BRFT Australian rockers Big Red Fire Truck have hit the rock scene with an absolute killer EP. Trouble in Paradise is out now and I urge you, beg you, to get your grubby mitts on it as soon as humanly possible. Which, let’s face it, is only a few seconds…. There is not a great […]
Leeds Massive Wagons hit the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds for their penultimate show of the 2023 Triggered! UK Tour. The Brudenell is an iconic venue in the city and despite a capacity of only 900, it attracts plenty of established and up-and-coming acts. As it’s a small venue with a small stage there weren’t any […]
Freeroad slam onto to the rock and metal scene with their superb debut album, Do What You Feel! As their name and album title (and indeed album cover) suggest, Freeroad are all about living the best life and creating music the way they want to do, with few boundaries. The only parameter they acknowledge is […]
You can find the Collective List as well as all our Best of 2022 content including contributors’ individual lists, podcasts and radio DJ shows here: CGCM’s Best of 2022 (Year in Review) BEST OF 2022 – Sparky (Writer) 🇬🇧 For the past few years, this end-of-year review has begun with me bemoaning what a shit year we’ve all had. […]
The Carnforth collective are back with yet another album full of crowd-pleasing anthems and intelligent tracks. Massive Wagons are, along with The Struts, the hardest-working UK band, they just never seem to stop. The energy these guys possess is phenomenal. With the strong settled line-up of Baz Mills on vocals, Adam Thistlethwaite and Stevie Holl […]
Savage Master return to the leather-clad, whips and chains world of traditional metal with their latest offering, Those Who Hunt at Night. Back in 2019 their previous release, Myth, Magic and Steel was my number-one pick of the year. It has everything any metalhead would want. Searing vocals, crunching riffs and quality solos. All this […]
If you’re after a top-quality New Wave of British Heavy Metal inspired band then look no further than Sin Starlett. These guys are the absolute real deal and Solid Source of Steel seals that deal. Formed in 2005 in Lucerne, Switzerland, Sin Starlett now have four full-length albums under their belt, of which Solid Source […]
You can find the Collective List as well as all our Best of 2021 content including contributors’ individual lists, podcasts and radio DJ shows here: CGCM’s Best of 2021 (Year in Review) BEST OF 2021 SPARKY 🇬🇧 (Radio DJ/Writer/Photographer/Contributor) We entered 2021 with great optimism expecting the terrible 2020 to be well and truly behind us. How wrong we were. […]
Maniac If you’re a power metal maniac then July 16, 2021, should be etched on your brain and anywhere else you can etch. This is the release date of the latest Vandor album On a Moonlit Night and without giving any spoilers away, it is a fantastic piece of work. According to the band’s official […]
Austria’s finest Austria’s finest Liquid Steel are back with their first album in five years, and it is most definitely worth the wait. Following up 2016’s Midnight Chaser, Mountain of Madness is another example of classic metal at its absolute best. Formed in 2009 the line-up has been constant since the recording of their debut, […]
