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This is my 51st article for MetalTalk, and I have been the site’s unofficial stoner/doom writer for the last four years. I am also 62 and still listen to Styx, Supertramp, The Eagles, and other “uncool” bands religiously and without irony. With my East Indian background and my job as a math educator, I like to give off the vibe that I am a clichéd Boomer whose underst...

Blackpool trio Apriori are heading into a busy period. New single Love Tonight arrives on 9 October, offering the first taste of forthcoming album Bad To The Bone, due in early summer 2027. The band describe the record as a reflection of exactly where they are right now, wi...

Two nights at the Pompeii amphitheatre in July. Images that catch your breath captured in a fantastic photo book by the Marillion photographer Ann-Marie Forker. Alongside everything else that has captivated me this summer, the setting for a band who sit comfortably alongs...

Tony Moore has never been particularly good at standing still. From his early connection with Iron Maiden to the immersive Awake project that began during lockdown, recent years have seen him take his music around the world. Indeed, following a recent “dream-come-true ap...

King Kraken have released Shadows Fall, their third single of 2026, together with an official video. Inspired by found-footage horror and, in particular, The Blair Witch Project, the song follows a journey into the woods that grows darker and more threatening with every...