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Metal

We Came As Romans – All Is Beautiful… Because We’re Doomed: Circularity – A Journey Through Life, Death and Rebirth

Review by Glen Parkes With All Is Beautiful… Because We’re Doomed: Circularity, We Came As Romans take circularity and turn it into the very foundation of a 23-track release. Arriving on November 6th via SharpTone Records, this expanded collection is far more than a handful of bonus tracks bolted onto the 2025 [more…]

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Live Reviews

 The Witching Hour at the Harlington ,Fleet .

Review and photos by Ken Jackson The Witching Hour at the Harlington ,Fleet . Alice Armstrong’s Witching Hour turned The Harlington in Fleet into a delightfully spooky celebration of live music, friendship and Halloween fun. Following last year’s success, Alice brought the event back for a second time and it already feels [more…]

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News

LN 2027 TOUR – Into The Further ⛓🌙🔥

Rising UK Pagan/Viking metal force LN have announced their first-ever UK headline tour, ‘Into The Further’, taking place across March and April 2027, alongside the first details of their forthcoming EP, ‘Coven’. Following the release of their acclaimed Völuspá EP, featuring the powerful singles ‘Shield Wall’, ‘Fenrir’ and ‘Draugr’, LN are preparing to [more…]

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Live Reviews

Holyrude Vault – Dreadnought Bathgate.

Review and photos by Gary and Callum Roebuck Friday 23rd October ‘26 “Holyrude comes to Bathvegas” We have an intro of “Skin and Bones” as this 6 piece hit the stage with barely an inch left to play around as a brand new line up with new singer “Ksymena” playing her debut [more…]

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Rock

MASON HILL WORLD SO WONDERFUL

ARTIST – MASON HILL ALBUM – WORLD SO WONDERFUL REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT When Scott Taylor left Mason Hill in 2023 for health reasons the band cancelled all engagements and entered a hiatus period. Many of us were worried that this would be it for the band, and it was radio silence [more…]

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Rock

Nicotine Dolls – ‘Nicotine Dolls’

Rock BMG Released – October 23rd 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Never heard of Nicotine Dolls but from what I have read the singer/guitarist Sam Cieri was on America’s Got Talent in 2022 but refused to take to part in the live shows stating that the show’s producers wanted to change the [more…]

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Metal

Last Battle – ‘Heroes Never Die’

Kozak Metal Independent Release Release date – Soon Review By Smudge Smith Well, this is my first exposure of Kozak Metal which is a heady mix of blackened death metal and folk. It is the brainchild of Ukrainian underground metal ‘legend’ Anatoliy Blyashuk and is the first instalment of a series of [more…]

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