Album Reviews
Boxset Review: Venom – Blackened Priests
Boxset Review: Venom – Blackened Priests Reviewed by Dan Barnes Taking cues from Motörhead of how to wring the fastest, loudest and most obnoxious sound […]
Articles by Dan Barnes
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The Razor’s Edge BIG BLOODSTOCK PREVIEW
The Razor’s Edge BIG BLOODSTOCK PREVIEW Words: Dan Barnes How is it fast approaching Bloodstock again? It barely feels like a couple of months have […]
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Bloodstock: Twenty Years Outdoors – Part 2
Bloodstock: Twenty Years Outdoors – Part 2 by Dan Barnes There was no announcement for bands at the festival and we had to wait about […]
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Bloodstock: Twenty Years Outdoors – Part 1
Bloodstock: Twenty Years Outdoors – Part 1 by Dan Barnes It’s hard to think that Bloodstock went alfresco two-decades ago, and in that time-period has […]
Album Reviews
Boxset Review: The Skids – The Singles
Boxset Review: The Skids – The Singles Reviewed by Dan Barnes For his next retrospective release, Captain Oi! turns his telescope onto Dunfermline’s finest punk […]
Album Reviews
Album Review: Sigh – I Saw the World’s End (Hangman’s Hymn MXXV)
Album Review: Sigh – I Saw the World’s End (Hangman’s Hymn MXXV) Reviewed by Dan Barnes It’s natural that when one imagines Black Metal one […]
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Album Review: Annihilator – Reissues
Album Review: Annihilator – Reissues Reviewed by Dan Barnes When Annihilator’s debut album dropped back in 1989 it sent shockwaves through the slowly-fattening Thrash hierarchy. […]
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Album Review: Mystic Circle – Kriegsgötter MMXXV
Album Review: Mystic Circle – Kriegsgötter MMXXV Reviewed by Dan Barnes German duo, Mystic Circle have been weaving black symphonies over the past thirty-years, through […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Bewitcher – Manchester
Live Review: Bewitcher – Star & Garter, Manchester 29th May 2025 Support: Devastator, Bloodsaw Words: Dan Barnes Photos: Rich Price Back in March, when […]
Album Reviews
Album Review: Katatonia – Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State
Album Review: Katatonia – Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State Reviewed by Dan Barnes When it was announced that co-founding member and ever-present guitarist, […]