Brought to us by the excellent 2 Promoters, 1 Pod podcast, tonight’s show promises to be something special. All three bands are exemplary in their own way, and all three are unmissable in their own right. Continue reading “We Lost the Sea/Overhead, the Albatross/Dimscûa – Academy 2, Manchester – 24/05/26 (Live Review)”
Gozu are a stoner/grunge band from the US and this is their sixth album.
Three years after Remedy, Gozu VI has arrived to rock your socks off. Across 47 minutes Gozu’s new record has arrived to show you a good time, while also making you feel something too. Continue reading “Gozu – Gozu VI (Review)”
This is the fifth album from UK progressive rock band Black Orchid Empire.
Black Orchid Empire revealed themselves to be one of the best contemporary heavy/progressive rock bands around on 2023’s Tempus Veritas, and also showed their chops in the live environment at last year’s Mangata Festival. All of which is to say that the new 48-minute LORE promises great things. Does it deliver? Continue reading “Black Orchid Empire – LORE (Review)”
Abrams are a rock band from the US and this is their sixth album.
Loon offers up a tight 37 minutes of infectious rock music, although this is not completely the same Abrams that we’ve encountered previously. Loon showcases a different facet of the Abrams sound, and it does this exceedingly well. Continue reading “Abrams – Loon (Review)”
Corrosion of Conformity are a US metal/rock band and this is their eleventh album.
A lot has happened in the world of Corrosion of Conformity since the band’s 2018’s release No Cross No Crown. Recovering from tragedy and setback, the band are now back, and they’ve brought a lot of new material with them. Good God / Baad Man boasts 70 minutes of music, and it’s Continue reading “Corrosion of Conformity – Good God / Baad Man (Review)”
Wildernesses are a post-rock/shoegaze band from the UK and this is their debut album.
Growth is a 44-minute record that brings together post-rock and shoegaze into a something unexpectedly special. The music of Wildernesses is detailed and textured, offering a vision of post-rock to the listener that’s Continue reading “Wildernesses – Growth (Review)”
This is the second album by Belgian post-hardcore band Ronker.
Respect the Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever contains 40 minutes of atypical, multifaceted post-hardcore. Ronker’s music is not always easy to categorise, but it is easy to like. Very easy, in fact. Yep, Ronker have unleashed Continue reading “Ronker – Respect the Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever (Review)”
Oreyeon are an Italian stoner rock band and this is their fourth album.
I enjoyed 2022’s Equations for the Useless, so wanted to check in with Oreyeon once more to see what this stoner rock crew were up to. The Grotesque Within is what. It’s a record bursting with stoner rock flavour, spiced up with grunge, doom, and progressive rock seasoning. Continue reading “Oreyeon – The Grotesque Within (Review)”
Wolverine are a Swedish progressive metal band and this is their sixth album.
Wolverine play a compelling form of progressive rock, and that’s putting it mildly. Across the 52 minutes of material on Anomalies the band Continue reading “Wolverine – Anomalies (Review)”
Irk are a noise rock band from the UK and this is their second album.
I got to The Seeing House far later than I wanted to or should have. Despite earmarking it for review, it somehow slipped through my Carefully Crafted and Highly Professional reviewing process, only surfacing once more to shout in my face about a month and a half or so after I should have written about it. D’oh! Ah well, better late than ever, eh? Continue reading “Irk – The Seeing House (Review)”
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