I generally find instrumental albums pretty boring and music without words for me has always been something that I leave for the movies. Melbourne’s Joe Matera though might just have something here – an […]
I’m not sure what genre you would label this EP with, would you call it Dark Metal? It’s hard to pigeonhole, though it does certainly have Gothic and Industrial undertones and Metalcore-like vocals- Death […]
I don’t know about you but I get a little worried when you read a bio that name-checks some of the biggest bands in rock, refers to the ‘legenday‘ (their spelling not mine) Paul Stanley […]
It’s taken almost two decades for Sydney’s Enter 6 to release this second studio album and it’s one that has me firmly sat on the fence here. The production is awful for a start, the […]
Modern Rock with a late 90’s flavour to it is what you get in these 11 tracks from Cinder that make up ‘The Machine.’ So logically if you like the sort of Rock that is […]
This is interesting I loved Bad Flowers a band that stormed onto the scene in early 2018 with ‘Staring Gun’ of which I said “(this is a) band that has a real Blues-Rock edge […]
Australia’s Demonhead have a mighty sound that after its done battering you about the head leaves you feeling you’ve been assaulted by Pantera whilst taking onboard a touch of Punk, Stoner and Doom for […]
OK here we go again, ‘Monsoon’ that opens this new album by Flight Brigade is 22 seconds of keys that leaves you wondering whether Pop, Rock or House music is about to descend on you. […]
These days with technology the way it is recording your debut album with a help of guest musicians isn’t the logistical balancing act it used to be. As a result anyone with the connections […]
If you want to hear an album by a young band that is brimming with promise and only seem inches away from hitting the nail on the head this is it. Like many new bands […]
Some albums aren’t the sort of work you can easily categorize and the more personal they are the more the reviewer is doomed to failure by trying to put them in a box. Mike Thompson’s […]
The Blues is wonderful, there you are working your way through the greats and everywhere you turn there’s ‘new’ artists like Big Daddy Wilson to discover who just blow your mind! The Blues is alive […]
Formed in 2016 in Southern Indiana Blind Perception is a 4-piece hard rock band with, as they say in their bio, “an eclectic mix of influences spanning 4 decades” and this 4 song EP is […]
It’s been a while since NYC’s Black Dawn released new material and I still consider their last release – 2014’s ‘Until We Meet’ EP a damned fine independent release. It’s a shame therefore that 5 […]
Here’s a new name to me – Germany’s License have a Metallic Hard Rocking sound that will hit the right note with many. True there’s nothing new here, but then you don’t always need to […]
The press release said: “American Rock ‘n Roll band, WHITE BOY AND THE AVERAGE RAT BAND, have announced the release of their first full-length album in over 39-years.” Sadly I’m afraid a pre-teen me missed […]
It’s been a while since we last heard from this wonderfully named band of reprobates, far too long in fact and in a world where everything is being painted nice neutral colours and we’re being […]
Power Pop hailing from Pittsburgh has never been so good! Honestly if you want a bit of fun in your ear then you’d do well to hook yourself up with a shot of Chip and […]
With successful an already EP ‘Viral’ and full length ‘Insurrection’ behind them, Spreading The Disease (STD) are back with a new 5 Track EP ‘Mindcell’. It’s Modern Metal, aggressive, growly and dirty as hell nut […]
There’s an Aussie connection to this new release with guitarist Joe Matera handling axe duties along with long time guitarist Hällström for Swedish band Rough Rockers. And for Classic Rock fans there’s also a guest […]
Formed in Norway in 2010 and with one album ‘Shitkickers’ (2012) under their belt, Xelerate are back with a second full length that comes across as a mix of Melodic Metal and more classic […]
The beauty of music is that sometimes you give an album a few spins and you’re not quite sure what to say, you know there’s something there but the music is either out of your […]
We love to spread the word about new bands we think you’ll enjoy, and since this release we’ve featured New York band Grayhunter on the Heaven and Hell Podcast. Now it’s not our usual fare […]
This is sheer 80’s Heavy Metal joy for fans of the pure stuff. Canada’s Recker someone manage to harness the power of Priest the grit Anvil along with a pinch of Danzig/Manowar to top t […]
I’ve always liked Ted ever since I first saw Danger Danger support Kiss way back in 1992, and over the years his projects and solo albums have been pretty consistent – especially Melodica, Poley/Rivera and […]
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