Review: Burning Witches – The Dark Tower Napalm Records (May 5th, 2023) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy Having only begun the process of getting the band together in 2015 and releasing their debut self-titled album in 2017, it has been a very busy 6 years for this Swiss all female Power/Heavy Metal band Burning Witches, with ‘The […]
Review: Chris Duarte – Ain’t Giving Up Provogue Records (April 14th, 2023 Reviewer: Stephen Brophy Sometimes you need to live with an album a long time before some of the intricacies and nuances start to sink in properly and for me ‘Ain’t Giving Up‘ was one of those alums. Please don’t get me wrong here, […]
Review: Ad Infinitum – Chapter III – Downfall Napalm Records ( March 31st 2023 ) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy Symphonic Metal outfit Ad Infinitum have really been pushing forward strongly through each of their album releases to date, with ‘Chapter III – Downfall‘ on it’s way another rung of the ladder has been climbed. Originally a […]
Review – Kamelot – The Awakening Napalm Records (17th March 2023) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy One of the leading lights in the Symphonic/Power Metal scene, and they have been for a long time, The international mix of extremely talented individual musicians that always come together so tightly as a unit whether they are playing live or […]
Review – The Answer – Sundowners Golden Robot Records / 7Hz Productions (March 17th 2023) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy It’s been quite a while since the last album ‘Solas‘, seven years in fact. Not an unusual gap for some bands but the guys had been pretty prolific with album releases coming every couple of years. Taking […]
Review: The L.A. Maybe – Dirty Damn Tricks (Deluxe Edition) Self Release (August 26th, 2022) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy A band that grabbed my attention from the very first time I heard them, and no it wasn’t just some obvious influences, there’s a great vibe and energy to their music, a heavy rock, bluesy blend with […]
HRH Blues VI – Day 1 O2 Academy, Sheffield (April 9th, 2022) Review : Stephen Brophy Photography : Stephen Brophy (Tears Of Fire Photography) The Festival Season is upon us with a vengeance now as we arrive in Sheffield for this years installment of HRH’s Blues event, now in it’s sixth iteration. Thankfully this year […]
Review: Savage Grace – Master Of Disguise Hammerheart Records (February 18th 2022) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy Speed Metal has I think always been one of those genres that causes confusion as it perhaps sits bordered by Metal, Punk, Rock and Thrash Metal with bands pulling influences from all areas or none at the same time. Savage […]
Review: This Is Not An Uprising – Day 1, September 10th 2021 Firebug, Leicester Reviewer: Stephen Brophy Photography: Stephen Brophy / Tears Of Fire Photography© We all know some of the issues that Promoters and Event Organisers have had to go through over the last year and a half, but generally we will only ever […]
Review – Newman – Into The Monsters Playground AOR Heaven (September 10th 2021) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy Steve Newman is back with his band and a bunch of new songs, one of the stalwarts of the UK AOR scene, Newman have released a number of excellent albums over the years, so how does album No. 13 […]
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