Paradise Lost/Insomnium
The Brook, Southampton Completely missed the first band Vierd but second band Insomnium were bleeding awesome. Melodic Death Metal with power metal guitars turned up to the max. They hail from Finland and put...
Category: Reviews
Red Fang, Black Tusk and In The Hills
The Joiners, Southampton April the 15th and two American bands, Red Fang and Black Tusk took huge bites into Southampton’s music scene, pun intended. They topped the bill at The Joiners Pub and it...
CD: “Throw The Sun Into The Sea” by Rob Johnson
Having listened to a lot of ambient music and soundtracks, enjoying the work of Tangerine Dream, and Jean Michel Jarre, to name the obvious, it was with intrigue I played “Throw The Sun In...
Ashestoangels/Dead!/Ordering Chaos/C-30’s/Tom Calvert/Cherishport
On The Rocks, Bournemouth 13th April 2012 Friday 13th, the classic “unlucky” day was put to shame when Bournemouth venue On The Rocks put on a gig with Ashestoangels headlining with support from Cherishport,...
CD: “Emergence” by The Sun Explodes
If you’re looking for a band that defeats a genre stereotype, that ticks multiple boxes when describing their music, look no further. The Sun Explodes, a 5-piece heavy rock band from Cumbria, are capable...
Willowen/Bob Fletcher
Chaplins Bar, Boscombe Tonight the warm welcome at Chaplins Bar in Boscombe extends to “Willowen” a three piece folk band who built up a name for themselves around local venues around the Dorset area...
EP: “Crowns” by Crowns
…and out of Cornwall, a passionate tour de force known only as Crowns. These four folk rockers, ready to impress with their eponymous “Crowns EP”, showcase their own brand of shanty-esque tunes, incorporating the...
EP: “Chasing Yesterday” by Colt 45
COLT45, a three-piece rock/punk band from Cumbria have recently returned to the studio after recording 2011’s EP ‘Chasing Yesterday’ to record with Romesh Dodangoda (Motorhead, The Blackout, Kids In Glass Houses, ect), and are...
Interview: Russ Diapper
Over here at Rock Regeneration we have had the pleasure of taking up some time from Russ Diapper who has just finished touring his latest solo album “No Cure For Curiosity”. Read on to...
EP: “Plastic Hearts, Rubber Bullets” by Fighting Tyler
Southampton alternative rock band, Fighting Tyler, have produced a new EP, “Plastic Hearts and Rubber Bullets”. And wow. Just wow. A collection of five tracks and an interlude may not sound like much, but...
