KRAKÓW Release Third Studio Album ‘amaran’ February 9th, 2015 Bergen, Norway-based post-metal group Kraków issued third studio full-length album amaran on February 9th, 2015 through Dark Essence Records. The outing was recorded at Solstottet and Duper Studio with producer Iver Sandøy. The track listing was as follows; 01. ‘Luminauts’ 02. ‘Atom’ 03. ‘Genesis’ 04. ‘Vitriol’ […]

MOMENTUM Release Second Album ‘The Freak Is Alive’ February 9th, 2015 Icelandic progressive metal group Momentum issued second studio full-length album The Freak Is Alive on February 9th, 2015 through Dark Essence Records. The outing was recorded at Studio ReFlex with Axel Flex” Árnason. The track listing was as follows; 01. ‘Bury The Eyes Once […]

LAST AUTUMN’S DREAMLevel Eleven AOR Heaven (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 Trawling through these AOR bands can be such a complex procedure and often a difficult task; usually because many bands have such a varied history with members coming and going. It ends up like one big harmonious family tree of intertwining characters and sounds to the point […]

PAPA ROACH – Facing Everything Anthony Morgan February 2015 Papa Roach (l-r): Tobin Esperance, Jacoby Shaddix, Tony Palermo and Jerry Horton Entering a recording studio to cut a prospective full-length, Vacaville, California-based rock outfit Papa Roach usually lays down a handful of demos beforehand, vocalist Jacoby Shaddix having penned several sets of lyrics and choruses […]

DEVOIDReturn To The Void (The Complete Recorded Works) Dark Blasphemies (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 Return To The Void is an essential release regarding the complete works of Liverpudlian death metal band Devoid. It’s fair to say that in the late 1980s and early 90s British death metal never got the recognition it fully deserved, in spite of […]

PRIMORDIAL Tour United Kingdom In February 2015 February 5th, 2015 Dublin, Ireland-based extreme metal group Primordial performed headlining concerts in the United Kingdom during February 2015. Supporting were Manchester, England-based black metal group Winterfylleth and Dublin, Ireland-based extreme metallers Malthusian. The dates were as follows; Feb. 05 – Glasgow, Scotland, Audio Feb. 06 – Manchester, […]

CHIP Z’NUFFStrange Time Deadline Music (2015)Rating: 8/10 Up until a couple of years ago Chip Z’Nuff formed one of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest and yet most underrated songwriting partnerships. With Donnie Vie, Chip made Enuff Z’Nuff the greatest hard rock band many had never heard of – consistently churning out sugar-sweet melodies and Beatles-tinged rock […]

MONSTER MAGNET Tour Europe In February 2015 February 2nd, 2015 Red Bank, New Jersey-based metal group Monster Magnet performed headlining concerts in Europe during February 2015. Supporting were Gothenburg, Sweden-based heavy metal band Bombus. The dates were as follows; Feb. 02 – Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks Feb. 03 – Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, Batschkapp Feb. […]

SPEEDEMONFirst Blood EP Self-released (2015)Rating: 7/10 The latest bunch of metal marauders keen to revisit the old school metal sound is Portuguese thrashers Speedemon, and what an enjoyable four-track romp this is. Speedemon are a relatively new band which formed in 2011 out of Vila Franca de Xira. They are fronted by Bruno Brutus whose […]

MARK SLAUGHTERReflections In A Rear View Mirror Escape Music (2015)Rating: 8/10 With his band Slaughter, Mark sold more than five million albums worldwide back in the early 90s, including the debut Stick It To Ya (1990) and my personal favourite Fear No Evil (1995), and now with this debut solo platter the ex-Vinnie Vincent Invasion […]