- Those who know me and my musical tastes know Pale Divine is one of my all time favourite bands. So when Shadow Kingdom Records re-released their amazing 'Cemetery Earth' as a double CD, yours truly just about had a coronary. Long out of print, the album is available to a wider audience again and rightly so. For a completist like me the second CD is full of demo outtakes as well as some live songs. Best of the year along with a Canadian duo.
-'The Conjuring' is the album that properly introduced me to Wo Fat. It's true and don't ask me why it took this long because we don't have time for that. I'm in on them big time now, that's what matters and this is the album that did it.
- Swedish trio Kamchatka hits the target as always with their new wax. Never a band to disappoint, that hasn't changed with 'The Search Goes On', instead they have raised the bar considerably.
- Just as their self-titled debut did, 'Animal Fires' grabbed me by the balls immediately. One of the most original and great outfits out there at the moment.
