Katatonia release lyric video for “Old Heart Falls”

In advance of the release of their new studio album, titled The Fall of Hearts, Katatonia have released a lyric video for the first full track from said album. The video is directed by Lasse Hoile, and in a nice change to the usually expected 'words appearing here, there and everywhere all over the screen', … Continue reading Katatonia release lyric video for “Old Heart Falls”

Review: Paradise Lost – Symphony for the Lost

A Metal band, playing live with an orchestra? It'll never work. Well, Metallica proved that wrong when they became the first ones to do it with the S & M album in 1999. Tongue in cheek with that last comment, as I know Metallica weren't the first to do it. Deep Purple got there a … Continue reading Review: Paradise Lost – Symphony for the Lost

Review: Anathema – A Sort of Homecoming

[avatar user="Dave" size="50" align="left" /]Back in March I was privileged to witness Anathema playing a rather special acoustic set in Winchester Cathedral, and I've been eagerly awaiting the release of A Sort of Homecoming which captures the band on the final date of that tour of the UK in the Anglican cathedral of their native … Continue reading Review: Anathema – A Sort of Homecoming

Review: Metal Allegiance

What do you get when you mix one part Mark Portnoy (drummer, The Winery Dogs & ex-Dream Theater), one part Dave Ellefson (bassist, Megadeth) and one part Alex Skolnick (guitarist, Testament)? One cracking line-up for an instrumental-only band, that's what. But what if you decide to sprinkle in a little bit of vocalist - which … Continue reading Review: Metal Allegiance

Review: Tantrum – Devirginized

One of the issues with being an old fart like myself is you sometimes get out of the habit of checking out the new up and coming bands and rely on the old faithfuls. So when I recently had to trek up north again for a number of work assignments, I decided to grab a … Continue reading Review: Tantrum – Devirginized

Review: Soulfly – Archangel

I'm a big fan of songs that wear their Metal heart on their sleeves - Priest's "Metal Gods", Metallica's "Metal Militia", Steel Panther's "Death to all but Metal" and Manowar's entire back catalogue. No, I lie...I can't stand Manowar. But still - if the title of the song has METAL in the title then it … Continue reading Review: Soulfly – Archangel