Elder at the Electric Ballroom in London
Last year I was in Berlin watching some incredible stoner music with some friends at Desert Fest – including that of Elder and Slomosa. I fell in love with many bands that day but...
Deafheaven: ‘Sunbather’ (10th Anniversary Remix / Remaster Review)
In 2013, San Francisco-based Blackgaze band Deafheaven released what is arguably the single most impactful album for the genre to this day. The mix of Black Metal and Shoegaze quickly became a household name...
I Am The Manic Whale at the Camden Club in London
Another night, another show, and this time it was time to get nautical with I Am The Manic Whale. Touring off the back of their 2023 release Bumper Book of Mystery Stories, the band embarked...
The Metal Head 24: Mike Portnoy back in Dream Theater!!!
The Metal Head is a podcast with your regular hosts Grace Hayhurst of Proghurst, and Michael/Michelle of the Notes Reviews YouTube channel. We’re got some great topics on this episode! Mike Portnoy is back...
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: ‘The Silver Cord’ Review
The ever-so-prolific Aussies over at King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have dropped their second album this year. For those uninitiated, they are a Melbourne-based collective currently consisting of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose-Kenny Smith, Joey...
Closure in Moscow: ‘Soft Hell’ Review
Time is a scary and painfully quantifiable unit of measurement and in recent years, few bands made this more apparent than Closure in Moscow. A little background: their beginnings in the eclectic post-hardcore space...
Ché Aimee Dorval at St Pancras Church in London
At the start of 2023, Ché Aimee Dorval released a solo album entitled The Crowned which I instantly fell in love with. But if you’re reading this article, it’s more likely that you know...
Hayley Griffiths Band at the Lower Third in London
Sometimes it’s good fun to go into a concert completely blind, and that’s exactly what I chose to do after the opportunity arose to catch Hayley Griffiths perform live in London last week. It’s...
The Metal Head 23: King Gizzard, Baroness, Steven Wilson, Ghost, Papa Roach, and more!
The Metal Head is a podcast with your regular hosts Grace Hayhurst of Proghurst, and Michael/Michelle of the Notes Reviews YouTube channel. We’re back! Grace is feeling better and we’ve got a lot of...
The Flower Kings at Dingwalls in Camden
You know it’s a prog gig when a myriad of instruments are displayed on stage before the music starts – and with 3 keyboards spotted, I knew at that point it was going to...
