G3 U.S. TOUR SET TO LAUNCH ON JANUARY 11TH – Tour features Satriani, John Petrucci (Dream Theater) & Phil Collen (Def Leppard). In other news: “Beyond the Supernova” Documentary by ZZ Satriani to Premiere at […]
Over the years Sebastian Bach has become an ever more frequent visitor to Australia, usually with a new album for us when he arrives. This time though his latest release has been his Autobiography ’18 […]
British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Steve Newman has been producing great melodic rock for over twenty years now. This his 11th album is no exception – indeed it might just be up there with his best, […]
Those who love not just their Aussie Rock but their Hard Rock in general will have heard the name Kings of the Sun the band formed back in the 80’s by brothers Jeffrey and Clifford […]
Cold World, the debut album from Chicago modern rockers Frontline is a light melodic affair. Opening track ‘Follow’ comes across like a heavier Collective Soul, or early Shinedown, maybe even a more soulful Train. It’s […]
After a trio of cracking latter day albums starting in 2013 with ‘Beautiful Curse’ which was swiftly followed by 2014’s ‘Black Eyed Sons’ and 2015’s ‘St Cecilia and the Gypsy Soul’ The Quireboys latest foray 2016’s […]
A couple of years back now EMN dropped the ‘Grind EP’. It was a great piece of work that contained 5 new tracks, their first new material since the ‘Deeper Shade of Grey’ album in […]
When I say that this is unexpectedly good I mean no disrespect, but I really wasn’t expecting this sort of quality recording from a band largely unknown outside of the US and on their third […]
Available from iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/thunder-child-single/id1281028458 Once again the Black Country serves up a formidable new heavy riff laden rock band The Bad Flowers, will release their new single “Thunder Child” on Friday 15th September. […]
I have a confession to make, I’ve sat on this album for far too long. I’ve played it a dozen or more times, dashed off three reviews and here I am starting all over again. Over […]
There a dark and progressive-tinged beauty to the title track of Blackfinger’s second album ‘When Colors Fade Away’: its a song that starts out like a heady mix of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin before […]
As a relative later-comer to the music of Jon Stevens he’s always been a solo artist to me rather than the ex-lead vocalist of iconic Aussie band Noiseworks. ‘Starlight’ is his tenth solo release and his highest […]
When Black Stone Cherry released ‘Kentucky’ just over a year ago the band took their sound all the way back to their roots – using the same hometown studio that they recorded their debut and it […]
It hardly seems fair on the opposition does it? The wild power and soul of Glenn Hughes remarkable voice and fluid and intricate bass that can make you weep at one minute and bleed the […]
It’s been seven years since we last caught up with Mili from Steelheart back in 2010, a couple of years after the release of ‘Good 2B Alive’ and just before we caught a glorious live […]
Triggerfinger has just released one of the most interesting and powerful albums of the year in Colossus. We caught up with Mario to find all about what drives the band and why they changed […]
If the name ‘Rosemont’ is unfamiliar to you then cast your mind back to cast your mind back to 2013 and ‘First Taste’ the debut album from a South Australian Sleaze Rock band with the […]
Over the last decade or so there have been some fine Melodic Rock albums released but two I always come back to are by the U.S. band FarCry – 2009’s ‘High Gear’ and 2011’s […]
Of all the Australian Rock Bands over the years – it’s The Angels rather than AC/DC or Rose Tattoo that often end up top of the pile for me. There’s just something about that […]
There’s just the right amount of grunt in the guitars and more than enough melody in opening track ‘We Belong’ to make you believe that Rob Wyldes’ latest band ‘Midnite City’ might really have created […]
To dovetail the release of their fifth studio album, H.E.A.T will tour the UK and Europe throughout November. The celebrated Swedish rock band will release their long awaited new album “Into The Great Unknown” on Friday […]
Alter Bridge have been with us since they formed from the remnants of Creed in 2004 and during that time the core Creed members Tremonti, Phillips and Marshall along with Myles Kennedy have been constants. […]
I pride myself on a wide knowledge of 80’s hard rock, especially that coming from the West Coast of the United States in that latter part of the decade, but to be honest when I […]
A couple of years back now EMN dropped the ‘Grind EP’. It was a great piece of work that contained 5 new tracks, their first new material since the ‘Deeper Shade of Grey’ album […]
There are few bands you can level the accusation of being a ‘Great British institution’ at, and of them all Status Quo has to be the most enduring – 50 years old this year and […]
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