Thirteen years doing this blog and I finally got my first accusation of 'bought and paid for' reviews, just because I like some bands that another guy doesn't. – at Cummersdale, England

Despite the litany of classic records released in 1986, there's an argument to made that this is the best one

For those wondering, you can hear a bit of 'The Wizard' on this youtube.com/watch?v=q7p-ihYO…

Utter transcendence – at Glasgow, Scotland

The Killchain is in the house to see the greatest band the world has ever seen, @Borisheavyrocks at the @OranMorGlasgow – at Glasgow, Scotland

The Killchain does not exist without these 9 records. It may have been started by a Bolt Thrower riff, but these albums shaped my entire life

The Riffs of September. It was a busy one

Listened to the new @urneband record for the first time yesterday, so many good things about it. Very mid 00s metalcore/death metal influenced, I got definite Gojira/Chimaira/Machine Head pieces but the overriding one seemed to be 'Wages of Sin-era Arch Enemy. Superb record

In respect of recent events, I'm adding some long missed records to the archive. First this, more to come – at Clarencefield, Scotland