Review: Stargazer – Stone Cold Creature Mighty Music (September 12th 2025) Reviewer – David Mark Pearce 80’s metal is back but, hold on, it never went away and that’s certainly true with the latest album by Norway’s finest, Stargazer!  Their new album, ‘Stone Cold Creature‘, is a massive slab of hard rock, very much in […]

Review: Hearts On Fire – Signs & Wonders Pride & Joy Music (July 25th, 2025) Reviewer – Jason Hopper Hearts On Fire return from a seven-year hiatus with second album ‘Signs & Wonders‘, this time with prolific frontman Mark Boals. Full disclosure, I have not heard their debut album, so I’m going into this with […]

Review: Tiffany Kills – World On Fire CTM ChrisTones Music (June 27th, 2025) Reviewer – David Pearce Tiffany Kills are a six piece band from the Netherlands, and their debut album ‘World On Fire’ is a state of the planet reflection that hits hard musically and lyrically. The six members are vocalists Mendy Sneijers and […]

Review: Buckcherry – Roar Like Thunder Earache Records (June 13th, 2025) Reviewer – Chris O’Connor  Let’s get one thing straight: Buckcherry is not an easy band to love unconditionally. Their output swings wildly—from moments of raw, swaggering brilliance – to tracks that land with a resounding thud. That said, I keep buying their albums. Why? […]

Review: Star Circus – From The Wreckage Renaissance Records (June 13th, 2025) Reviewer: Grant Foster This London based band formed in 2019 and already have a debut album under their belt, ‘Separate Sides’. Frontman Dave Winkler says that this new album is definitely a ‘’heavier, darker and more aggressive beast both lyrically and musically.‘’ Their […]

Review: The Devil Wears Nada – Postalgia Eonian Records (May 23rd, 2025) Reviewer – Grant Foster Formerly known as Adecence, The Devil Wears Nada hail from Falkoping, Sweden. The jaunty name change doesn’t really give away too much of what the band are like musically. But being from Sweden, if you hazarded a guess and said melodic hard […]