Desertfest 2019: Live Review By Alastair Riddell, Jonathan Selzer, Alice Pattillo published 13 May 19 Live Review Om, Amenra and Fu Manchu captivate Camden at Desertfest, the UK's premier fest for all things heavy and trippy
Funeral Chic: Superstition album review By Alastair Riddell published 4 December 18 Filth-ridden rumbles from a North Carolina basement, courtesy of Funeral Chic
Saracen/Eliminator/Purple Hill Witch at Boston Arms, London - live review By Alastair Riddell published 7 March 18 Not yet rated The Gospel - live
Pestilence/Rebaelliun/Damim at Underworld, London - live review By Alastair Riddell published 7 March 18 Not yet rated Dutch death metal veterans hit a feverish pitch
Whipstriker - Merciless Artillery album review By Alastair Riddell published 6 March 18 Brazilian metal maniac skewers his influences on his sleeve
Visigoth - Conqueror’s Oath album review By Alastair Riddell published 4 February 18 Steel-forged heavy metal heroics from Salt Lake City
Stälker - Shadow Of The Sword album review By Alastair Riddell published 8 December 17 Kiwi metal stalwarts rewind the tape to the proto-thrash era
Destruction - Thrash Anthems album review By Alastair Riddell published 6 December 17 Germany’s thrash giants sharpen up their bullet belts
Saint Vitus/ Mos Generator/ Poseidon at Underworld, London - live review By Alastair Riddell published 6 November 17 Not yet rated The Gospel - live
Vallenfyre\ Implore\ Terra at Boston Music Room, London - live review By Alastair Riddell published 11 October 17 Not yet rated Doom veterans delve into death metal’s DNA
Coven and Galley Beggar at The Dome, London - live review By Alastair Riddell published 11 October 17 Not yet rated Chicago’s occult siren makes her UK debut
Bonehunter - Sexual Panic Human Machine album review By Alastair Riddell published 16 August 17 Fucked up, dirt-encrusted anthems from the foul pits of Finland
Slo Burn/ Blood Ceremony/ Steak at The Garage, London - live review By Alastair Riddell published 20 July 17 Not yet rated The Gospel - live
Weregoat - Pestilential Rites Of Infernal Fornivation album review By Alastair Riddell published 26 June 17 Sex, Satan, foul seed and more festers in the liberal heartland
Tankard - One Foot In The Grave album review By Alastair Riddell published 27 May 17 German thrash veterans start to glance beyond the booze
Spiritus Mortis – The Year Is One album review By Alastair Riddell published 1 December 16 Former Reverend Bizarre frontman Spiritus Mortis goes back to the source for new album
Ranger – Speed & Violence album review By Alastair Riddell published 29 November 16 Finnish retro-maniacs Ranger keep their feet to the fire with new album
Pentagram live review – London, The Dome By Alastair Riddell published 3 November 16 Doom icons Pentagram undertake a magical pilgrimage, live in London
Take Over And Destroy album review – Take Over And Destroy By Alastair Riddell published 3 November 16 Death’n’roll deliverance from Take Over And Destroy, from the heart of the Phoenix desert. Read our album review here...
Hobbs' Angel Of Death album review – Heaven Bled By Alastair Riddell published 7 October 16 Anitipodean thrashers Hobbs' Angel Of Death refuse to age gracefully
Necromancing The Stone – Jewel Of The Vile album review By Alastair Riddell published 12 August 16 First-wave power metal with a contemporary pedigree from Necromancing The Stone, reviewed here
Hellsworn – Repulsive Existence album review By Alastair Riddell published 17 July 16 British death metallers Hellsworn turn their antennae towards the Sunlight with new album, reviewed here...
Heretic – Underdogs Of The Underworld album review By Alastair Riddell published 15 July 16 The Netherlands’ blackened punks Heretic wanna rot’n’roll all night with new album
Fields Of The Nephilim live review – London Forum By Alastair Riddell published 14 July 16 Not yet rated A sumptuous, gothic summer solstice from Fields Of The Nephilim, live in London. Read our review below.
Bat – Wings Of Chains album review By Alastair Riddell published 19 June 16 Municipal Waste guitarist unleashes his savage side with Bat. We review their new album here...
