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Warhorns Late Winterfest – Drax Social Club, North Yorkshire 13/04/24

Saturday We start the second day with coffee and observing the hangovers for a while before we are welcomed in by the gentle beginning of day two in the wonderful hands of Warhorns favourite Yylva. This is the last live… Continue Reading →

Dark Forest – Ridge & Furrow (Cruz Del Sur)

UK’s Dark Forest, as those who read these pages will know, I am a big fan of this group. This five track EP encounters lyrical themes based on nature and landscape. The artwork was handled by Christian Horton himself (founding… Continue Reading →

Herzel – Le Dernier Rempart (Gates of Hell)

This French band (spot the clue!) have been on my radar for a while, this is a highly anticipated release personally. Whilst gaining an awesome level of respect in the metal underground, Herzel will develop into one of those bands… Continue Reading →

Lord Fist – Wilderness of Hearts (High Roller)

It’s been a while since we have heard from these Finn’s. Their last album ‘Green Eyleen’ came out five years ago, with the band starting to release material way back in 2012, when I first myself first got to hear… Continue Reading →

Steve Blower – The Prophecy (S/R)

This is Steve’s second solo release, a follow up to 2019’s ‘Back in Hell’ whilst his other band Hamerex are on hold. As you may already know, this is totally self-recorded (all instruments – and drum programming) and over recent… Continue Reading →

Interview – Dark Forest

Dark Forest – as many of you may know, I am a big fan of this band since their inception, recently they dropped a new studio album ‘Oak, Ash & Thorn’, which I found most pleasing. I had another chat… Continue Reading →

Dark Forest – Oak, Ash & Thorn (Cruz Del Sur Music)

England’s Dark Forest are well-versed masters of old Albion and have a deep connection, their material often delves into dear old England’s historical past. This, their fifth, and longest break between recordings, was partially written, then founder, songwriter and guitarist… Continue Reading →

Warhorns Festival – Rotherham The Trades 30/8/19

Day 1  So here we are, once more; the Warhorns travelling carnival of chaos as the organisers themselves described it, rolls into another new venue after the sad demise of last year’s glorious venue at Eggborough power station. Truncated to… Continue Reading →

Warhorns Festival – Eggborough Sports & Social Club 22/9/18 Part 3

Interlude: There were real timing issues On Saturday but so you know from the outset this is the real tale, most I knew on the day (I asked) but the rest was direct from Glyn a few days after. And… Continue Reading →

Albums Of The Year 2016

Whatever way you look at it 2016 has hardly been a bundle of laughs. It’s been a year full of fear, loathing and paranoia with a healthy side dish of total chaos running through it. The political climate became stupefying… Continue Reading →

Seven Sisters – S/T (High Roller)

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 →

Dark Forest – Beyond the Veil (Cruz De Sur)

The leading sons of the Black Country return with perhaps their greatest album to date. Long have I been an admirer of this band as some of you know, but truly, ‘Beyond the Veil’ takes UK metal to the next… Continue Reading →

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