Author: Donnie Kemp

Review: Gary Numan – Intruder (2021)

45 years in the business and the dystopian deliverer of industrial-tinged desolation follows up from his superb Savage album to send another warning to...

Review: Don Cherry – Cherry Jam EP (2021)

Jazz legend’s spectacular EP, previously only available as a Record Store Day release, finds a larger audience as this 1965 pre-record for Danish national...

Review: Binker & Moses – Escape The Flames (2021)

There is a unique musical chemistry between tenor saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd that is difficult to categorise yet obvious to the...

Review: Yoth Iria – As The Flame Withers (2021)

Greek blackened-metal duo release debut album in troubled times and these troubled times call for troubled and dark music in many minds.  Donnie shrouds himself...

Review: Dread Sovereign – Alchemical Warfare (2021)

Irish Sabbath-inspired darkness comes round again with their third full length release.  Primordial vocalist Nemtheanga’s band of doom-laden metal purveyours Donnie checks it out.  Dread Sovereign...

Albums to look forward to in 2021 (First Quarter)

Despite 2020 being generally recognise as "a bit shit" to say the least it nevertheless produced a very healthy amount of great albums.  With...

Albums of 2020 – Donnie

MVM scribe Donnie submits his albums of 2020 for your amusement, abuse and agreement!! Ok, so it is agreed by the whole planet that 2020...

Review: Killer Be Killed – Reluctant Hero (2020)

Fireband supergroup follow-up their stunning debut release with blistering second offering.  How does it stand up with the first album?  Donnie pins his ears...

Review: Blue Öyster Cult – The Symbol Remains (2020)

New York rock legends return with first studio album in nearly twenty years as they bring some much needed excitement and pleasure to rock...

Review: Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment (2020)

Here come one of the UK’s finest extreme metal bands to lighten the Covid-afflicted mood of the nation.  Studio album number 11 comes right...

Review: Kataklysm – Unconquered (2020)

The legendary Canadian merchants of death metal show now sign of slowing down after nearly three decades of technically brutal brilliance.  Studio album number...

Review: White Dog – White Dog (2020)

Texan quintet show patience, precision and authenticity are the key to creativity in long awaited debut album release. Austin, Texas has a lot to...

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