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Canadian Hard Rockers Dextress sure know how to channel their influences on this their debut release. Within the grooves you’ll hear the usual suspects from the 80’s heavy hitter gallery – Skid Row, Motley Crue, Van […]
There was a time before grunge when Warrior Soul seemed to have the world at their feet. Their debut in 1990 ‘Last Decade Dead Century’ was sheer power, wonderful music with a message for a […]
For a lot of people Adrian Vandenberg will of course be remembered for his stints in Whitesnake starting in 1986-1991 and adding a few tours and albums after the band reformed in ’94. For me […]
What a devastating album from start to finish this is absolutely crushing! “Urn” is so well crafted with epic songs that I don’t know where to start. This band has really opened the eyes […]
Bruce Foxton and Russell Hastings have over the years become an almost unmissable attraction on the live circuit performing the music of that iconic band The Jam in the form of ‘From the Jam’. Indeed […]
Swedish thrashers F.K.U. return with another set of horror inspired thrash metal tracks in the form of “1981”, a bloodbath of speed metal that pays homage to the year of classic horror movies, 1981. […]
For those that missed it Down ‘n’ Outz are a band featuring members of Def Leppard and The Quireboys whose quirk is that they only play material by bands related to the legendary Mott […]
After a rather exciting first outing ‘Only to Rise’ in 2015, Sweet & Lynch the band centered around the talents of guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of heavy metal stalwarts Stryper and iconic guitarist George Lynch (Lynch […]
If you’re a fan of the existing catalogue then the chance to hear the best known Evanescence tracks given the orchestral treatment with Amy Lee on piano and voice may be an experience you must […]
There have been a huge number of books on AC/DC over the years (though nothing official so far) and almost, it seems, as many books about their highly original and influential former lead singer Bon […]
As the title might suggest Supersonic Blues Machine’s second album is a far funkier and more soulful affair than their blues-driven debut, and that is immediately apparent on opener ‘I Am Done Missing You’ which […]
It’s a shame that not more people have discovered Canadian thrash legends Annihilator over the years and those that have, tend to be the more hardcore old school thrash metal fans who only know […]
There’s a grand architecture to Europe’s style of Rock these days that isn’t constrained by a push towards building cheap chart success, and it’s that bigger vision that gives them a real freedom to do […]
Track list: 1) Who am I, 2) Looking in the mirror, 3) Get out, 4) High time, 5) Principle of love, 6) S.O.S, 7) Showdown, 8) Shout it out, 9) Cry on the wind, 10) […]
What’s happening with Buckcherry these days? Over the last few years we had a flurry of activity starting with the wonderful visit down-under in 2013 for the Stone Music Festival and a few select dates, […]
After a career of 48 years and counting you deserve to put out a covers record, indeed it’s rather remarkable that over the years UFO hasn’t jumped on either the ‘covers’ or the ‘acoustic’ bandwagons, […]
There’s a real depth to the sound of Travelin Jack and a great immediacy. ‘Land of the River’ which opens has me thinking of Jefferson Airplane and vintage Alice Cooper Band, lavishly painted with a […]
Very little needs to be said when I write to introduce the mighty Cannibal Corpse, 14 albums in and showing no signs of slowing in any way, shape or form. Much like when you […]
Dimebag Darrell (aka Darrell Abbott), best known as the axeman for the legendary Pantera was truly a unique character. That term gets thrown around a lot when describing someone who passed away but Dimebag […]
There’s a bluesy, whiskey-soaked yearning to the opening strains of ‘Black Rain’ a song that sounds like it could only have been born in the seventies. That is until it hits full sprint with a […]
Hailing from Sweden comes this outfit who is not afraid to raise the bar in brutality terms. Mixed with melodic passages and spiralling guitar licks, this is not your typical metalcore band, don’t assume […]
Who wouldn’t be intrigued by the cover art for POWERMAN 5000’s new record “NEW WAVE”? I mean, anyone that loves Frank from “DONNIE DARKO” (or finds that masked rabbit man wildly scary) and loves […]
Squeeze, even in the days my diet consisted of mainly hard rock were a band I always loved. Glen Tilbrook as far as I was concerned was right up there with lyricism of Ray Davies […]
I haven’t heard an album from this band for a while now as I was exploring other avenues but it’s nice to come across them again and see how much they had matured in […]
You know, I’m not even going to begin to set up a picture for this record. I mean I really shouldn’t have to for those of you that know WE CAME AS ROMANS. And […]
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