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Imagine you’re suddenly the coolest band in the World. Imagine that all the hard work over the last 9 years has got you to a point where not only every major Rock act that matters […]
There’s a lot of talk about the UK’s Collateral at the moment and this their debut EP – “4 Shots” is the first chance those of us outside of the UK have has to see […]
One one hand being signed to Frontiers gives you a slot with a Rock label who are slowly buying up all our memories from the last thirty years and adding a few new ones along […]
Well loved purveyors of heavy metal Metal Church have just released their new album Damned If You Do via Nuclear Blast Records. Oliver had a good old listen and, after his neck had recovered, […]
Thunder will release their brand new studio album ‘Please Remain Seated’ on 18 January 2019 through BMG. The album, released as the band enter their third decade, is a collection of radically reworked versions of […]
Canadian death metal has always been a flourishing and extremely robust sector of the world music community with the likes of Cryptopsy, Gorguts, and Kataklysm just to name a few, leaving their predominant foot […]
This is sheer 80’s Heavy Metal joy for fans of the pure stuff. Canada’s Recker someone manage to harness the power of Priest the grit Anvil along with a pinch of Danzig/Manowar to top t […]
Formed 50 years ago in 1968 by the legendary line-up of Dan McCafferty, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew and Darrell Sweet, a line-up that endured till 1990 (occasionally adding a second guitarist or keys) Nazareth were […]
Start off with a killer song and keep the party going till the last note of the very last track appears to have been Vega’s ‘raison d’être’ going into album number five ‘Only Human’ and […]
If you’ve followed Melbourne’s The Radio Sun over the last five years you’ll have witnessed a band who aren’t afraid of hard work – playing stages around the world and still making the time to […]
The UK’s obsession with Blackberry Smoke has always been a fascination for me, not that I’m not a fan of the band, just that it’s not the sort of music that traditionally the UK’s rock […]
Melbourne melodic masterminds To An End release their debut album Redefine. When you hear the term melodic and put it in front of metal, any die hard fan would expect to hear the very […]
Formed last millennium and with a line-up that’s changed more than most over the years Uriah Heep in 2018 is still a must for lovers of Classic Rock. If you’re uncertain or wonder how that […]
Sulo has to be one of the most prolific artists out there these days clocking in an average of 5 releases a year in either solo mode or as part of other projects, and as […]
It has been a while since Lizzy Borden’s last studio outing – 11 years in fact (since the wonderful Appointment With Death), and during that time the band has continued to tour and been through […]
You know sometimes when a vocalist’s voice just doesn’t click with you. Well this is one of those albums for me sadly and Peter Ellis’ voice joins Geddy Lee, Ozzy and Klaus Meine on my […]
Back in the day way before the internet the US was full of Radio Rock bands that never ever seemed to look outside the Country, let alone tour. Fast-forward a few years to the eighties […]
Sometimes you read press releases from bands who don’t have English as their first language and have a chuckle at some of the wording but there’s no excuse really from an agency getting it wrong, […]
As pet hate’s go a few seconds of music passed off as a track is right up there, so the 48 seconds of ‘atmospheric keys’ that make up ‘Delusion’ are aptly titled. Look if these […]
Ten years and five albums isn’t a bad return for any band these days let alone an AOR band from Melbourne Australia,but over the last decade White Widow have proved that it doesn’t matter where […]
The world is full of Melodic Rock or so it seems at the moment and over the last few years a fair chunk of it to these ears at least is starting to sound remarkably […]
Moab, not normally my cup of tea for sure, but there’s something about these Los Angeles based Doom/Stoner/Psych rockers that is timeless. So 5 years after their last release and despite the tragic loss of […]
If you’re a big fan of the band or have seen them over recent years this year’s live release ‘Live from Milan’ is a faithful rendition of their current setlist with all the bells and […]
Where do you start with Hendrix? Well years ago as a seven year old kid I started here. My dad already had the first two Jimi Hendrix Experience albums and I went out with my […]
A new album from Donnie Vie is always a wonderful thing for those that consider him to be one of the very best writers of his generation and up there with the greats of yesteryear. […]
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