Old school Metal can sound fresh and exciting, but it rarely does. Most bands who follow that strict template either take themselves way too seriously, or are so obsessed with authenticity that they lose sight […]
Of all Rock’s great guitarists there are few that have had a career as ‘colorful’ as Michael Schenker and few that have been in the hot seat for two hugely influential bands before embarking on […]
Bonfire, one of my favourite bands of the late 80’s and favourite German Rock band ever is sadly these days diminished in ‘classic line-up’ members. Missed most of all, of course, is the distinctive voice […]
Night Ranger is a strange band for me, never a fan back in the day, I’m actually a huge fan of what they are dong now, especially since 2011’s ‘Somewhere in California’. That was an […]
Start out nice and heavy, add plenty of crunch, a touch of searing hot blues, and the smell of grease and oil. Throw in some fiery guitars, a huge rhythm section and an excellent vocal and stir. Blacktop […]
I like Sister, a band from the dirtier, punkier, more dangerous end of Sleaze Town. Indeed opening track ‘Destination Dust’ is as wild and aggressive as anything they’ve done, with a verse spat out and […]
This is a really cool release, just six tracks but so much to like in the mix or Country, Rock, Blues and Bluegrass. The only trouble you might have is finding it and as I […]
After the siren and the first riff ‘Demolition Boys’ you can almost smell the vintage leather of the NWOBHM on the backs of all girl band Girlschool who have just had their three first and, many […]
Not to be confused with the short-lived 80’s band ‘Dirty White Boy’ which featured the vocal talents of David Glen Eisley’ and guitar licks of the legendary ‘Earl Slick’ this band features none other than […]
Carousel Kings is one of those high energy clean sounding Modern Pop-Punk bands who write incredibly catchy yet strangely all-too-familiar tunes, full of quiet moments followed by driving guitars and soring choruses. It’s not a […]
Now this is good! Jimi Anderson I must admit was a name I hadn’t heard before, and reading his bio and seeing his background in cover bands all I can say is tat I’m so […]
Music is all about the songs and should always only be about the songs. Sadly these days with such a relentless flow of music from anyone who can hold a guitar and press ‘record’ […]
Back in the 80’s (and early 90’s) there were some amazing debut albums released, and for me they were almost completely interdependent on each other, adding to the ideas that preceded them but all unique in […]
Imagine a band forged in the little known city of Orebro, Sweden that gives an immediate hit like The Black Crowes mixed carefully by way of classic rock alchemy with Badlands, but who also have […]
ECLIPSE is one of the best modern rock bands out there at the moment, tag them how you will, they manage to combine a real sense of melody and power, have a song-writing prowess that […]
The Darkness is about to descend upon Australia again in what is getting to be a thankfully pretty regular occurrence these days. This time though it’s looking like it might be extra special with the […]
I love my 70’s Glam more than most and whilst in these eyes at least, the names of Slade and The Sweet loom far larger than that of Suzi Quatro, you have to applaud Suzi […]
FEATURING THE ORIGINAL MSG VOCALISTS GARY BARDEN, GRAHAM BONNET AND ROBIN MCAULEY AND MSG MUSICIANS: STEVE MANN (GUITAR, KEYS), CHRIS GLEN (BASS), TED MCKENNA (DRUMS) Celebrated rock guitarist Michael Schenker is proud to announce that […]
It’s been far too long since we heard from Brother Firetribe hasn’t it? But here it finally is, album number four and the first good thing to come out of Nightwish’s 2017 ‘hiatus’. Nightwish’s […]
High Octane, rip-roaring hard rockers THE DEAD DAISIES have announced a massive World Tour in celebration of the release of ‘LIVE & LOUDER’, the band’s highly-anticipated live outing, out on May 19th 2017 via Spitfire […]
Last Autumn’s Dream have been producing real quality Melodic Rock for 15 years now, and this is incredibly their 14th album in that time and their first of purely cover songs (though we’ve always loved […]
Let’s face it ECLIPSE is one of the best modern rock bands out there at the moment, tag them how you will, they manage to combine a real sense of melody and power, have a […]
You have to admire Krokus the band that sounded like Bon Scott era AC/DC before AC/DC existed are still going strong in their 32nd year and here we have their 18th studio album – a […]
If you crave lush melodies, a golden voice and a swathe of great songs then you are probably already familiar with UNRULY CHILD, if not then welcome to one of the best bands in Melodic […]
Vancouver, BC Glunk Rockers “Dirtbag Republic” have gone live with the pre-order of their highly anticipated sophomore release entitled “Downtown Eastside” on Spawner Records. The official release date was moved to April 7th for the […]
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