ALBUM REVIEW: Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats – Shapes Of Midnight


After their detour into the world of Italian Giallo on 2024’s sensational Nell’ora blu, Cambridge Psychedelic Doom rockers Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats return to more familiar territory on their seventh full-length studio release, Shapes of Midnight (Killer Candy Records).

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ALBUM REVIEW: Anthrax – Cursum Perficio

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If you ever need to find the perfect embodiment of the phrase, “All good things come to those who wait” then look no further than Cursum Perficio (Nuclear Blast Records, Megaforce Records), the twelfth studio album from New York thrash legends Anthrax.

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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Bloodstock Open Air 2026 Part 1 – Live at Catton Park, Derbyshire


 

Another year, another summer heatwave. Climate change is definitely a thing, but at this point I’m not entirely sure the organisers of Bloodstock Open Air aren’t just getting out and pushing South Derbyshire a few thousand miles closer to the sun. 


Welcome to Arrakis 2026.

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