Review: Messa ‘Live At Roadburn’
Sometimes you see a band live and you realise very quickly that you are seeing an artist(s) at the top
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Author: David J McLaren
Review: Khan ‘Creatures’
YouTube is a wonderful place. Granted, it is also a dangerous echo chamber which, based on the video recommendations it
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Review: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’
I must admit to being excited whenever I see a new release from APF Records crop up. The label is
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Review: Draken ‘Book Of Black’
In the wonderful world of all things heavy we joyfully argue over such topics as ‘which subgenre Master of Reality
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Top Ten Of 2022: David J McLaren
What a great year for music – it’s been so difficult to keep up with all the brilliant releases –
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Review: Chrome Ghost ‘House Of Falling Ash’
Chrome Ghost’s 2019 album, The Diving Bell, was pretty much my favourite and most played record of that year. I
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Unsane / Cassels @ Future Yard, Birkenhead, 26th October 2022
A Wednesday night in October, at a small venue outside of the normal city-to-city touring map… what could possibly go
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Review: The Sombre ‘Monuments Of Grief’
It’s not often that you can describe someone as ‘a one-man musical movement’, but Maurice de Jong is about as
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Review: Mantar ‘Pain Is Forever And This Is The End’
Sometimes the way we engage with a particular band or artist over time makes no sense whatsoever… I bought Mantar’s
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Review: Yatra ‘Born Into Chaos’
Brace yourself… my name is David, and I am NOT a big Death Metal fan. I’ll be honest – I
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Review: Trouble ‘Plastic Green Head’ & ‘Simple Mind Condition’ Reissues
Trouble is a band that I grew up with – one of the few constants that have never fallen into
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