The fifteen years since first leaving Lucifer’s fires has not dampened the roar in the heart and throat of Transport League or the voracious swing in their feral enterprise, nor indeed the ravenous virulence of a sound which is always… Read More ›
Corrosion of Conformity
Hitman – The Offering: Side 1
With their sights unerringly on giving heavy rock and metal fans a rousing sound to erupt with, Canada’s Hitman release their third EP in the shape of The Offering: Side 1. With Side 2 scheduled for release next year, the… Read More ›
The Blacktones – The Day We Shut Down The Sun
If a band name was ever perfect for the music it represents, The Blacktones is at the head of the field. The Italian outfit create a fusion of alternative/melodic metal and sludge thick stoner rock awash with the heaviest darkest… Read More ›
An Evening With Knives – Serrated
Yearning to be embroiled in a tempest of raw energy and intensity? Then the debut album from Dutch trio An Evening With Knives is a date you might not want to miss. Offering seven slabs of raw emotion and muscular… Read More ›
XII Boar – Beyond The Valley of The Triclops
Last year metallers XII Boar made a compelling statement that British heavyweight rock ‘n’ roll was in safe and eager hands with debut album Pitworthy. It was a slab of dirty, primal stomping announcing the arrival of the Aldershot hailing… Read More ›
Growls and grooves: talking with The Devil In California
“Hailing from the broad, cracked streets of West Oakland, California,” The Devil In California is a band uncaging rock ‘n’ roll which rumbles with attitude and adventurous enterprise. Since forming they have swiftly forged their own identity with a rousing… Read More ›
Adrenechrome – Tales From Adrenechrome
Just like a blurring of reality and fantasy, the sound of Canadian metallers Adrenechrome is a muggy fusion of styles and flavours, and just like a drug addled climate, it provides an adventure which devours and permeates every pore of… Read More ›
Southern Badass – Raised In Blood
Over two years ago, French rock band Southern Badass impressed with debut album Born In Mud, a warts and all release revealing a rich sound and potential which lit ears and a keen anticipation for the band’s evolution. Now it… Read More ›
XII Boar – Pitworthy
Trampled under the heavy booted sounds of their excellent self-titled debut EP four years ago, UK heavy rockers XII Boar have just got sonically fiercer and more virulently compelling over time. Subsequent releases have continued the ignition of a hungry… Read More ›
American Heritage – Prolapse
With the departure of vocalist/guitarist Adam Norden following its recording, Prolapse from American Heritage might be the last thing heard from the Chicago band, but if this is so what a way to go out. It is a beast of… Read More ›
The RingMaster Review 