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Spiders, Shake Electric. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

If you ever needed more substantial proof that the lands that make up Scandinavia are the rightful kings and queens of Metal in the last few years, then you need look no further than the excellent Swedish group, Spiders and their latest album Shake Electric.

The tangled, layered web of Ann-Sofie Hoyles dominating vocals playfully tease the listener with a fascinating intrigue, a perspective and a look into the world in which for many have left behind by the time they hit their 30s or when the fickle finger of parental responsibility comes crashing into view like a ten tonne truck out of control on the M6.

Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

There is something almost devilish about insects and arachnids that awaken a primeval fear in millions of people around the world. The reader only has to think of the beast Shelob in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy of books to perhaps feel a shiver of disgust, of undiluted terror run smoothly down their spine to know how they feel about spiders, the revulsion at the cockroach, the abhorrence of a plague of wasps and despite marvelling at the ingenuity and might of the humble ant, to see thousands of them milling around you, climbing over you in search of food is enough to send Horror makers grin at the thought of celluloid gold.