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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 8h

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥My thoughts on Heimferd, the upcoming album by Nordic Folk / Ambient Neo Folk / Viking artist Danheim. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Danheim - Heimferd (2025, Season of Mist)

Written: 26th October 2025Danheim is a Nordic folk and Viking-inspired music project created by Danish producer Reidar Schæfer Olsen. Based in Copenhagen, his compositions often explore the darker asp...

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🔥INTERVIEW🔥Ahead of the release of their new album, The Unified Field, Hotel Hobbies spent some time in company of Martin Kennedy, founding member shoegaze / ambient / post-rock band All India Radio. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/intervi...

Interview: Martin Kennedy (All India Radio)

Interview: 25th October 2025. Ahead of the release of their new album The Unified Field (review here), Hotel Hobbies had the opportunity for a chat with All India Radio's founding member, Martin Kenne...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 4d

🔥NEWS🔥Progressive rockers The Pineapple Thief announce 8-disc set covering their albums from 2007-2014. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/news-th...

News: The Pineapple Thief announce an eight disc Earbook anthology celebrating their legacy from 2007 - 2014

22nd October 2025Retracing Our Steps is a return to the beating heart of The Pineapple Thief’s most formative years, spanning the albums What We Have Sown, Tightly Unwound, Someone Here Is Missing, Al...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 7d

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥Step into the ethereal world of shoegaze / ambient / post-rock band All India Radio with my review of their upcoming album The Unified Field. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: All India Radio - The Unified Field (2025)

Written: 19th October 2025All India Radio is a long-running musical project from Tasmania, founded in 1998 by multi-instrumentalist Martin Kennedy, which blends elements of ambient, post-rock and cine...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 8d

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Five years after their last album, prog rock masters Gazpacho return with their enthralling upcoming album Magic 8-Ball. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Gazpacho - Magic 8-Ball (2025, KScope)

Written: 18th October 2025Since the release of their debut album Bravo in 2003, Gazpacho have crafted dynamic, concept-driven albums blending progressive textures and philosophical depths. From albums...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 12d

🔥NEWS🔥Iron Maiden announce 40th Anniversary vinyl edition of Live After Death. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/news-ir...

News: Iron Maiden announce Live After Death 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Collectors 2LP Vinyl

14th October 2025Exactly 40 years to the day since it was first released, Parlophone Records are pleased to announce a brand new, beautifully packaged, limited collectors 2LP colour vinyl edition of I...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 14d

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥Step into the sci-fi inspired world of Astralis the upcoming album / novella from death doom / sludge metal band Azell. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Azell - Astralis (2025, Rottweiler Records)

Written: 12th October 2025When I reviewed Azell’s first album – Death Control - in 2024 (full review here) it was extremely fascinating to dive into their death doom influenced sludge metal given the ...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 17d

🔥NEWS🔥 Prog metallers TesseracT announce concert film and soundtrack.
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News: TesseracT announce RADAR - concert film and soundtrack

9th October 2025UK prog metal titans TesseracT have today, 9th October, announced their forthcoming live album and concert film. RADAR is the culmination of a fifteen-year journey that has seen Tesser...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 17d

Slayer’s Seasons In The Abyss is 35 years old today. See where it featured in my article from last year ranking and discussing their albums. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/ranking...

Ranking the Albums: Slayer

Emerging in the early 1980s and stamping a permanent mark on the world of music, Slayer remain one of the most influential and best loved metal bands of all time. With live performances characterised ...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 21d

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥Brutal death metal quartet Sanguisugabogg release their new album on 10th October. Here is my in-depth review. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Sanguisugabogg - Hideous Aftermath (2025, Century Media)

Written: 5th October 2025Ohio brutal death metal quartet Sanguisugabogg have built their name on ugly riffs, dark humour and a love of all things gruesome. Since emerging from the underground, the ban...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 22d

🔥INTERVIEW🔥Canadian cellist (and metal fan) extraordinaire Raphael Weinroth-Browne (Leprous) has just released his new album, Lifeblood. I spent a very pleasant hour talking with him about the album, his influences and his approach to composition. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/intervi...

Interview: Raphael Weinroth-Browne

October 2025Ahead of the release of his new album Lifeblood (read my review here), Hotel Hobbies spent an extremely enjoyable hour chatting with cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne. We discussed the new r...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 22d

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥Thrash metal veterans Testament release their new album on 10th October. Here is my review. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Testament - Para Bellum (2025, Nuclear Blast Records)

Written: 4th October 2025When thinking about the most long-lasting and impactful bands in thrash metal, it would be impossible to exclude Bay Area’s Testament from such a list, arguably the most consi...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 26d

News: TesseracT to release 10th Anniversary version of Polaris www.hotelhobbies.com/post/news-te...

