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My there’s some great Blues out this year, I’m still playing Joe Bonamassa’s new album on heavy rotation and reaching out for something else a bit bluesy and this lands on the turntable. Now you […]
Rick Springfield’s career started way before his first solo album in 1972, though it was 1981 before he really made his mark on the charts with his first RCA release ‘Working Class Dog’, recorded at […]
Now into their 12th year, Aussie Punk/Hardcore rockers Driven Fear release their latest effort in “Freethinker” which continues the band’s sound of pure punk style. The title may suggest a secular tone in thought […]
I once to see a Nickelback concert to catch the supporting band Monster Truck. Boy they were good and a huge thumbs up to Nickelback for getting them on the bill. After racking up the […]
There’s a lot of hype around this band and the big question is to what extent is it deserved? The answer is easy – this album is huge. From the opening organ and swagger of […]
Two things immediately strike you about Ricky Warwick’s new pair of solo albums – the title of the first track ‘The Road to Damascus Street’ – a street in the capitol of his country of […]
Out of the band White Wizard came Hold Grail – two bands that certainly had something interesting and acute to say in the world of West Coast Metal. Holy Grail seems to have been the […]
I always remember my first Magnum show at a tiny venue in Sheffield – their warm up for a huge UK tour. I was stood there beer in hand as Bob Catley walked up to […]
The new Twisted Sister documentary is essentially nothing new cinematically, a fairly stock series of talking heads and live shots, with no real vintage footage off stage of the band in their early days. It […]
So here we are just a year after the G.A.S.S. project commenced -which saw a crowd-funded three songs a month released to subscribers – and all of which are all collected here for our delectation. […]
What an apt title for an album by a band formed by three of the original members of Ronnie James Dio’s DIO, and taking their name from that band’s second studio release (they also of […]
There’s a certain yearning feeling, a sense of years gone by that seems to hover around Greenleaf, a sense of Rock when it was exciting, open and possibilities were endless. There’s Sabbath in here, there’s Cream certainly, […]
Great band Shakra, gutsy melodic Hard Rock with a slight Metallic edge, plenty of balls, great songs and huge hooks that soar. Over the years they’ve put out some great stuff and whilst their last […]
Despite hailing from Leicester in England, Temple Of Lies has a distinctively American sound, drawing influences from bands such as Red Fang, Queens Of The Stone Age, Clutch and Black Sabbath to the maybe […]
Sizzling, lively, uplifting Melodic Rock that simply soars into the air before your very ears… If you love the keys of players like Greg Giuffria then I hear an echo of his style in Ged […]
As a long-time fan of The Cult; who got on Board way back when they were still the Death Cult, I often get dismayed when most people’s vision of the band is solely centred on […]
Lost Society hail from Finland but you wouldn’t know it judging by their punky thrash metal sound. I first discovered the band through their first album “Fast Loud Death” but not of the music funnily […]
The 15th studio album from thrash metal veterans Megadeth is upon us and despite the disappointment of the lead single “Fatal Illusion” that came out last year, the rest of the album is on […]
Prong have been seriously active these last few years with “Ruining Lives” released in 2014 and “Songs From The Black Hole” in 2015, which featured cover songs from influential punk and hardcore bands. 2016 sees […]
It’s been 5 years since Anthrax released their brilliant “Worship Music” album and many asked how the band was going top it. With the return of Joey Belladonna on vocals, the anticipation was fairly […]
To be honest I never really expect much from covers albums unless there’s a big name involved or some sort of clever twist is thrown into the mix, but to be honest this one is […]
This is a great fun dose of old school Rock with a hint of Metal from Italy’s all-girl ‘The Phoenix’. In truth it takes you back years sonically and yet at times seems strangely modern, […]
This AC/DC inspired hard rock band from Switzerland bring out their newest release in the form of “Hit The Gas” which serves up some true rock n’ roll. There’s a big AC/DC meets The Georgia […]
Great album…kinda sounds like Magnum at their peak. We take a look at one of this year’s most promising rock albums yet. Odd isn’t it how things stick in your mind but after listening to […]
Christian Rockers ‘Liberty N Justice’ may have been around since 1991 but on an EP that features the vocals of Larry Worley and all instruments by JK Northup and has no Justin Murr involvement it’s […]
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