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HRH Highway to Hell X – Sheffield, O2 Academy – 30 August 2019

HRH Highway to Hell X – Sheffield, O2 Academy – 30 August 2019

Posted by | Sep 6, 2019 | ,

It’s Friday night at the O2 Academy in Sheffield. Hard Rock Hell are staging their Highway to Hell talent search final. The winner will be given the chance to take their careers to another level. Jonni Davis has got Amazon Prime on board and HRH are streaming live to a worldwide audience. This is the type of event the scene needs, ensuring that a steady stream of new talent are given the sort of exposure that is often denied to rock bands by the mainstream media.

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Ewigkeit – ‘Starscape 2.019’ (Death To Music)

Ewigkeit – ‘Starscape 2.019’ (Death To Music)

Posted by | Sep 6, 2019 | ,

This is the first John Bedard has heard of Ewigkeit, so even though this was a re-recording and re-release of an album from 20 years ago he went into this rather blind. Before he talks about the new one, though, he wants to take a second and talk about the original, because he did go back and check it out to compare – and he really doesn’t think it is something that he could have gotten into. It was harsh and muddy, the vocals were completely lost and you could not pick out one instrument from another very easily. The bones were there but with the quality of the recording, it was hard to tell. However, he’s happy to report that the 2019 re-release has none of those issues: the quality is fantastic and really lets the music shine. It was absolutely worth it to reproduce this album. He loved every minute of it.

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InAir – ‘Dreamful’ (Self-Released)

InAir – ‘Dreamful’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Sep 5, 2019 | ,

It has to be admitted that, to date, 2019 has been a great year for quality rock and metal music, especially from these here islands that make up the Über Kingdom of Rock ‘n’ Roll. OK, there has been a fair of doozies and tripe come our way over the eight months to date but, with a third of the year still to run its course, a lot of new bands have emerged whom Frank Warren for one would mark down as definite contenders should they ever step into the squared circle. And the latest to do so are Reading trio InAir with this, their affirmative second EP.

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Alcoholocaust – ‘Necro Apocalipse Bestial’ (Helldprod)

Alcoholocaust – ‘Necro Apocalipse Bestial’ (Helldprod)

Posted by | Sep 5, 2019 | ,

Jonny Bakes is the first to admit that he’s easily suckered in by controversial band names and song titles. A good fifty per cent of the time that often leads to him finding some absolute hidden gems, the other fifty per cent of the time it results in finding some juvenile rubbish. So, when he got the opportunity to review the latest release from Alcoholocaust, he was keen to see which like they would end up in.

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Entombed A.D. – ‘Bowels Of Earth’ (Century Media)

Entombed A.D. – ‘Bowels Of Earth’ (Century Media)

Posted by | Sep 5, 2019 | ,

What with all the fuss over the new Tool album, it’s been only too easy to overlook some of the other recent releases. ‘Bowels Of Earth’ for instance had the minor misfortune of coming out at exactly the same time as ‘Fear Inoculum’ and consequently has had about one gazillionth of the publicity. Which is fair in some respects, after all Maynard James Keenan’s bunch have sold way more records and the music industry is always going to focus more attention on the mass unit shifters. However, it would be a crying shame if this were to disappear into perpetual obscurity, because it’s really bloody good.

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