Okay, hear Jonny B out… You know you get those dogs that look like a complete mix of about ten different breeds? Well, JB’s Grandma always called them “Heinz Varieties”. You may be wondering why that’s relevant, but you will shortly see why that came to mind when our man took the third album for Vancouver’s Dead Quiet for a spin…
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If any band defines the description of a trans-Atlantic punk supergroup, then it most definitely is Professor And The Madman – a composite of some of the biggest names in the genre both here in the Über Kingdom, in the form of The Damned alumni Paul Gray and Rat Scabies) and from across the pond, in the no less notable form of SoCal legends and Adolescents/D.I. stalwarts Sean Elliott and Alfie Agnew. Two years down the line from their iconic ‘Disintegrate Me!’ album, the release of which was followed by a (so far) one-off show at London’s infamous 100 Club, the quartet reconvened – well, as best they could, bearing in mind recent circumstances – to lay down tracks for its follow-up, the masterful ‘Seance’, which is coming our way in mid-November.
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It’s hard to believe that it’s been seven whole days since we last awarded our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ title, and, despite the ongoing, and some cases renewed, lockdowns in many parts of the Überverse, we are still receiving a healthy bundle of submissions for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ title. Many of them are produced against the background of continuing quarantine conditions in some countries, while others reflect artists being able to return and flex their creative muscles once again…
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“I WILL find you” declares Danny Adams with heartbreaking intent on the opening, title track of this, his debut solo album, which sees him forsake his background as a respected acoustic musician to go for a full-blown rock ‘n’ roll set-up… And find us, he does indeed do, as the result is a highly impressive collection of eight songs which also exemplify an artist finding himself in both very personal and public ways…
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As time goes by, it seems all the more inevitable that Ihsahn will be remembered as one of, if not the foremost figure in the world of extreme metal. The man’s artistic output has not only become increasingly prolific in recent years, but much more nuanced and wide ranging in scope.
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