ENUFF Z’NUFF Release 13th Studio Album ‘Clowns Lounge’ December 2nd, 2016 Blue Island, Illinois-based hard rock group Enuff Z’Nuff issued 13th studio album Clowns Lounge on December 2nd, 2016 through Frontiers Music Srl. The outing was a collection of rarities and early demos which had been reworked and re-recorded by the band, as well as […]

‘Speed Kills VII’ Compilation Album Released December 2nd, 2016 Compilation album Speed Kills VII was issued on December 2nd, 2016 through Music For Nations. The album was made available on vinyl and digitally. The seventh instalment focused exclusively on British extreme music and featured liner notes from veteran rock journalist Malcolm Dome. Dome commented on […]

ENUFF Z’NUFFClowns Lounge Frontiers (2016)Rating: 9/10 There will always be a place in my heart for the mighty Enuff Z’Nuff. The “heavy metal Beatles” are surely the world’s most underrated band, having carved a career out of producing a long line of sugary sweet tunes of power pop melodies, glam rock sensibilities and hard rockin’ […]

BORNHOLMPrimaeval Pantheons Massacre (2016)Rating: 8/10 Bornholm is the name of a Hungarian black metal act from Budapest which was founded in 2000. The band name derives from an island situated off Sweden as well as being the name of a disease. Primaeval Pantheons is the fourth full-length opus from the band that dabbles in dark, […]

VARIOUS ARTISTSSpeed Kills VII Music For Nations (2016)Rating: 7/10 In 1985 a heavy metal compilation was released under the name of Speed Kills. I got into heavy metal around 1987 through the strains of Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne etc. But one day I heard a band named Slayer and their 1985 opus Hell Awaits, and […]

WHISKEY MYERS Tour UK In December 2016 December 1st, 2016 Tyler, Texas-based southern rock band Whiskey Myers performed in the UK during December 2016. Support for the show in London came from Dereham, Norfolk, England-based rock group Bad Touch, while support for dates in Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow was provided by Birmingham, England-based alternative blues […]

BLACK SWAMP WATER Premiere ‘Into The Fire’ Music Video December 1st, 2016 Silkeborg, Denmark-based hard rock band Black Swamp Water have filmed a music video for the track ‘Into The Fire’, which can be viewed below. Black Swamp Water issued debut full-length studio album Chapter One on August 26th, 2016 through Mighty Music. The outing […]

RITUALIZATION To Release Debut Studio Album ‘Sacraments To The Sons Of The Abyss’ In February December 1st, 2016 French death metal band Ritualization issue debut full-length studio album Sacraments To The Sons Of The Abyss on February 3rd, 2017 through Iron Bonehead Productions. The track ‘Morbid Magick Stigmata’ has been made available for streaming through […]