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Darkness Ablaze – ‘Creator’ (Darkstorm Records)

Darkness Ablaze – ‘Creator’ (Darkstorm Records)

Posted by | Oct 12, 2021 | ,

Everyone loves a good comeback, or at least that’s what I like to tell myself anyway. Sure, you get the odd one or two bands who really should have packed it in and stayed packed in (yeah, we’re looking at you Motley Crüd) but for the most part it’s exciting to see a band get a new lease of life and get back on the road. This is the stage of life that Darkness Ablaze are at after having called it quits back in 2011 after a couple of albums and a string of tours and festival appearances due to a change of circumstances for the band members. But the music didn’t die, it just lay dormant until Darkness Ablaze was resurrected in 2018 to record new music that would become the ‘Creator’ EP.

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Black Sabbath – ‘Technical Ecstasy (Super Deluxe Edition)’ (BMG)

Black Sabbath – ‘Technical Ecstasy (Super Deluxe Edition)’ (BMG)

Posted by | Oct 12, 2021 | ,

‘Technical Ecstasy’ was the album where things started looking ominous for the future of Black Sabbath. Ozzy admits to considering leaving the band, drugs rumours pervade their history even more. Tony Iommi changed the musical direction to an extent, with keys becoming more pervasive into the sound and it began to sound like they were now being influenced by the bands they used to influence themselves. This detracts, though, from what is actually still a very good rock album, just one quite different from their earlier material. Add in master producer Steven Wilson, a phenomenal musician with a somehow even better ear in his own right, to provide alternative versions and mixes, as well as the original being further remastered and the super deluxe release has the potential to be something else in its own right.

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Ferocious Dog – ‘The Hope’ (Graphite Records)

Ferocious Dog – ‘The Hope’ (Graphite Records)

Posted by | Oct 11, 2021 | ,

Let’s be brutally honest: after the Covidications of the past 19 months, we all need some hope in our lives. And as the lights of that feeling grow brighter by the day, what more perfect way to celebrate than with an album that reflects on darkness yet portrays an optimistic future by epitomizing the strength of the human spirit to overcome the most severe of adversities? Well, that is exactly what Ferocious Dog do on this, their latest, stunningly crafted album.

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Taylor Young Band – ‘Mercury Transit’ (Hand Drawn Records)

Taylor Young Band – ‘Mercury Transit’ (Hand Drawn Records)

Posted by | Oct 11, 2021 | ,

At his time of life, it really shouldn’t do so, but it does intrigue Monk how the voices of certain artists continue to echo in our individual and collective musical memories. The other night, he was watching a recording of a gig by Tom Petty, broadcast on one of those obscure “arts” programmes that seem to populate the nether regions of our satellite channels. Needless to say, it was a classy, and timeless, performance… and then, the next morning, he popped this, the debut solo album from drummer-turned-singer Taylor Young into the ÜRHQ deathdecks – and it was like being transported back to the previous evening, such is the Petty-esque feeling that permeates this ten-track offering.

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