Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film – Edward Ross (SelfMadeHero) Having been enchanted, and enamoured, by film from the first time I experienced it in all its cinematic glory in nineteen seventy seven, I can…
A Christmas Horror Story (Entertainment One) Christmas, the final frontier. These are tales of the festive season, their intertwined, dark purpose to enlighten, thrill and entertain, to boldly go where no Yuletide horror film has…
Mister X: Razed – Dean Motter (Dark Horse) Mister X, believe it or not, has been around since 1984. He\’s had a couple of series, some mini-series and appearances in Dark Horse Comics Presents. His…
Amazing Spider-Man: Spiral – Gerry Conway & Carlo Barberi (Marvel / Panini) With all the excitement, drama and hullabaloo of Otto Octavius taking over Pete’s body and Spider-Verse, it’s been a while since we’ve had…
Guardians of the Galaxy: Through the Looking Glass – Brian Michael Bendis & Valerio Schiti (Marvel / Panini) One of the inescapable facts of life is that nothing lasts forever. Everything has its moment, burning…
Twitching Tongues – Disharmony (Metal Blade) It\’s Maximum Penalty, Carcass, Slayer, Type O Negative and Hatebreed rolled up in a massive concrete ball of anger and frustration. Although the influences are worn on Twitching Tongues\’…
Vision Of Disorder – Razed To The Ground (Candlelight) Much like animals in nature, bands have to adapt to their changing environment, or face extinction. Unlike nature however, bands also have to try and maintain…
Revocation – Empire Of The Obscene (Metal Blade) I am actually a simple man, who likes simple, fast music. As much as I love Revocation and definitely acknowledge their talents and progression, I am not…
Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep: Hospitalised (Ambush Reality/Play It Again Sam) One of my guilty pleasures is that I can truly enjoy the rock enhanced dance from bands like Innerpartysystem, Celldweller and early Enter Shikari….
Sworn Amongst – Under A Titan Sky (Concept Sweden) It\’s amazing how metal core, often mentioned as a stagnant genre, keeps on evolving. Sworn Amongst have become the torch bearers of British metal core with…
Tausend Löwen Unter Feinden – Machtwort LP/ CD (Let It Burn) After their excellent EP I have been anticipating this debut full-length from German band TLUF, and the good news it not just lives up…
The Dahmers – Terror On Wheels EP (Lövely) The cover artwork depicting a rider from hell and EP title are both good indicators of things to come. With these boys, the engines are revved up…
