Alastair Riddell
Latest articles by Alastair Riddell

Desertfest 2019: Live Review
By Alastair Riddell, Jonathan Selzer, Alice Pattillo published
Live Review Om, Amenra and Fu Manchu captivate Camden at Desertfest, the UK's premier fest for all things heavy and trippy

Funeral Chic: Superstition album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Filth-ridden rumbles from a North Carolina basement, courtesy of Funeral Chic

Saracen/Eliminator/Purple Hill Witch at Boston Arms, London - live review
By Alastair Riddell published
Not yet ratedThe Gospel - live

Pestilence/Rebaelliun/Damim at Underworld, London - live review
By Alastair Riddell published
Not yet ratedDutch death metal veterans hit a feverish pitch

Whipstriker - Merciless Artillery album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Brazilian metal maniac skewers his influences on his sleeve

Visigoth - Conqueror’s Oath album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Steel-forged heavy metal heroics from Salt Lake City

Stälker - Shadow Of The Sword album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Kiwi metal stalwarts rewind the tape to the proto-thrash era

Destruction - Thrash Anthems album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Germany’s thrash giants sharpen up their bullet belts

Saint Vitus/ Mos Generator/ Poseidon at Underworld, London - live review
By Alastair Riddell published
Not yet ratedThe Gospel - live

Vallenfyre\ Implore\ Terra at Boston Music Room, London - live review
By Alastair Riddell published
Not yet ratedDoom veterans delve into death metal’s DNA

Coven and Galley Beggar at The Dome, London - live review
By Alastair Riddell published
Not yet ratedChicago’s occult siren makes her UK debut

Bonehunter - Sexual Panic Human Machine album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Fucked up, dirt-encrusted anthems from the foul pits of Finland

Slo Burn/ Blood Ceremony/ Steak at The Garage, London - live review
By Alastair Riddell published
Not yet ratedThe Gospel - live

Weregoat - Pestilential Rites Of Infernal Fornivation album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Sex, Satan, foul seed and more festers in the liberal heartland

Tankard - One Foot In The Grave album review
By Alastair Riddell published
German thrash veterans start to glance beyond the booze

Spiritus Mortis – The Year Is One album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Former Reverend Bizarre frontman Spiritus Mortis goes back to the source for new album

Ranger – Speed & Violence album review
By Alastair Riddell published
Finnish retro-maniacs Ranger keep their feet to the fire with new album

Pentagram live review – London, The Dome
By Alastair Riddell published
Doom icons Pentagram undertake a magical pilgrimage, live in London

Take Over And Destroy album review – Take Over And Destroy
By Alastair Riddell published
Death’n’roll deliverance from Take Over And Destroy, from the heart of the Phoenix desert. Read our album review here...

Hobbs' Angel Of Death album review – Heaven Bled
By Alastair Riddell published
Anitipodean thrashers Hobbs' Angel Of Death refuse to age gracefully

Necromancing The Stone – Jewel Of The Vile album review
By Alastair Riddell published
First-wave power metal with a contemporary pedigree from Necromancing The Stone, reviewed here

Hellsworn – Repulsive Existence album review
By Alastair Riddell published
British death metallers Hellsworn turn their antennae towards the Sunlight with new album, reviewed here...

Heretic – Underdogs Of The Underworld album review
By Alastair Riddell published
The Netherlands’ blackened punks Heretic wanna rot’n’roll all night with new album
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