Music and Concert Reviews
After finding a copy in a recent collection here at eil.com, get to know the hidden Billy Fay gem, Time of the Last Persecution. Fay joined Deram in the late sixties, and released two albums in […]
First off credit must be given credit for Machine Head’s ambitious ‘An Evening With’ tours that they have been taking around the globe over the past few years. It is a big gamble being the […]
This 1973 German-only first press 7-track LP, Tears Are Goin’ Home by Lava, is a monster rare piece of krautrock. This elusive record was produced by & starring the mighty Conny Plan, as well as Hans Lampe […]
A hot Saturday in London brought the metal masses to Brixton’s O2 Academy for the final date of Trivium’s UK tour in support of their 2017 album The Sin And The Sentence. Over the past […]
From Genesis to Revelation was the first album by Genesis released in March 1969 on Decca Records in England. Produced by Jonathan King, who discovered them back in 1967, while the members of Genesis were […]
Text by Phil Ashdown. On Through the Night is the debut studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard. It was released on 14 March 1980 and produced by Tom Allom and peaked at No. […]
Text written by Phil Ashdown. Heavy Metal evolved from Birmingham’s industrial working class in the late 60s with the formation of bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. As Sabbath seem to be finally retiring […]
The fourth studio album by American rock band Kiss, released on March 15, 1976 by Casablanca Records in the US. It was the third successive Kiss album to reach the top 40 in the US. […]
2003 was a very important time for alternative music. The second wave of ‘emo’ was on the horizon, and the world would become awash of eyeliner-clad bands with jet black hair and radio friendly rock […]
The British music scene in the early ‘80s was a strange time. Synth-pop was becoming the dominant force thanks to artists such as The Human league and Gary Numan, while punk and new eave bands […]
Text by Phil Ashdown. It’s 40 years ago this month that seemingly from out of nowhere came an album that was instantly hailed a rock game-changer. Van Halen’s magnificent, eponymous debut album. Originally released on […]
Released in 1971, Dedicated to You, but You Weren’t Listening is the second album from the Keith Tippett Group. It was leagues above their You Are Here… I Am There debut a year earlier, and found […]
Since three tracks were released online, this highly anticipated release from Oakland metallers, Machine Head, received mixed feedback. Opener Volatile certainly rushes out of the traps with a cry of ‘F**k The World’, a refreshing […]
This week, we take a look back at Ryan Adams’ excellent second album, Gold Ryan Adams has had a career of ups and downs, both personally and professionally. Through this, each of his records have been […]
If you like Stoner/Doom rock then you might like to look into this fantastic little band. They are a four-piece sultry stoner/doom band from Chicago, IL. Founding members Tim M. and Suzi Uzi write the […]
When thinking back to bands that shaped hardcore punk as we know it today, the key names that often come up are Minor Threat, Black Flag, Youth of Today, Agnostic Front, and so on. While […]
As we start a new year, Dick has gone back to 1992 to take a look at the often overlooked debut album by Dutch alt-rock band, The Nightblooms. Tell us a bit about them then, […]
It’s been five years since Watain released one of their most commercially successful records, The Wild Hunt. While no one could ever accuse the Swedish black metal band of going soft, it did offer a […]
Taking a completely different path this week, Dick has spent some time with a more modern record; Frank Ocean’s 2016 masterpiece, Blond. What about those people who haven’t head of Frank Ocean? Frank Ocean started […]
On Sunday morning, I flew to Dublin with two friends to attend the first of two Christmas performances at Vicar Street by the incredible Glen Hansard and his band. This was something we had been […]
For the longest time, Finnish rock band, H.I.M were an underground sensation and barely known outside of their homeland. It was in the early ‘00s when they were championed by Jackass star, Bam Margera that […]
This week, Dick looks at one of the greatest albums to come out of the Australian music scene; Rowland S. Howard’s solo debut, Teenage Snuff Film. Is that Rowland S. Howard from The Birthday Party […]
Before this cold Saturday night in December, It had been two years since Marilyn Manson headlined a show in London. During that time, Manson teased a new album, but nothing materialised. That was, until, earlier […]
30 years ago today, on December 14th, 1987, Dinosaur Jr. released their timeless second album, You’re Living All Over Me. The album was originally released on SST Records when the band were still known as […]
As the weather gets progressively colder, Dick has ventured to the darkest area of Sweden’s extreme music history this week, looking at the elusive ‘yellow goat’ variant of the iconic debut album from Bathory. Aren’t […]
There are a lot of known rarities out there; First stereo issues of Please Please Me by The Beatles, the A&M pressing of God Save The Queen by the Sex Pistols etc. And then there’s […]
As the T-Shirt goes; “I can explain it for you, but I can’t understand it for you”. John French’s final incarnation of the Magic Band are now nearing the end of their farewell tour and […]
Photography & review by Phil Ashdown, eil.com On Tuesday 24th October I was fortunate enough to see arguably the biggest Metal band on the planet, Metallica, play to a record O2 crowd of 22,211 rabid […]
Back in August we posted about different groups performing live with an Orchestra, with a few video clips of some the artists who in the past had gone all out with a symphony, and the […]
Dick’s Picks: With this week’s pick Dick has chosen this Sci-Fi inspired disco long player ‘A Dance Fantasy’ by Montana and thereby single-handedly managed to combine two of his greatest passions; Disco and Sci-Fi! You can find […]
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