Volbeat are just wrapping up the latest leg of their tour to promote ‘Rewind, Replay, Rebound’, their latest album, with the last of the mainland UK dates just happening to be in our resident gigaholic’s second home of Manchester. Having enjoyed their gig so much at the Ritz just over a year ago, a chance to catch them with Danko Jones and Baroness was something the big lad couldn’t pass up…
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This album from Finnish black metallers Vorna has been the highlight of John B’s week. He loved every second of it and has not been able to stop listening to it. It is dark and emotional and absolutely oozing with passion. With strong symphonic influences and some folk sprinkled in over a wonderful black metal foundation. There is a lot to dig into and 0r man reckons he has not heard many bands that are able to blend so many different elements together this way quite as well as Vorna do it here. Click the link to find out why he thinks that it is truly a beautiful experience and one that is absolutely worth your time….
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When it comes to musicians, your guitarists and vocalists are the ones who seem to flourish in the limelight, while it’s the rhythm section who end up taking a back seat (and end up being the butt of most jokes – “have you heard the one about the drummer who…?”) But what happens when you remove the limelight hoggers from the equation and just leave the drummer and bass player? Who takes centre stage then? The answer – the music does.
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There had been a few questions raised online about the morality of Static-X reforming for this tour. Founder Wayne Static was such a fundamental part of the band’s image and song-writing that to many fans, he was Static-X and touring without him is unthinkable. It’d be like Machine Head without Robb Flynn or Soulfly without Max Cavalera. So, for bassist Tony Campos, guitarist Koichi Fukuda and drummer Ken Jay to return with a new mystery frontman wearing a costume designed to resemble their deceased leader does risk allegations of cash grabs and exploitation.
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‘Picnic At Hanging Rock’ is perhaps one of the most famous Australian movies ever released, helping its director, Peter Weir, to carve a name for himself in the international arena and paving the way for the likes of Russell Mulcahy and the ‘Mad Max’ franchise to do likewise, in turn helping to launch,, albeit indirectly, the careers of Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and others. Now, four and a half decades later, New South Wales rock ‘n’ roll rebels Buffalo Crows have re-visited that historic moment in time with this aural reworking of the sense of darkness and mystery which that landmark piece of cinematography created.
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