Latest articles by Joseph Stannard
“He released the set without even bothering with a single to precede it, preferring fans to hear it as a whole entity – an archetypically progtastic move”: Prince’s Around The World In A Day
The success of Purple Rain meant he could basically do anything he wanted with its 1985 follow-up, which he did with minimal fanfare
Insidious Disease’s After Death: extreme metal A-listers’ deathly old school salvo
Napalm Death/Dimmu Borgir spin-off Insidious Disease head underground on new album After Death
Dark Buddha Rising’s Mathreyata is the doom-laden soundtrack to the apocalypse
Not yet ratedFinnish mystics Dark Buddha Rising match the immensity of the endtimes on new album Mathreyata
Toadeater’s Bit To Ewigen Daogen: where anarchist black metal meets 80s goth and post-punk
German post-black metallers Toadeater rip up the rulebook on new album Bit To Ewigen Daogen
Napalm Death’s Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism: grind kings return triumphant
Underground icons Napalm Death rise and grind for the 16th time on new album Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
Brit warhorses Onslaught up their thrash game on new album Generation Antichrist
British thrash icons Onslaught’s seventh album Generation Antichrist finds them rejuvenated and ready for the fight once more
Archive - The False Foundation album review
Not yet ratedLondon electronica collective Archive’s bleak but bold return.
Leon Alvarado - The Future Left Behind album review
Not yet ratedImpressively conceptual, Yes-assisted fourth album from late-blooming US progger Leon Alvarado
TTNG - Disappointment Island album review
Not yet ratedAngular Oxfordians’ perplexing but rewarding third outing
Wolverine - Machina Viva album review
Not yet ratedSwedish prog-metal quintet Wolverine’s stuttering return.
Karda Estra - Time And Stars album review
Not yet ratedSwindon jazz rock project Karda Estra keep watching the skies.
Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm: Runddans
Not yet ratedSecond new work in a month from a true maverick and friends.
Anthony Phillips: The Geese And The Ghost
Not yet ratedTriple-disc reissue of the Genesis man’s 1977 debut.
