FESTIVAL NEWS: LEGENDARY FUTURAMA EARMARKS 2021 RETURN
Almost 40 years after it was last staged, the legendary Futurama festival is planning a return in 2021. The revitalized event, billed as “a utopian festival for dystopian times”, will
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Atheos – ‘Words of Eroding Worlds’ (Niflhel Records)
It’s been seven years since five-piece Atheos released their debut album. They’ve since then been bringing together inspiration from their native Ireland, drawing upon elements of mythology and landscape to develop latest album ‘Words of Eroding Worlds’. Seeking to deliver their own take on the traditional death metal sound with big riffs, hard hitting drums and gutturals telling of dark folklore and ancient mysticism. Does the long-awaited album two deliver? Phil Cooper finds out…
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TOUR NEWS: Lightning strikes again as Diamond Head announce 2021 dates
NWoBHM stalwarts Diamond Head have announced details of their first UK headline shows since 2018, with a run of dates scheduled for next April and May.
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Death Valley Girls – ‘Under The Spell Of Joy’ (Suicide Squeeze)
Reading the press info on this latest album from dystopian glam punks DVG, John B had a feeling that he would like this album, but even with that expectation he was not prepared for how good this album actually is. It is so unique while still having a very solid grounding. Sometimes when an artist tries something that is a little out there, things get lost for the listener. JB doesn’t find any issue like that here. In fact what he hears is an album that is extremely well grounded in a few existing styles combined in unique ways that make ‘Under The Spell Of Joy’ one of his favourite albums he has heard this year. Fair warning, our man nothing but praise to say about this album so there will be gushing…
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Blue Öyster Cult – ‘The Symbol Remains’ (Frontiers)
Blue Öyster Cult fans have been spoiled with numerous releases over the past year since the band hooked up with Frontiers Music. Three live albums – ‘Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014’, ‘40th Anniversary – Agents Of Fortune – 2016’ and ‘45th Anniversary Live In London’ all came out this year, as well as welcome reissues of the ‘Heaven Forbid’ and ‘Curse Of The Hidden Mirror’ albums from the late ‘90s/early ‘00s, which were getting pretty hard to get hold of. Now comes another big one – a brand new studio album ‘The Symbol Remains’, the first from BÖC since the ‘Hidden Mirror’ album in 2001.
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