Music Reviews

Punk legends Rancid are back again, 3 years since their last visit to Glasgow. The team are in attendance.

New Wave Gothic with Angelic Vocals

One of the foremost bands of the NWOBHM who pioneered Power/Speed metal and paved the way for bands like Metallica. They toured America in 1983 with Metallica as support! This is their second album where they just went for it!

New York Hardcore band return to tour the UK following their reformation in 2003 and new album

10 years since their first album was released (give or take a week), Static-X bring us 'Cult Of Static', their 6th studio album.

Old crooner DIO still knows how to rock!!

Second album from the former members of Rage Against The Machine and Soundgarden with a mellower edge

Supergroup Audioslave hit London Brixton Academy with their critically successful tour.

'Saviours of Metal' is one of the labels being thrown around to describe Bullet for My Valentine and their first full album, 'The Poison'. A lot of responsibility to put on a new band, do they live up to the title?

Classic NWOBHM album that spawned 4 Metallica covers from a band who should have been huge but instead went commercial and lost their hard edge with Metallica becoming what they should have been...

6th Studio album and 2nd since their comeback on Burning Heart records for the Norwegian outfit

The hottest band on the planet have just delivered their 3rd album in 4 years. Another of the so called saviours of metal, it's time to find out if they're up to the hype.

Second demo and first on their own from Ireland's For Ruin

Second album from the side project featuring Tim Armstrong (vocalist/guitarist with Rancid) and Travis Barker (ex drummer of Blink 182)

Brit Metal legends release DVD to accompany live album release at the end of last year, filmed on the Dance Of Death tour

Machine Head make a long overdue return to Scotland on the back of their latest album, The Blackening. Expectations are high, can Machine Head deliver?

Following on from the release of the astounding Mezmerize album 6 months ago, System Of A Down round off 2005 with the second instalment of their double album opus. Expectations have never been higher.

Former Guns N Roses, current in-limbo Velvet Revolver man keeps himself from getting bored looking for a new singer by going out with his part time side project band. The question is can this band live with his past glories, is it just something of interest to the man himself and a waste of time and money to the rest of us?

Legendary German industrial band KMFDM land at the Cathouse in Glasgow for the Scottish stage of their new tour.

Former Brit noise heroes reform for a (possibly) one-off 'Back From The Dead' UK Tour

4th Studio album from the band that were considered equals to Rage Against The Machine in the 90's

Carling Academy 08/12/05
A superb show from a band on top of their game

The highly anticipated return of Rob Halford to the Priest fold, are they too old for this game or are they still relevant?

Viking Skull (part time Raging Speedhorn, part time road crew) unleashed their debut full length of traditional heavy metal a few weeks ago and have hit the road already. We went to check them out at the Cathouse on Fri 2nd Dec 2005.

Drummer Chris Adler apparently saying that "'Wrath' needs no hype. We have topped ourselves", a bold claim to make, so now we see if 'Wrath' does indeed speak for itself.

Unholy Alliance Tour Glasgow SECC 02.11.2006

A Thrasing night out for all

New suits, new eye shadow, old attitude. Green Day are back and are as hungry and angry as ever.

Comeback EP from Agnostic Fronts younger cousins.

Bad Religion axeman, Epitaph head honcho and all round Punk guru teams up with some other big names for a punk meets industrial side project

Slayers ultimate record, reviewed as a reminder as to why they are the kings of thrash metal.

Legendary show finally gets the visual treatment after 10 years in the vaults

Supergroup formed from the ashes of Guns N Roses and Stone Temple Pilots. Sounds good on paper, can they live up to the potential?

Another release from the giants of punk music, Rancid. With a new drummer in the mix, does it maintain the high standard set by their previous work?

Slayer are back with their first album in 5 years, let us see if they can improve on the poorly received God Hates Us All. Have they returned to their Thrash roots?

Touring after the release of their incredible Mezmerize album, System of a Down hit Glasgow on the last night of their UK tour.

Wildhearts frontman releases his 3rd solo album which is really his first proper studio LP. Can it live up to his illustrious past?

Machine Head, Trivium, Dragonforce, Arch Enemy, Shadows Fall. I can't see any reason why any metal fan would not want to be there!

Glaswegian heavy rockers reform for special benefit shows

The much anticipated second album from Slipknot has finally arrived. A lot is expected from IOWA, can Slipknot deliver?

With a great new album out, do Judas Priest have what it takes to once again reign supreme as metal gods?

The CD case of this album carried the quote "This may well be the angriest album in the history of hard rock". A bold claim indeed, angry music is not something we have ever been short of. Is In The Arms Of God the angriest album ever? More importantly, is it even a good album?

With over 2 years since the release of their last album, this "As Daylight Dies" has been highly anticipated by their fans.

Brazilian metal legends Sepultura have been soldiering on since Max Cavalera left 10 years ago, time to find out if they're surviving on former glories or are still a class act.

It's been a long time since we've had an album from Body Count but finally Murder 4 Hire is with us.

Thornography is the highly awaited follow up to Cradle of Filth's 2005 Nymphetamine opus

Raven's long awaited new album is finally here!

After 9 years has it been worth the wait?

System of a Down are releasing two albums in 2005, Mezmerize is the first of the two. Do they have what it takes to maintain their high standards while working on two albums?

Nine Inch Nails make a very rare trip to Scotland, so naturally the team have to go and check them out!