Latest articles by Holly Wright
Limelight: Vola
Danish quartet Vola with Beatles melodies, Meshuggah riffs and an accomplished debut.
Sahg album review – Memento Mori
Bergen’s seasoned stoner doom crew Sahg expand their horizons with new album
Epica album review – The Holographic Principle
Symphonic Dutch Epica crew turn up the bombast with new album
Lordi album review – Monstereophonic
Finland’s monster rockers Lordi spawn a double-headed concept album
The Alchemy live review - The Black Heart, London
Not yet ratedAgent, Black Orchid Empire and Stereo Juggernaut support this four-strong line-up in Camden.
Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty album review
Not yet ratedNerdy aggro onslaught meets classical sophistication on Periphery's latest
Gemini Syndrome – Memento Mori album review
West Coast metallers Gemini Syndrome want to remind you of life… in the 90s. Read our album review here.
Sabaton – The Last Stand album review
War-loving Swedes Sabaton provide overblown history lessons with new album The Last Stand
Puscifer live review - The Roundhouse, London
Not yet ratedMaynard James Keenan's other band dazzle London.
Brymir – Slayer Of Gods album review
Histrionic Finns Brymir push themselves closer to Valhalla
Gozu – Revival album review
East Coast’s stoner rockers Gozu achieve a higher grade with new album
Tarja live review – London, Forum
Not yet ratedCelebrated chanteuse Tarja tones down the theatre in London. Read our live review here...
Blind Guardian and Gloryhammer live review – London, Forum
Not yet ratedPower metal veterans Blind Guardian thrill a new generation live at London's Forum
Hollow Leg – Crown album review
Put some harshness in your hash pipe and smoke it, with Hollow Leg's new album
The Iron Maidens live review – London, Islington Academy
SoCal sirens The Iron Maidens prove more than a tribute act
Rising – Oceans Into Their Graves album review
Sludgy Danes resurrect themselves with a new, creepy cast
Ensiferum – Two Decades Of Greatest Sword Hits album review
Charting the rise of Finland’s folk metal phenomenon
Skuggsjá - A Piece For Mind & Mirror Album Review
Not yet ratedEnslaved and Wardruna join forces, with predictably intense results.
London By Norse Live Review - London, The Coronet
Not yet ratedEnslaved and Wardruna collide as Skuggsjá for this special London show.
Blaak Heat - Shifting Mirrors Album Review
Not yet ratedFranco-American rockers Blaak Heat take a trip into the desert.
Katatonia: Northern Kings On The Fall Of Hearts
Prog charts Katatonia's journey from death metal to prog, learns their musical influences and finds out if it’s all just doom and gloom in their world.
Opeth - Book Of Opeth Review
Not yet ratedLavish ‘oral history’ of Opeth's quarter-century career.
