Dan Barnes, Author at The Razor's Edge

Live Review: Nails - Rebellion, Manchester

Live Review: Nails – Manchester

October 7, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Live Review: Nails – Rebellion, Manchester 5th October 2026Support: Rotten Sound, InvuncheWords: Dan BarnesPhotos: Tim Finch It’s three shades of musical extremity at the Rebellion Bar tonight, with black metal, grind and power violence all on offer for our consideration. Getting […]

Live Review: (hed)P.E. – Manchester

October 1, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Live Review: (hed)P.E. – Rebellion, Manchester 27th September 2026Support: ColdWords: Dan Barnes Colour me flabbergasted. I did not realise the Huntingdon Beech, CA, nu metal rap crew (hed) P.E. had been such regular visitors to […]

Album Review: GWAR – Beyond Hell (20th Anniversary Edition)

September 20, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: GWAR – Beyond Hell (20th Anniversary Edition) Reviewed by Dan Barnes Whomever would have thought those Scumdogs of the Universe, Antarctica’s foulest cohort, GWAR, would have made it four years, let alone forty, […]

Album Review: Barren – Verderf

September 20, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: Barren – Verderf Reviewed by Dan Barnes Belgian trio, Barren, return with a new full-length album, Verderf, this month, four-years on from the debut, I. Not that that Flanders-based three-piece have been idle […]

Album Review: Banks Arcade – Second Place Superstar

September 17, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: Banks Arcade – Second Place Superstar Reviewed by Dan Barnes New Zealand metalcore outfit, Banks Arcade, are all set to issue their second full length album, Second Place Superstar, before the end of […]

Noctule announces new album 'Extinguish Thy Flame'

Album Review: Noctule – Extinguish Thy Flame

September 17, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: Noctule – Extinguish Thy Flame Reviewed by Dan Barnes Ex-Svalbard singer, Serena Cherry, returns with the second album from her video-game-inspired black metal project, Noctule. Coming five years after the Wretched Abyss debut, […]

Album Review: MC16 – We’re Gonna Need a Milkman

September 16, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: MC16 – We’re Gonna Need a Milkman Reviewed by Dan Barnes Our good friends, MC16, popped out their second album, We’re Gonna Need a Milkman, at the end of August, a mere eighteen […]

Album Review: LUGOSi – The Scars

September 15, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: LUGOSi – The Scars Reviewed by Dan Barnes Parisian post-hardcore band, LUGOSi is all set to release their sophomore album The Scars this month, and to lay their collective hearts bare for all […]

The Cartographer release new single 'Blood'

Album Review: The Cartographer – The Collapse Of A Bitter End

September 13, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: The Cartographer – The Collapse Of A Bitter End Reviewed by Dan Barnes Formed back in 2013, Derbyshire quintet The Cartographer is all set to release the debut album, The Collapse of the […]

Anthrax Release Second Single 'The Edge Of Perfection'

Album Review: Anthrax – Cursum Perficio

September 13, 2026 Dan Barnes Comments Off

Album Review: Anthrax – Cursum Perficio Reviewed by Dan Barnes I’m going to guess that most people reading this will not need an introduction to New York thrash legends, Anthrax, so I’ll cut the preamble. […]