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Love and a 38 – Nomads
First and foremost this is a Rock and Roll album, full of fire in the belly and attitude it’s got all the ingredients that should make a good listen. ‘Love and a 38’ sound good […]
Month: February 2016
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Supersonic Blues Machine – West of Flushing South of Frisco
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 […]
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Rick Springfield – Rocket Science
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 […]
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Driven Fear – Freethinker
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 […]
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Monster Truck – Sittin’ Heavy
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 […]
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Inglorious – Inglorious
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 […]
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Ricky Warwick – ‘When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy Mitchell Sang the Blues)’ and ‘Hearts on Trees’
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 […]
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Holy Grail – Times of Pride and Peril
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 […]
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Magnum – Sacred Blood, Divine Lies
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 […]
Articles
Twisted Sister – We are Twisted Fucking Sister (Documentary)
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 […]
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Ginger Wildheart – Year of the Fanclub
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. […]
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Last in Line – Heavy Crown
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 […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Rick Schneider – Polaris
The 5 piece metalcore band from Sydney known as Polaris has had a stellar start to the year already with their new EP “The Guilt & The Grief” hitting number 1 on the Australia […]
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Greenleaf – Rise Above the Meadow
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, […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Si Shaw – Temple Of Lies
t’s one of the best feelings in the world when you discover a band in the underground that just blows you away from the moment you hear the first riff. Temple Of Lies is […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Wednesday 13
The combination of horror and heavy metal has always been a perfect mix, both are the darker types in their respective field and always on the more extreme side. While the likes of Alice […]
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Shakra – High Noon
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 […]
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INTERVIEW: Steffan Kummerer – Obscura
Obscura are a German technical death/extreme metal band whose intricate and mindbending riffs push the limit of musical complexity. With 3 albums in and a fourth, “Akroasis”, to be released on February 5th, some […]
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INTERVIEW: Terri Nunn – Berlin
For many Berlin will always be that band who produced that one killer song then disappeared from view, fans of the band will course know there’s a whole lot more to them than ‘Take […]
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Temple of Lies – From Sand
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 […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Ezekiel Ox – Full Scale Revolution
When alternative metal outfit Full Scale exploded onto the music scene in Perth in the late 90’s, it was in the middle of what some would say was a musical revolution in terms of […]
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INTERVIEW: Kyle Shutt – The Sword
Australia has been fortunate enough to catch Texas rockers The Sword a few times now, with the band supporting Metallica in 2010 and doing the Soundwave Festival twice after that. This time however, the […]
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Rage of Angels – The Devil’s New Tricks
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 […]
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The Cult – Hidden City
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 […]