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ALBUM REVIEW: Vandenberg – 2020

9 September 2020 Mark Diggins

I remember buying the first ‘Vandenberg’ album way back in the early 80’s and I can recall that it must have been 1982 because that was the year for some unknown reason I bought […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Mad Max – Stormchild Rising

4 September 2020 Mark Diggins

There’s a big chunky riff that opens up ‘Hurricaned’ and instantly you’re back headbanging at a show sometime in the 80’s and if you like bands like Dokken, Bonfire and Scorpions, you’ll feel right […]

DVD REVIEW: Metallica – S&M2

1 September 2020 Andrew Massie

It’s been a little over 20 years since Metallica first teamed up with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra which was documented and originally released on video and CD back in 1999. It was a […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Lynch Mob – Wicked Sensation Reimagined

30 August 2020 Mark Diggins

Surely there are some people left in the world who think that art has its time and place and has to be appreciated through the lens of the times, lets face it there’s so […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Wishbone Ash – Coat of Arms

20 August 2020 Mark Diggins

I was talking to Gordon from Heavy Pettin’ just the other day about Argus the Wishbone Ash album that introduced us to this particularly English Rock band and the twin guitars it featured that […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Heathen – Empire Of The Blind

16 August 2020 Andrew Massie

It’s been a long time between drinks for new Heathen music, 11 years to be exact but 2020 is the year that the Bay Area thrash legends return. Better late than never as they […]

The Allman Betts Band - Blees Your Heart

ALBUM REVIEW: The Allman Betts Band – Bless Your Heart

12 August 2020 Mark Diggins

Sons of Legendary fathers lay down a fitting new chapter to the Allman and Betts legacies. The first thing that hits you about ‘Pale Horse Rider’ the atmospheric opening track and first single from The […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Pretenders – Hate For Sale

9 August 2020 Mark Diggins

Hate For Sale, The Pretenders’ eleventh studio album, is the first album to be recorded with the now longest-standing touring line-up of the group and the first to be written collaboratively by Chrissie Hynde […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Gardner/James – Synergy

1 August 2020 Mark Diggins

Janet Gardner & Justin James are back mid coronavirus with their aptly-named third album ‘Synergy’ out on August 7th. They do say the third time’s a charm, but in truth so were the first […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Tokyo Motor Fist – Lions

11 July 2020 Mark Diggins

It seems like only the other day that the debut from Tokyo Motor Fist dropped – the band that features Danger Danger singer Ted Poley and Trixter’s guitarist/producer Steve Brown together with bassist Greg Smith […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Michael Grant & The Assassins – Always The Villain

9 July 2020 Mark Diggins

One of my favorite bands of the 00’s – Endeverafter released one great album in 2007 on Razor & Tie – ‘Kiss or Kill’ after their first full length recording ‘Ashes of Sin’ had […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Static-X – Project Regeneration Vol. 1

8 July 2020 Andrew Massie

In what may be one of the most anticipated metal releases for 2020, “Project Regeneration” finally comes to light with it’s iminent release this week. Static-X fans have been waiting patiently to see what […]

ALBUM REVIEW: FM – Synchronized

7 July 2020 Mark Diggins

Synchronize is a verb meaning to make two or more objects or actions happen in the same moment. Outside the United States it is spelled properly – synchronise. I wonder then why a UK band […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Savoy Brown – Ain’t Done Yet

6 July 2020 Mark Diggins

I love the relentless bassy drive and guitar wail of opener ‘It’s All Gone Wrong’ which if I’m honest is the first ever song I can remember listening to by Savoy Brown, a band […]

EP REVIEW: Wicked Smile – Delirium

26 June 2020 Mark Diggins

There are two ways you can look at the new EP by Radio Sun’s Stevie Janevski and Danny Cecati (ex Pegazus & Eyefear) the first is that it’s simply bloody good homegrown Hard Rock […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Enuff Z’Nuff – Brainwashed Generation

25 June 2020 Mark Diggins

Amidst covid-19 craziness Chip Z’Nuff’s Enuff Z’Nuff release ‘Brainwashed Generation’ the follow up to 2018’s well received ‘Diamond Boy’ which sees bass player and vocalist Chip Z’Nuff deliver another dose of the band’s patented […]

EP REVIEW: Blacktop Mojo – Static

24 June 2020 Mark Diggins

Recorded at the same time as their last album ‘Under the Sun’ the four songs here shouldn’t be thought as the tracks that didn’t make the cut, but rather those that didn’t feel quite […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Dokken – The Lost Songs

22 June 2020 Mark Diggins

Dokken’s last studio album featuring the original line up ‘Shadowlife’ came out in 1997, of course pretty much since that date we’ve been wanting something new from them. We’ve had some nibbles recently with […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Lamb Of God – Lamb Of God

7 June 2020 Andrew Massie

It’s been 5 years since new Lamb Of God songs have hit fans ears, the longest gap in the bands career but as the band push into their third decade with multiple successes and […]

ALBUM REVIEW: TREMENDOUS – Relentless

7 June 2020 Mark Diggins

I don’t think I’ve been this impressed by a debut album since The Darkness ‘Permission To Land’, The Struts ‘Everybody Wants’ or even The Strokes ‘Is This It’. Three very different albums of course, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Dion – Blues with Friends

4 June 2020 Sean Bennett

Music has an amazing power to bring back so many wonderful memories. When I was growing up, I have early recollections of my Dad playing rock n’ roll tunes on long car journeys and […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Bad Touch – Kiss The Sky

3 June 2020 Mark Diggins

Norfolk’s Bad Touch’s highly anticipated fourth studio album “Kiss The Sky” was recorded, produced and mixed by Nick Brine at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wale and mastered by Pete Maher. If you’re […]

Robert Jon and The Wreck - Last Light On The Highway

ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Jon & The Wreck – Last Light on the Highway

2 June 2020 Mark Diggins

May 8th 2020 saw the release of one of my favourite albums of the year – Orange County’s Robert Jon & The Wreck’s ‘Last Light On The Highway’ – an album which is all […]

ALBUM REVIEW: The Erotics – Lets Kill Rock ‘N Roll

30 May 2020 Mark Diggins

A new album by my favourite East Coast rockers The Erotics is always welcome, doubly so in times like these when music is one of our great comforts despite not being able to catch […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Cherie Currie – Blvds Of Splendor

24 May 2020 Carl Isonhart

Full disclosure here: I like The Runaways. I’ve liked them since around 1984 or so. Have the debut, and a couple digital things I acquired through nefarious means once upon a time. But, I […]