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Adelaide heavy hitters Ice On Mercury have been riding high on a string of successes which has led to the culmination of what could be considered their strongest work yet in the EP “Blind […]
This is an interesting release, and Jerry Hull’s fourth in a the space of just a couple of years. At 14 tracks it might not be as long as his previous release – Cherokee Moon’ […]
What is it with releases like this? Three new songs, three live songs and a ‘Bonus track’? What’s that all about? Not only that – this is a special ‘European Edition’ meaning those […]
There’s a gentle Spanish style guitar in ‘Calm Before’ that welcomes you to In The Now’s debut album ‘Daggers and Dice’ and it works so well up against the Hard Rocking ‘Trigger’ that acts as […]
Originally released in 1986 and re-released this year on its 30th Anniversary Scott Ginn’s ‘One Man Army’ still sounds damned good today. Indeed find me a Hard Rock album from any continent from 1986 that […]
This is a blast from the past – I first heard Rags ‘N Riches back in Sydney in the late eighties and like so many of the bands in that Hard Rock scene its hard […]
If you’re from outside the United States then it’s unlikely you grew up on Night Ranger unless you were pretty driven. Night Ranger was just one of those big US Rock bands whose label never […]
The Roth Brock Project on paper has to be one of the great Melodic Rock team-ups – the vocals of Terry Brock (Strangeways, Giant and others) and the guitars of John Roth (Winger, Starship, Giant) – it’s the sort […]
Like a lot of people out there it was Kyng’s second album ‘Burn the Serum’ that introduced me to the band, and whilst that album (and especially the stunning title track) spent a lot of […]
1. Dog On a Bone 2. Runaway 3. Back in Time 4. She Makes It Harder 5. Rockabye Dreamland 6. The Devil of Shakespeare 7. Radio 8. Good Luv 9. Round and Round 10. Nothing […]
This is an interesting release from San Francisco’s Down & Outlaws and whilst the cover just strikes me as plain odd and the title of the album conjures up…nah still nothing… what you can’t […]
It’s been 8 years since Metallica released a studio album, 2008 with “Death Magnetic” which saw a return to a lot of the elements that made Metallica in the early days. In their defence […]
Before we get to the review here’s the pedigree: Boneyard Dog is an Irish Classic/Blues Rock Band founded in 2015 and the brainchild of German/Italian Rock Singer Rob Mancini (Hotwire, Crush, Rob Mancini Band & […]
“Possibly best known as one of the founding members of DGM, guitarist Diego Reali left the Italian progressive power metal band in 2005 to pursue other musical interests. He dabbled with various forms but came back […]
West Australian progressive metalcore band At Depths have dropped their debut self titled EP. Describing themselves as a band that not only keeps up with the ever demanding progression of the music industry, but […]
Best described as a progressive Metalcore band, Galactic Pegasus come from from British Columbia, Canada. Their sound is mostly influenced by Metalcore from the late 2000’s, as well as the more modern Djent movement. By […]
It’s been well over a year since Lamb Of God’s last album “VII: Sturm Und Drang” was released and while they are still out there in support of that release, the band have now put […]
After a couple of singles and an impressive debut EP earlier in the year Snakebite Whiskey is back again with another 5 tracks that will take your back to the 80’s Sunset Strip via Brisbane. […]
Always a fan of the sleazier end of the late eighties Sunset Strip, I love bands like Niterain who just seem to get it. If you liked 2013 debut ‘Crossfire’ then you’ll probably, like me, have […]
Well this is a turn up, 2016 just over and one of the many releases sat in my backlog turns out to be a real cracker! For an EP by an unknown Australian band this […]
1. Young Hearts 2. All Eyes On You 3. Breathless 4. Break These Chains 5. Broken Hearted Man 6. I Can’t Stop Tonight 7. Dynamite(Your Love Is Like) 8. Love Affair 9. How Will You […]
Reading the bio attached to ‘An Overnight Low’ you get the feeling that Denny Smith might be an interesting guy to hang with. His musical pedigree and journey is certainly an interesting one, and […]
Always as intelligent as he is beguiling, a new release by Australia’s Graham Greene unfailingly opens your ears just that little wider. We all, of course, know the accolades bestowed upon the man by fellow […]
In their 35th year, Pretty Maids have just released their monstrous new album Kingmaker, another completely essential slab of melodic metal topped with that unmistakable Pretty Maids sound. Recent studio albums Motherland and Pandemonium were […]
There is a frankness to be felt when giving Joy by Melbourne rock band The Peep Tempel a listen. Feeling like the band is holding up a proverbial mirror to the state of […]
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