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If you’re honest with yourself there really are few Rock bands out there that really pull off the whole ‘symphonic’ make-over, though some obviously fare better than others. After giving this new release a spin […]
THE FUTURE is NOW!! Or so it would seem coming from the Pennsylvania band, FROM ASHES TO NEW as they enter with their latest record from Better Noise Records. Look, I don’t know about […]
For those of you 150 or so lucky punters to catch British rockers Thunder at The Capitol in Perth on 11th March 2017 would know the boys know how to put on a live show. […]
I well remember the very day that I purchased ‘Beast From the East’ on vinyl from my local record store in 1988 and spinning it relentlessly till I wore it out. The band had just […]
After 20 years in rock, can Godsmack still bring it? Doing something for twenty years straight, is cause for celebrating in our culture. 20th wedding anniversaries are symbolized with china or platinum (and rightly […]
There’s a showiness and jauntiness to the lead guitar on opening track ‘No Mercy’ that clearly says we’re not in 1988 anymore. The thrust is still there, that wonderfully spiky riff, that raw aggression but […]
BulletBoys kick off their latest release with a rather cool little number called ‘Apocalypto’ that starts out with a funky little verse and bursts into a fiery rocker with every chorus. It works well and […]
As live albums go this one is a keeper, and as someone who has seen the show live it’s a damned fine representation of what John and his band do onstage. For those of you […]
Now if you were to ask me about some of the best debut albums of the 80’s I’d have a pretty long list and a pretty varied one, but vying for position in the upper […]
Sonder is the latest album by British progressive rock act Tesseract and is only fitting to be the 4th full length by the prog outfit given the band’s name and the dimensions in which […]
Earlier this year ‘Josh Todd and the Conflict’ debuted with ‘Year of the Tiger’ now here we are a few months later with another famous frontman using the same title for his debut solo album. […]
The Greek guitar virtuoso, GUS G, might be best known for replacing Zakk Wylde as Ozzy Osbourne‘s lead guitarist, but GUS now forges his own path with his newest solo venture via the stunning […]
Adelaide thrashers Hidden Intent are fast becoming one of the top thrash metal acts in Australia, gaining a reputation for their intense live shows as well as their fun demeanour that is seemingly captured […]
Over the last five years the Dead Daisies have produced three damn good studio albums, a rather tasty live album and now their fourth album ‘Burn It Down’ is about to drop. It’s an album […]
There’s a huge magical slow groove to opener ‘Hey Mama’ the duet with Oni Logan (of Lynch Mob fame): it’s a song cut from ancient bluesy cloth but with a vibrancy and refrain that is […]
The Amorettes are first and foremost a classic hard rock band from Scotland with a solid, pounding and hard-driving rhythm section, and a guitar-thrashing lead singer with a ballsy delivery and a great vocal range. […]
Exploding out of the UK comes this hard hitting melodic rock act named Fire Red Empress who released their debut album late last year. We finally got our hands on the new tracks to […]
I remember a day in 1984 when i was just 13 years old and catching a bus to the city to hang out at a Heavy Metal music shop called Twilight Records in Perth. This […]
Between The Buried And Me return with not only a new release but a new concept as well. “Automata” is the first double album for the progressive metal act and once again challenges the […]
It’s the new Machine Head album “Catharsis” and boy has it caused quite a stir in the metal community worldwide. Reviews and fan feedback coming through were bitingly harsh and negative with only a […]
Metal comes from far and wide and even in Aussie towns like Bunbury where the metal community is small, it’s also passionate and occassionally breeds some quality music. Medusa’s Gaze are one such act […]
The sixth studio album from The Sword titled “Used Future” has come upon us in 2018 and given the huge departure in sound on their last release “High Country” in 2015, it should come […]
FALLING THROUGH APRIL hails from Charlotte, NC. The 4 founders found each other while playing in different bands that were a part of the Charlotte indie rock scene. The band members came to music […]
Black Stone Cherry have always been a force to reckon with, but their last album ‘Kentucky’, still barely a year old, was the album for me where it all came together perfectly. Going back to […]
Newcastle metalcore band Lycanthrope release their debut album, Chapters, after working on it for two years. This six-piece band consisting of three guitarists are out to show us that they’re not fooling around, from […]
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