dolving returned for another run with the Swedish group in 2004. As fate would have it, Dolving has again exited The Haunted. This time though, Dolving lands firmly on his feet delivering Thieves And Liars. Fans expecting a hardcore or metal album […]

DIOThe Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2 Niji Entertainment (2012)Rating: 8.5/10 While a lot of attention has been focused on the posthumous release of much Dio material, this compilation is spotlighting the lesser known Dio material. That’s a good thing, and that’s precisely what I love about The Very Beast of Dio Vol. 2. The […]

KISSMonster Universal (2012)Rating: 8/10 After a disappointing outing with Psycho Circus (1998) and a complete letdown with Sonic Boom (2009), I could really have cared less about the release of Monster. Once I saw it in front on me in the music section of my local Wal-Mart though, my Kiss Army loyalty kicked in and […]

THE PROPHETS OF ADDICTIONBabylon Boulevard Incorruption (2012)Rating: 8.5/10 There’s something so joyous in hearing a modern band who have a heart for dirty, sleazy rock ’n’ roll. The fantastically named The Prophets Of Addiction are fronted by one time Pretty Boy Floyd bassist Lesli Sanders, and the potion the band have concocted for this debut […]