Universal are releasing a handful more of their classic back catalogue on Blu-Ray around now. This allows for what they call High Fidelity Pure Audio. But is it really worth it? I mean, CD was the pinnacle, right? Well, until 320kbps mp3 downloads came along. And FLAC. The current release [...]

Random pick from the big “to do” list today. Varga popped up on my Twitter feed a week or two ago and I finally got round to checking out their web page. They’re from Hamilton, Ontario – another city which pinched its name from somewhere in the UK. The cheek. [...]

Monte Pittman is perhaps a name you’ve not heard before. His two major guitar-playing jobs have been with the recently (OK, year 2000) reinvented Prong, and as Madonna’s touring guitarist since 2001. In and around these, he’s released several acoustic albums. So, all about variety then. His latest release, out [...]

I like a bit of melodic death. In fact, it would be honest to say that I like a lot of melodic death. Which is fortunate for The Unguided as that’s what they play. They’re a new band, at least as far as album releases are concerned. Their major label debut, Fragile [...]

Legendary classical thrash/speed metal act, Flotsam and Jetsam, have announced their new album No Place For Disgrace ˆ 2014! It will be released on February 17th in UK. Fans can listen to “P.A.A.B”, watch videos, and pre-order the album at Metal Blade’s page. Flotsam and Jetsam comments: “We have re-recorded [...]

Doom merchants Alunah have announced a slew of dates across the UK in February, March, April, May, June and September. Nowt like planning properly in advance! The West Midlands four piece featuring Soph Day (vocals and guitar), Dave Day (guitar), Dan Burchmore (bass) and Jake Mason (drum) recently signed a [...]