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Grey Hairs – ‘Health & Social Care’ (Gringo Records)

Grey Hairs – ‘Health & Social Care’ (Gringo Records)

Posted by | Aug 2, 2019 | ,

Imagine a bunch of unrecalcitrant middle-aged punks raging against the machine – only from the inside, venting their anger and fury at the failings of a system which they both seek to protect and yet see crumbling around them. That is the sound of Nottingham’s self-styled “political punks”, Grey Hairs, and it is expressed very firmly on this, their second album, and one which asserts the strength of a band now gelling as a cohesive entity, rather than a side project of its constituent members (they’ve all played in other bands on the east Midlands scene).

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Volbeat – ‘Rewind, Replay, Rebound’ (Vertigo)

Volbeat – ‘Rewind, Replay, Rebound’ (Vertigo)

Posted by | Aug 2, 2019 | ,

With their unique blend of psychobilly and punk-Infused rock ‘n’ roll, Volbeat quickly became a favourite in rock clubs up and down the country when they crashed into the scene in the mid-2000s and they’ve continued to go from strength to strength from there. Let’s not forget their Grammy award nomination for Best Metal Performance in 2014 for ‘Room 24’ as well as opening for the likes of Metallica, Motorhead and Slipknot!

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Cirkus Prütz – ‘White Jazz – Black Magic’ (Metalville)

Cirkus Prütz – ‘White Jazz – Black Magic’ (Metalville)

Posted by | Aug 1, 2019 | ,

Cirkus Prütz – the band take the second part of their name from that of bassist Jerry Prütz – may well hail from the southern Swedish province of Östergötland, but they could quite easily be found jamming on stages in a certain other southern region, that of Texas, as they play a brand of bar room blooze that evokes the spirit of the likes of Lightnin’ Hopkins, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughn and, most especially, ZZ Top.

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Astralium – ‘Land Of Eternal Dreams’ (Rockshots Records)

Astralium – ‘Land Of Eternal Dreams’ (Rockshots Records)

Posted by | Aug 1, 2019 | ,

John Bedard that if you like symphonic metal at all and do not pick up a copy of this album your collection will be missing something vital. Indeed, he thinks this might be the best album he has heard this year, and it brought him to tears multiple times. It will be the new standard for him as to what is a perfect symphonic metal album, at least for the time being. He doesn’t not think anyone will be disappointed in what they hear here and reckons this is probably a fantastic album to convert new people to the genre – but at the same time lacks nothing that long-time fans will look for.

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Omophagia – ‘646965’ (Unique Leader)

Omophagia – ‘646965’ (Unique Leader)

Posted by | Aug 1, 2019 | ,

According to Google, ‘Omophagia’ is the act of eating raw flesh, usually within the context of occult rituals. It is linked particularly to the worship of Dionysus, the Greek God of fertility, religious ecstasy, ritual madness and, uh, theatre. So what’s the first thing we all think of when it comes to eating uncooked meat while worshipping such a figure? That’s right! Death metal. You can’t enjoy your interval ice cream without it.

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