June 2025 - Jace media music

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Live Reviews

Bonnie Raitt – Live – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – aegconcerts

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Review By Darren McIntyre Images By Scott Anderson Bonnie Raitt is a singer / guitarist / songwriter from Burbank, California who oroginally came to our attention in 1971 with the release of her self titled debut album. Bonnie originally played the piano but aged 8 received a Stella guitar and believe it [more…]

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Metal

Onslaught – ‘Origins Of Aggression’

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Thrash Metal Reigning Phoenix Music Released – May 23rd 2025 Review By Smudge Smith for Jace Media Music I’m always interested when a band re-record their back catalogue using the latest technology along with new members. Onlsaught have done just that with a selection of from the albums made with singers, Sy [more…]

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Metal

Black Magic Unleashed: Royale Lynn’s Mighty Debut Signals a New Queen of Alt‑Metal

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Reviewed By Ian Walker for Jace Media Music Prepare for a seismic shift: Royale Lynn has arrived. With her scorching debut album Black Magic, released June 27 via Epitaph Records, this “small-town metalhead” transcends expectations, forging a fierce alt‑metal-hard‑rock hybrid that will crush charts and hearts alike. From the moment the first riff [more…]

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Metal

Thunder Reimagined: The HU Amplify Their Legacy With the Electrifying EP ‘Echos of Thunder’

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Written for Jace Media Music by Ian Walker In the ever-evolving landscape of heavy music, few bands have struck as singular and seismic a chord as The HU. Fusing traditional Mongolian throat singing, ancient instrumentation, and metal with sweeping ambition, their genre-defying “Hunnu Rock” continues to evolve in groundbreaking ways. With the [more…]

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Metal

Kal-El – ‘Astral Voyager’

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Stoner/Psych Majestic Mountain Records Released on May 9th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Oh yes, Kal-El are back with a storming, righteous, red-hot, hunk of stoner/psych straight from the outer reaches of the universe. Kicking off with the title track which is over nine minutes of mid paced joyous groove that literally [more…]

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Rock

Voodoo Ramble Strike Gold Again with ‘In The Heart Of The City’ – A Passionate Blues-Rock Revival

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Review BY Halina Wegner Croatian blues-rockers Voodoo Ramble return with fire in their bellies and soul in their strings on their fourth studio album, In The Heart Of The City, released via CD Baby. More than just another step in their evolution, this album is a culmination of everything the band has [more…]

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Live Reviews

Eric Martin with David James Smith at The Carlisle in Hastings

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Review and Images by Fraser Allan Eric Martin has been a part of the musical backing track of my life for as long as I can remember. Back in the mid-80s, his song ‘Lyin’ In A Bed Of Fire’ appeared on ‘Beyond Metal Zone,’ a compilation album that formed the backbone of [more…]

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Live Reviews

King Kraken – Audio Glasgow – Sunday 8th June 2025.

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Review By Gray Roebuck Images By Callum Roebuck Well not many bands will take a chance on a Sunday night gig and pull it off but this Welsh juggernaut fairly sailed into Audio delivered and left us wanting more at the end. Support band “The Breathing Method” showcasing most of the latest [more…]

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Live Reviews

Live Review: My Pierrot Dolls & The Skunts

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Venue: The Gorilla Beer Hall, MexboroughDate: Friday, June 6th Review By Mark Pitfield Mathew Pitfield Images Tucked away on an industrial estate in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, lies an unexpected gem of a venue The Gorilla Beer Hall. Nestled alongside the river, this intimate space played host to an electrifying night of live music [more…]

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Live Reviews

Electric Boys – Live – Classic Grand – shockcityproductions / svenisaksson

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Review By Darren McIntyre Images By Scott Anderson Electric Boys are a hard / funk / glam / metal band from Stockholm, Sweden who were founded in 1987 by Conny Bloom & Andy Christell. The boys have given us 9 studio albums & 30 singles in a career spanning 38 years, currently [more…]

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Live Reviews

These Wicked Rivers – The Churches Tour

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Where – MacArts, Galashiels When – Friday 6th June 2025 Support – The Virginmarys Review and Photographs by Linda McDermott There’s something special about walking into a venue that already carries a bit of soul. Tonight’s gig takes place in a converted church, now christened MacArts, in Galashiels, a venue that fully [more…]

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Live Reviews

Call Of The Wild Lincoln Showground, Lincoln

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Lincoln Showground, Lincoln Review By Smudge Smith Photos By Paul McWilliams Sunday – I wasn’t sure what to expect. Spider Byte who were another perfect opener for the day’s shenanigans. ‘Black Velvet Love’ was the highlight of the set and warmed us up for the nasty, heavy biker rock of DeadFire. They [more…]