Tag Archives: Review

I’m supposed to be writing a review of Dead City Ruins when they played live at the Whole Lotta Love bar to kick off their tour of WA and South East Asia but how did that saying go, a picture is worth a thousand words? So here you go job done. What not good enough? Alright then I’ll spell it ... Read More »

The Poodles Tour De Force The first thing that strikes me about Tour De Force, The Poodles’ latest album, is that it tackles the heavy subject matter of change, whether flittering to and fro from a ballad tackling personal loss, change among society or your own dreams, Tour De Force is an album all about change that becomes infinitely listenable ... Read More »

Skull Fist Head of the Pack Some heavy metal bands find their niche in technically sound albums made up of fluid guitar riffs and well timed drum beats, other bands prefer to shred away and feel the essence of metal course through their veins as they bring everything they have into their music; this is what Skull Fist is about ... Read More »

Sabaton Heroes A number of great things come from Sweden, Sabaton and their new album “Heroes” for example along with IKEA, but considering we all know what IKEA is let’s get back to Sabaton. When I picked up this album the first thing I noticed was the sticker on the front boldly declaring it the best Sabaton album ever, which ... Read More »

Empires of Eden Channeling the Infinite Hailing from Sydney Australia, Empires of Eden is the baby of Stu Marshall (Dungeon, Pandivision) an ambitious collaboration project which has already been bought to fruition by the projects previous two albums: Songs of War and Vengeance and Reborn in Fire. Read More »

Nuclear Strikes Megastorm Eyes If anyone were to ask me my stance on censorship I’d sit them down, get a piece of paper and a pen write down the offending word on said paper then proceed to rip it up into a million tiny shreds, then bundle them all together again and set fire to the bundle. But to be ... Read More »

MALAKYTE Human Resonance It just so happens that I was at the office door when the postman arrived with a package from the band Malakyte from Brisbane, Australia. It’s a band that I have been hearing a lot about so my expectations were high right from the very start and I could not help myself but decide to open the ... Read More »

Having been born in 1994 I wouldn’t have had the chance to go to shows held by all the classic thrash bands like Metallica and Megadeth in their prime, at a pub or small venue where the band and the fans were so close you could almost taste each others sweat, sure I could go to a Megadeth show now, ... Read More »