When news hit that Devildriver were going to release a set of country cover songs, there was hesitation among the metal fans on whether this would work. To be honest, there’s two reasons why […]
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE (BFMV) again with the release of Gravity, spawn their love of bands like METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, SLAYER, ALICE IN CHAINS, NIRVANA, into a new strand of molecular matter of blistering […]
Now I’ve been to Ballarat a few times but never stumbled upon the Balawat that lends it’s title to the opening track on Graham Green’s newest offering ‘Rage of the Innocents’. For those not in […]
The Swedish cult rock act known as Ghost released one of the stand out albums of 2010 with their brilliant debut release “Opus Eponymous”, a blend of heavy doom rock and psychedelic melodies combined […]
Lamb Of God may be one of the biggest bands in modern metal, but they will never forget where they came from. Mark Morton (guitar), John Campbell (bass), and Chris Adler (drums) formed the […]
If you crave a fun 80’s Hard Rocking fix then look now further than Rockford IL and Drama Queen who released their debut album via Drama Queen Media Inc in March.It may just be one […]
If you’re honest with yourself there really are few Rock bands out there that really pull off the whole ‘symphonic’ make-over, though some obviously fare better than others. After giving this new release a spin […]
I well remember the very day that I purchased ‘Beast From the East’ on vinyl from my local record store in 1988 and spinning it relentlessly till I wore it out. The band had just […]
After 20 years in rock, can Godsmack still bring it? Doing something for twenty years straight, is cause for celebrating in our culture. 20th wedding anniversaries are symbolized with china or platinum (and rightly […]
There’s a showiness and jauntiness to the lead guitar on opening track ‘No Mercy’ that clearly says we’re not in 1988 anymore. The thrust is still there, that wonderfully spiky riff, that raw aggression but […]
BulletBoys kick off their latest release with a rather cool little number called ‘Apocalypto’ that starts out with a funky little verse and bursts into a fiery rocker with every chorus. It works well and […]
Earlier this year ‘Josh Todd and the Conflict’ debuted with ‘Year of the Tiger’ now here we are a few months later with another famous frontman using the same title for his debut solo album. […]
Over the last five years the Dead Daisies have produced three damn good studio albums, a rather tasty live album and now their fourth album ‘Burn It Down’ is about to drop. It’s an album […]
There’s a huge magical slow groove to opener ‘Hey Mama’ the duet with Oni Logan (of Lynch Mob fame): it’s a song cut from ancient bluesy cloth but with a vibrancy and refrain that is […]
It’s the new Machine Head album “Catharsis” and boy has it caused quite a stir in the metal community worldwide. Reviews and fan feedback coming through were bitingly harsh and negative with only a […]
The sixth studio album from The Sword titled “Used Future” has come upon us in 2018 and given the huge departure in sound on their last release “High Country” in 2015, it should come […]
Black Stone Cherry have always been a force to reckon with, but their last album ‘Kentucky’, still barely a year old, was the album for me where it all came together perfectly. Going back to […]
After almost 5 years since the epic “From The Ages” came out in 2013, psych rockers Earthless are back with a new album “Black Heaven” which upon first listen is going to ruffle a […]
Legend Of the Seagullmen is a strange beast but in a good way to a point and when it comes to writing this review I’m hesitant to write the word “Super Group” because in […]
From the first strains of opening track ‘Again’ (as in “wish I was 21 again”) you know you’re in safe hands on Little Caesar’s eighth record, their first in 6 years and their debut for […]
I can’t even remember the first time I heard the name Marco Mendoza, but over the years I’ve followed his career with various bands, interviewed and met him a few times, and for someone so […]
This is a great release. Even if like me Kings X wasn’t that much of an important band to you back in the day there were elements of the band I always enjoyed – primarily […]
Fuck I love this album! When you strip everything away and just get back to basics – to bare rock and metal you’d end up with a band like the oddly-named Odcult. Big riffs, great […]
Magnum is a particularly English institution, they are a band that could really only have come from that green a pleasant land but to try and decipher their appeal is rather moot. There’s melody, great […]
Saxon was one of those bands I felt like I was seeing a few times every year as a kid, and they along with Motorhead, Maiden, UFO and bands like Hawkwind and Def Leppard made […]
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