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Triggerman – Atomic Rock Number 79 (EP)

9 July 2016 Mark Diggins

If you’ve not checked out Triggerman before and love swampy Stoner hard rock then you’ll kick yourself if you miss this from Derry’s finest. We love this EP… Opening track ‘The Drift’ builds up a […]

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Kaato – Kaato

9 July 2016 Scotty Rock

KAATO sees the bringing together of frontman Kurt Lowney who upon relocating from Sydney to Nashville, hooked up with melodic rock greatness in Mitch Malloy who features as KAATO guitarist, producer, songwriter. Mitch had already […]

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Budderside – Budderside

9 July 2016 Mark Diggins

I can see these guys polarising opinion but after a few spins I’m very much in the ‘yes’ camp especially when you get to the simpler fare like ‘X-Girlfriend’ which melds acoustic and sleazy aggression […]

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Revocation – Great is our Sin

9 July 2016 Andrew Massie

Revocation return with a new album titled “Great Is Our Sin” and if you love that trademark signature sound that they forged early in their career with albums like “Empire Of The Obscene” and “Chaos […]

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Heart – Beautiful Broken

9 July 2016 Mark Diggins

Heart’s ‘NEW’ album ‘Beautiful Broken’ isn’t exactly that – comprising of seven reworked songs from their own back catalogue and just three new tracks. On face value then their debut recording for the Concord label […]

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Bat For Lashes – The Bride

9 July 2016 Mark Diggins

OK not something you might expect to be reviewed on a Rock website but sometimes you need to listen to something different just to blow away the cobwebs. For me that album was ‘Bat The […]

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Voodoo in Blue (EP)

9 July 2016 Mark Diggins

This is an interesting release… Jangly strummed guitars and a hypnotic building vocal that leads into an insistent groove of a chorus and then stands off again: there’s something primal and lo-hi pop about ‘Around […]

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Despised Icon – Beast

9 July 2016 Steve Monaghan

Canadian Deathcore legends Despised Icon return with a new album after a lengthy absence, 7 years after their last album “Day Of Mourning” was released. Despite that, the band seem hungrier than ever as we […]

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Doug MacLeod – Live in Europe

9 June 2016 Mark Diggins

Every country has their own Bluesmen and every country these days it seems have their artists who take the Blues back to the acoustic guitar where it was conceived. A multi award winner in his […]

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Scorpion Child – Acid Roulette

9 June 2016 Mark Diggins

After a debut album that scorched the turntable, Scorpion Child is back. The question is will the ‘difficult second album’ curse strike? Of course not… Opener ‘She Sings I Kill’ hits nice and hard and […]

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Tempt – Runaway

9 June 2016 Mark Diggins

For a band so young these guys have old melodic rock heads on their shoulders and a sound that although at times hints at something more modern, has its heart and soul clearly in the […]

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Rival Sons – Hollow Bones

9 June 2016 Mark Diggins

It’s not long since we saw The Rivals Sons Downunder as support to Black Sabbath, and those that got to the shows early sure thought it was a nice contrast to see the Zeppelinesque Sons […]

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High Fighter – Scars and Crosses

9 June 2016 Andrew Massie

Kyuss frontman John Garcia said it best when describing German 5 piece band High Fighter: “You looking for some heavy tunes, look no further, High Fighter brings it!!” The band have a lot going on […]

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Dan Reed Network – Fight Another Day

9 June 2016 Mark Diggins

“Dan Reed Network’s brand new record ‘Fight Another Day’ marks the anticipated return of one of the most infectious and gifted bands to come out in the Melodic Rock World in the second part of […]

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Primacy – Failure and Sacrifice (EP)

4 June 2016 Andrew Massie

It’s not often we hear about bands from New Zealand but there have been a few notables acts including Tim Finn, Shihad and The Datsuns that have managed to break through and become household names. […]

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Drown This City – False Idols (EP)

1 June 2016 Leslie Phillips

  Melbourne’s Drown This City plays Electronica swamped Metalcore with female vocals.  Now if Metalcore is your thing then the novelty of a female Metalcore vocalist might just peak your interest but in truth like all genres it’s […]

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Death Angel – The Evil Divide

21 May 2016 Andrew Massie

Death Angel released one of their best albums to date in 2013 with “The Dream Calls For Blood” which The Rockpit named metal album of the year. The band release “The Evil Divide” on May […]

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