THE DARKNESS – Dreams On Toast (Album Review)
Dreams On Toast The Darkness are a UK institution, a…
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SAVAGE MASTER – Dark & Dangerous (Album Review)
Here at CGCM Towers the latest release from Savage Master is always a hotly anticipated event. And when the news came through of the release of Dark & Dangerous, albeit not until March, we were foaming at the mouth. Fortunately for me I was the first to claim this particular review, which made me a…
BEST OF 2024 – Graham Spark (Writer/Contributor)
BEST OF 2024 – Graham Spark (Writer/Contributor) 🇬🇧 You can find the Collective List as well as all our Best of 2024 content including contributors’ individual lists and radio DJ shows here: CGCM’s Best of 2024 (Year in Review) 2024 has been a curious year, with not many of the big hitters releasing worldwide smashes. Yes, we’ve had…
MASSIVE WAGONS – Earth to Grace (Album Review)
One of the UK’s hardest-working rock bands, Massive Wagons, have returned with their first album since 2022’s Triggered! and I have to admit straight from the off that it’s an absolute banger. Grace to Earth is chock full of riffs, melody, humour, social comment and singalong gorgeousness. With the strong settled line-up of Baz Mills…
RHABSTALLION – Bat Shit Crazy (Album Review)
Rhabstallion formed in the late 70s in West Yorkshire, England, and encapsulated the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, both in energy and musical style. They proved extremely popular, especially live, and performed with such legends as Hanoi Rocks, Diamond Head and Saxon. However, after only one single release and the odd…
FREEWAYS – Dark Sky Sanctuary (Album Review)
Canadian four-piece Freeways have been on the scene for 10 years now, and their sophomore full-length album is a pure hard rock joy. Hailing from Brampton, Ontario, the band has been a solid unit since 2014 with only one member change in that time. Freeways are: Dominic Innocente (guitars), Jacob Montgomery (guitars and vocals), Amarjot…
VNTER – Unfolding (EP Review)
Vnter? When this Vnter EP first appeared across my desk at CGCM Towers I didn’t fancy it, mainly because I didn’t – and still don’t – know how the name is pronounced. I know it’s “de rigeur” in music these days to miss out the odd vowel, but it makes no sense to me. I’m…
SUNFLOWER FOX AND THE CHICKEN LEG – Gypsy Queen (Album Review)
Fox and Chicken Sunflower Fox and The Chicken Leg has got to be one of the craziest names I’ve come across, but fortunately that is not the main talking point of this tremendous new record. Borne out of the shitstorm that was Covid-19 when musicians could not work, lead singer Kaity Heart asked her best…
LIONHEART – The Grace of a Dragonfly (Album Review)
Premier The UK’s premier AOR outfit Lionheart have made a triumphant return to the scene with their fabulous new offering, The Grace of a Dragonfly. It’s been a long and winding road for the band since their formation in the early 80s, which included a 30-year hiatus from 1986. Since they reformed in 2016 they…
BEST OF 2023 – CGCM Team (Collective List)
Welcome to CGCM (Canadian Geeks Chatting Metal). We are a group of music passionate folks from around the world. Although we began in Canada with only the podcast co-hosts, we now realize an entire team of staff from Canada, the UK, the USA and Sweden! During the trying times of 2020, we made good use…