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Every artist is a product of their influences, with some bands it’s very subtle in their sound, But with others like Madhouse they wear those influences on their sleeve. The influence of older bands […]
It has been a while since we last heard new music from Lillian Axe, but the wait is over as they finally release their long awaited 10th studio album ‘From Womb To Tomb’ on Global […]
There’s a very low key piano led opening to Journey’s first new album in 11 long Journey-less years, and only their third release with vocalist Arnel Pineda who has now been with the band […]
A LOT of incredible bands have come from Sweden, that country is arguably ground zero for some of the best rock and metal in the world for the last couple of decades, H.E.A.T is one […]
I love a good background story to the bands I listen to and because of that i watch a lot of music documentaries, read books about bands, and read tons of articles about the bands […]
The opening track ‘Permanent Vacation’ immediately takes you back in time to the time of the Hard Rocking late 80’s for a sure footed robust and muscular sound that can’t help but trigger a […]
Formed in 2000, Atlanta band Mastodon have released eight studio albums while holding the original recording line-up together (sharing song-writing credits equally probably helps): Troy Sanders (bass and vocals), Brent Hinds (guitar and vocals), […]
A spiritbox, sometimes called a ghostbox, is a device used to capture verbal communications from the spirit world by rapidly skipping radio stations and frequencies. Besides sounding very metal, the name Spiritbox also describes […]
Some bands just have a good thing, Know what makes them great, and they build continuously on those strengths. South Africa’s L.A. Cobra released their debut album How much snake can you take? back in […]
Classless Act certainly seemed honed on this debut album. Flying out of the traps like a butane fuelled Van Halen there’s a whirl of intensity and confidence that hits the peddle and doesn’t let […]
I remember a time when the future of hard rock as a genre looked pretty bleak, there wasn’t a lot of exciting music coming out or the fully developed means by which you could find […]
“>I’m hard-pressed to name a musician or band with more unofficial releases than Jimi Hendrix. The Grateful Dead actually designated special section in each venue just for fans who wanted to tape their shows. Led […]
Formed in 2017 as a cover outfit they began original writing in 2019. Code Red‘s band members are from all over the world: Andy McKee (drums) is from the USA, Maciek Mastalarczuk (bass) is from […]
This is great Blues. If you love Bernie’s playing and love vintage Blues then this is for you. Chess might just be the best so far in the ‘Inspirations Series’ which is an ongoing […]
I differ from a lot of The Cruel Intentions fanbase in that I didn’t listen to Vains Of Jenna until after I heard the debut album from The Cruel Intentions: No Sign Of Relief, As […]
There are good albums, there are great albums, and then there are the ones that really define a genre at its best. Rest In Sleaze by Crashdïet is one of those, It is the Swedish […]
I swear Mike get’s better with every year that passes, and his second album for Silver Lining Music just adds to an already incredibly rich legacy he began all those years ago with Hanoi […]
I was a big, big fan of Shark Island back in the day – man that first major label record is a classic and the song ‘Paris Calling’ was all of my mixtapes! But […]
In just over a week Michael Schenker’s new album will be upon us. Schenker of course is a legend, and whether you saw him back in the 80’s or rather more recently, then you’ll […]
12 track Album released on 6th May 2022, Boombox is dirty, gritty, old-school rock and roll which I love. I was keen to sample their wears as I had never really had a chance to […]
Back in the late eighties as a Hard Rock fan Dan Reed Network and Nelson were my two guilty pleasures, so much so that over the nineties I managed to collect pretty much every […]
Back in the day I was a huge Shotgun Messiah fan, and man that 1989 debut ‘Welcome to Bop City’ was in a class of its own! It came as a bit of a […]
Perth based Progressive Metal / Rock Band Icreatedamonster delivered their EP – Blisstonia recently and I was pretty keen to get my teeth into the EP. I had seen a sneak peak of their music […]
Thunder fans haven’t had to wait long between drinks as hot on the heels of 2021 highly-acclaimed release ‘All the Right Noises’, the band have followed up with their first ever studio double album […]
In comparison to the melodic rock bands that I’m familiar with The Big Deal are a different brew, for one thing they have two female vocalists: Ana Nikolic and Nevena Brankovic who also plays keyboards […]
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