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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 […]
This year I’m pretty much overwhelmed by the sheer quality of releases coming out of the UK Hard Rock scene and it’s time to add another name to that ever growing list – Bigfoot, who […]
Babylon A.D. was always one of my favourite bands from the late 80’s / early 90’s. They were a band that had the songs and the talents to put so many much bigger bands in […]
You do see some bad album covers every year but I think this one is my pick of the year – a dodgy concept that’s been poorly executed – it almost wants you not to […]
Back in 2015 the Super-group that is Revolution Saints released their debut self titled album. Consisting of Night Ranger’s Jack Blades, the recently ex-Whitesnake (now The Dead Daisies) gunslinger Doug Aldridge and Journey’s Deen […]
Everyone it seems these days wants a piece of the Nightwish-styled Melodic Metal action, some grasp for something they will never replicate and others manage to show that it’s just not the Finnish masters that […]
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