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Here we have French Heavy Metal for you. The is their follow up to 2020’s self-titled debut EP, a band that’s made some great progress over their short time together. One thing that does put you off is the lyrics… Continue Reading →
Germany’s Tension came out with their debut EP some 5 years ago. They are a heavy metal band that sound very classic Swedish metal (Jonah Quizz, Heavy Load, Parasite etc.) mixed with The Scorpions and flourishes of the original NWoBHM… Continue Reading →
London’s Amulet return with a new line up and more notable a new singer for their second album release. I caught the new line up nearly a year ago at ‘Frost & Fire London’, this is the first time I… Continue Reading →
To celebrate the release of the album ‘British Steel – The Rising Force of British Heavy Metal’, a new compilation on Dissonance Productions, there were various events planned including a couple of live shows (Friday night at the Dev with… Continue Reading →
It’s a welcome return for this legendary record label, in the late 80’s I used to religiously buy anything on this label (and sub-label Under One Flag) simply because the quality was pretty damn good, I mean they did have… Continue Reading →
This is an album I have been waiting for what seems like ages. There’s two or three bands I have found from their infancy from the UK, Amulet and Dark Forest namely, Seven Sisters are another band who literally blew… Continue Reading →
I have been waiting over three years for this album, those not familiar with this band should know I have been a keen follower before they released the first version of their EP (reviewed here: http://www.avenoctum.com/2013/05/night-demon-st-ep-sr). Roll on a few… Continue Reading →
Amulet are London’s future legends, having followed this band from their inception it’s with great pleasure that I get to review their debut album on a major label, something that is both warranted and something that is justified via their… Continue Reading →
It is a real commendable task to form a new festival with some forgotten names of the glorious NWOBHM genre in Newcastle – this was different. The venue was pretty amazing (much better than what the original venue would have… Continue Reading →
As I dodged the rain and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, a little used venue was about to host a cool gig line up. Tufnell Park Dome is a good venue, a very wide stage but not very deep,… Continue Reading →