Tag Archives: Spinefarm Records

The Treatment, Running With The Dogs. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cambridge in the annals of music is not always noted for its association with the heavier side of Rock. The city which stands beside Oxford as the powerhouses and symbols of the English University system is more at home with being the birthplace of Progressive Rock giants Pink Floyd and of the late Syd Barrett, pop icons such as Olivia Newton John and the formation of Katrina and The Waves also feature heavily in the thoughts of those trying to work out how musically the city’s heritage is interwoven with the rest of the country.

Kalmah, Seventh Swamphony. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

If any more proof were needed that the Metal scene in the lands that make up the large expanse of Scandinavia, a huge resounding piece of musical evidence makes its way via Spinefarm Records in the form of Finnish band Kalmah and their brand new album Seventh Swamphony.

Filter, The Sun Comes Out Tonight. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Richard Patrick is back to his very best as Filter prepare to release their sixth album The Sun Comes Out Tonight. It seems an absolute age since Filter come out with all guns blazing, the music a weapon ready to be exploded onto the music buyer’s consciousness and turn their emotions inside out with the pulsating and riveting sound which is only matched by some of the great lyrics that was a hall mark, even if did court some controversy in songs such as Hey Man Nice Shot.

Benea Reach, Possession. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

No matter which branch of the Metal enclave you try to put in Norwegian band Benea Reach into, in the end it doesn’t matter as they, like their fellow Nordic musician’s Amaranthe, are a new wave of Metal that justifies themselves by the way they reach their ever-growing fan base and not by the small boxes a lot of the bands find themselves placed within.