In The Remains – ‘Thorn Of Mind’ (Self-Released)

Gestated against the backdrop of the pandemic, In The Remains represents a meeting of the minds of two musicians – guitarist Mats Forslund and keyboardist Johan Chasseur – brought together with a love of the music from the era in which they grew up, both as people and musicians. the heady, hard-rocking Eighties yet determined to give it a new appreciation by making it sound fresh and vibrant rather than dated and staid, forcing listeners through a time tunnel that has them wondering exactly where this album is going to take them… the answer, as Monk discovers, is a dark and mysterious journey of exploration and ultimately rewarding discovery.

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Lordi/All For Metal – Amstelveen, P60 – 16 April 2024

There’s nothing like seeing a name like Lordi pop up doing a tour and you decide to stick a few nostalgic videos on YouTube and see “uploaded 17 years ago”to make you feel like you might as well go collect your pension, is there? Yeah, well, anyway Jase W was gonna throw the horns around a bunch this night because the lineup is more metal than your mum’s kettle. Lordi and his gruesome ensemble were tearing up P60 in Amstelveen supported by All For Metal, who our man saw at this same venue last year supporting Wind Rose. So i t promised to be a fun, wacky and above all, metal as fuck and a jolly good time to be had by all…

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My Favourite Nemesis – ‘We Annihilate’ (Seek And Strike)

Finnish five-piece My Favourite Nemesis return with their short, sharp new EP ‘We Annihilate’, a five-track explosion of metallic experimentation and vocal showcasing atop the dense and varied musical concepts that have informed their existing success. Following their recent signing to American label Seek And Strike after their steady gaining of reputation in the modern Finnish metal scene and millions of streams worldwide, My Favourite Nemesis masterfully balance every element of their technically composed and emotionally driven music on this dual-vocal new offering, as Georgia S now extrapolates…

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Henrik Palm – ‘Nerd Icon’ (Svart Records)

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Henrik Palm has played with the likes of In Solitude, Pig Eyes, Gösta Berlings Saga and Södra Sverige in the past, and perhaps most notably was one of the early ‘nameless ghouls’ of Ghost. He releases his third album ‘Nerd Icon’ this week, and if it’s anything like his first two, we’re in for another weird and wonderful treat.

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