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The extended introduction to opener ‘Wrecking Machine’ works brilliantly well, building the anticipation before the vocals kick in and reminds you in no uncertain terms just how good Babylon A.D. was back in the day […]
When Slayer played the last date of their final tour on November 30, 2019, it brought the landmark thrash band’s career to a close. Although lead singer, bassist, and founding member Tom Araya never fully […]
Hailing from sunny Florida with a stellar career of 30 years and 10 albums to their name, these punk rock veterans definitely show no signs of slowing down with their latest musical offering, VOWS. Produced […]
I got into ZO2 almost two decades ago through their albums ‘Thursdays & Fridays’ from 2004 and 2007’s ‘Ain’t it Beautiful’ – both are classics that I still play to this day. I must admit […]
If like me you’ve been there from the off – a glorious 35 years later we have what I as a huge fan of the artistic endeavors of Mr. Davy Vain and his band consider […]
Hailing from Yorkshire, England. Cousins Jacob Stephenson and Adam Pickering are ‘Alley of the Dolls’. Releasing their debut EP, Urethane which was put together in early 2024. Written, recorded, mixed and mastered (by Mark Roberts) […]
Down the Mountainside is Swedish prog rock quartet Quantum’s debut album and the band’s first release since their 2020 EP The Next Breath of Air. This latest offering is both more accessible and more adventurous […]
It’s been six years since the release of the last Snakebite album Rise Of The Snake, A great follow up that managed to actually improve on the debut that came before it, Princess Of Pain. Snakebite […]
Australian heavy rockers Northlane have released their hugely anticipated EP, Mirrors Edge, bringing on board friends from all areas of rock and heavy metal to help them deliver this soul-crushingly great set of songs. The […]
Nick Hogg from Nitrate once told me “Issa is world class” and that is undeniably true. She has a remarkably powerful and beautiful voice, But more than that she has the songs to back […]
There was a late charge last year for ‘album of the year 2024’ and Finnish rockers Temple Balls 4th album ‘Avalanche’ was one of the main challengers. If you’ve followed the band from that […]
In the borderline infinite landscape of music there are some bands that never stop being excellent and each album they release manages the daunting task of outperforming the one that came before it, It’s a […]
One of the many aspects of 80’s style rock n roll that makes it so endearing is that it’s fun. Bands like Van Halen, Poison, and Def Leppard were prime examples of this and more […]
The Rockpit have been championing the music of Crazy Lixx for the 15 years we’ve been in existence, starting with a review of the second record 2010’s ‘New Religion’ and an interview with Danny Rexon […]
In March 2022, guitarist Richie Faulkner stated that the songs for Invincible Shield “are a bit more progressive in places,” leading fans to wonder/worry if the next album would be Nostradamus II (the two-disc conceptual […]
BACK TO THE TOP OF THE SLIDE… Hardcore Superstar never fails to entertain, and with an opening ‘Cutting the Slack’ that sounds either like The Doors or The Stranglers in carnival mode (depending on your […]
It was an incredible privilege to be invited to the opening of Jonathan Rach’s Nine Inch Nails gallery. While standing outside waiting for the doors to open a handful of us gather outside 524 Flinders […]
When we changed over servers ten years ago we lost a lot of original reviews – and are slowly adding them back to the site – with Crazy Lixx’ reworking of 5 songs from […]
I honestly don’t know what’s going on these days with these ‘project’ releases. I was quite partial to The End Machine, being a longstanding Dokken fan and have also been a fan of Robert Mason […]
There are few things more fun and rewarding as a music fan than coming across a great band who already have several albums under their belt, Because you’re not starting out with the first record […]
When discussing the formation of The Gems it’s almost impossible as a writer to not bring up Thundermother, Especially in the context of the subject matter of some of these songs. Without Thundermother you don’t […]
Ace is back ….. 10,000 Volts is Ace Frehley’s sixth studio effort in 15 years, his fourth of original material. Frehley has undoubtedly left his stamp on rock music for the last five decades. Now in […]
I never expected an album like this so close to the end of the year to come and steal top spot at a canter but here it is. I’ve been a fan of Tim […]
I can’t remember the first time I saw Saxon but they were one of the bands like Motorhead and Maiden, UFO, Priest and Hawkwind that I would catch whenever I could. There was an honesty […]
Over the years, and especially in the last few years Frontiers may have been guilty of creating more than a few ‘collaboration albums’ that, shall we say, have rather a lot in common sonically. Now […]
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