News: TesseracT to release 10th anniversary clear vinyl edition of lauded third album Polaris

30th September 2025Released in 2015, Polaris marked a quiet shift for TesseracT - their third album, their first with Kscope, and the return of original vocalist Daniel Tompkins. To celebrate the 10th...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 28d

🔥RANKING🔥 My article ranking and discussing the studio albums of Def Leppard.
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Ranking The Albums: Def Leppard

Written: September 2025Emerging in the late 1970s and quickly establishing themselves in the world of rock, Def Leppard remain one of the most enduring and best loved bands of all time. With live perf...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · 29d

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 My deep dive into Lifeblood the upcoming album from Canadian cellist and composer Raphael Weinroth-Browne, known for his work with Leprous, Woods of Ypres and Suldusk among others. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Lifeblood (2025)

Written: 27th September 2025Canadian cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne, best known for his work with progressive metal band Leprous, has graced stages from the Royal Albert Hall to Hellfest, and collabo...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Sep 21

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥Technical death metal band Revocation return with their upcoming album New Gods, New Masters. Here is my review. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Revocation - New Gods, New Masters (2025, Metal Blade Records)

Written: 21st September 2025During the last twenty years, Boston’s Revocation have released a series of high quality albums, most recently the remarkable Netherheaven in 2022. New Gods, New Masters – ...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Sep 20

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥Enter the beguiling world of instrumental duo Deforestation (Adrian Jones and Brendan Eyre) with my review of their upcoming album, 50 Days of Rain. Part prog, part electronic, part ambient. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Deforestation - 50 Days of Rain (2025)

Written: 20th September 2025Having followed his incredible but perennially under the radar musical projects for many years, any venture involving Adrian Jones (Nine Stones Close, Jet Black Sea) immedi...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Sep 14

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 My dive into the upcoming live album from Beat: Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey playing the songs of 1980s King Crimson. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: BEAT - Neon Heat Disease - Live in Los Angeles (2025, InsideOutMusic)

Written: 14th September 2025The 1980s lineup of King Crimson - Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, and Bill Bruford - pushed the boundaries of progressive rock with their precise interplay, interl...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Sep 11

🔥ALBUM NEWS🔥Spock’s Beard announce new album due for release in November. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/news-le...

News: Legendary Prog Masters Spock's Beard return with their new album The Archaeoptimist on 21st November

11th September 2025Following their recent signing to the Madfish label, legendary prog outfit Spock’s Beard have announced their highly anticipated new album The Archaeoptimist. Set for release on 21s...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Sep 11

🔥TOUR NEWS🔥 Blaze Bayley will play the whole of Iron Maiden’s The X Factor (and associated B’ Sides) on his upcoming tour. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/tour-ne...

Tour News: Blaze Bayley confirms 'X Factor 30 Tour', playing The X Factor album in full plus rare B' Side

11th September 2025Metal Hall of Fame inductee, Blaze Bayley, is proud to confirm eleven shows in ten cities / ten countries, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of "X Factor", the 10th al...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Sep 7

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 My in-depth dive into The Blue Nowhere, the upcoming album from progressive / technical metal(core) band Between The Buried and Me. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Between The Buried and Me - The Blue Nowhere (2025, InsideOutMusic)

Written: 7th September 2025It has been four years since North Carolina’s Between The Buried and Me released the excellent Colours II, the follow-up to 2007’s Colours. Constructed in a similar way to i...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Sep 6

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥A dive into Look Out! Vol.2, the second in a series of mini-albums from Toby and the Whole Truth, featuring Toby Jepson. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/album-r...

Album Review: Toby and the Whole Truth - Look Out! Vol. 2 (2025)

Written: 6th September 2025 During 2024, Toby Jepson – under the moniker of Toby and the Whole Truth - announced a trio of mini-albums that would make up a trilogy entitled Look Out! Following the rel...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Sep 6

Coming this weekend, my interview with cellist Jo Quail and reviews of the new EP (Part 2 of his Look Out! trilogy) from Toby Jepson and the upcoming album from progressive metalcore band Between The Buried And Me.

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Aug 29

🔥NEWS🔥 Nordic folk project Danheim announce new album. www.hotelhobbies.com/post/news-da...

News: DANHEIM announce new album 'Heimferd’

29th August 2025Copenhagen‑based producer Reidar Schæfer Olsen—known as DANHEIM—readies Heimferd, his newest full‑length album under Season of Mist. From its rune‑etched title to its resonant percussi...

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Hotel Hobbies: Rock / Metal News and Reviews @hotelhobbies.bsky.social · Aug 29

🔥NEWS🔥 Norway’s Gazpacho return with new album in October; single out now…
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News: Norweigan Prog Masters Gazpacho return with their new album Magic 8-Ball due for release in October

29th AugustFIRST SINGLE ‘8-BALL’ OUT TODAY WITH CULT-INSPIRED VIDEOAfter a five-year break, Magic 8-Ball marks Gazpacho’s return with eight new tracks built around the idea of fate. How it moves witho...

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