There have been many, many great AOR and Melodic Rock records released over the past twelve months and over the past decade as a genre the quality you might even argue is at an all time high. […]
What’s so great about a Wednesday 13 album is that it always feels like a horror movie in itself with all the interludes and creepy noises and general all round fun horror vibe. Tongue […]
Formed in 1980 by identical twin brothers Jay and Michael Aston, Gene Loves Jezebel transformed early from a brooding Goth band on ‘Promise’ (1983) and ‘Immigrant’ (1985) to a far more commercial yet unique rock band […]
Dirtbag Republic’s self-titled debut album was one of my favourite releases of 2015 and if you were to ask me again today I could honestly say it’s one of only two albums from that year […]
There’s a laid back charm and certain precise progressive yet melodic dexterity to Raw Silk’s latest album ‘The Borders of Light’ which follows the acclaimed debut from the 90’s ‘Silk Under The Skin’. It’s certainly been […]
Being solidly labelled with the tag ‘Doom’ in my opinion does Avatarium no favours at all – for me the band is a complex and compelling mix of styles and real substance that defies and […]
Opening with a diverse set of songs – the airy Blues Rock of ‘Man Out of Time’; the soulful deep southern Gospel infused ‘Wade waist Deep’ and the ‘Folkified’ country breeze of ‘Heartbreak Alley’ Thomas […]
Warrant are one of those bands from the 80’s Hard Rock scene who hold so many memories for listeners that any new album is bound to cause a stir. Their last outing, and first with […]
Classic Hard Rock with huge riffs, soulful vocals and songs that run the gamut from Dio-like swagger to Jagged Edge/Skin style cool. Inglorious’ debut album may have been very good indeed, but album number two blows […]
In 2015 Melbourne thrashers Harlott released what would ultimately end up being one of my favorite metal albums of the year, Proliferation and given the top quality of that release, it seemed unlikely that […]
Still only in their firth year The Dead Daisies have produced three exceptionally fine studio albums, each remarkably surpassing the quality of the previous release. The next logical step then seems to be a representation […]
Welcome to the most explosive band in history – the Suicide Bombers, or at least that’s what the ‘intro’ track ‘A Divine Transmission’ tells you after name-checking the impossibly Glam names of the band. As […]
We first interviewed Danny Rexon from Crazy Lixx back in 2010, just after the release of the band’s sophomore album ‘New Religion’. A lot has happened over the intervening years and as a band only […]
With over 120 million albums sold worldwide, Deep Purple are one of the most loved British Rock bands of all time. Over the years of course they have released more than a handful of classic albums so […]
Guitarist Alex Grossi has been with iconic rock band Quiet Riot for over ten years now, and during that time he’s seen 6 vocalists depart so its interesting that his partner in crime on the […]
Babyjane those shining lights of the Western Australian Rock scene sadly ‘expired’ on New Years Day 2016 whilst in L.A. Vocalist Andy Smith however has been quick to bounce back taking some of the songs he’d planned for the […]
Of all Rock’s great guitarists there are few that have had a career as ‘colorful’ as Michael Schenker and few that have been in the hot seat for two hugely influential bands before embarking on […]
Bonfire, one of my favourite bands of the late 80’s and favourite German Rock band ever is sadly these days diminished in ‘classic line-up’ members. Missed most of all, of course, is the distinctive voice […]
Imagine a band forged in the little known city of Orebro, Sweden that gives an immediate hit like The Black Crowes mixed carefully by way of classic rock alchemy with Badlands, but who also have […]
It’s been far too long since we heard from Brother Firetribe hasn’t it? But here it finally is, album number four and the first good thing to come out of Nightwish’s 2017 ‘hiatus’. Nightwish’s […]
Obituary return with their 10th studio album, a self titled release that continues where “Inked In Blood” left off. Containing 10 brand new tracks including “Ten Thousand Ways To Die” which was originally released […]
Let’s face it ECLIPSE is one of the best modern rock bands out there at the moment, tag them how you will, they manage to combine a real sense of melody and power, have a […]
Screaming Metal guitar, a high pitched scream and an immediate segue into a melodic refrain heralds the subtly titled ‘Goin’ in the Backdoor’ – the opener to Steel Panthers latest Hair Metal ‘smut-athon’. Ending […]
It started with a Pledge Music campaign launched on 27th January 2016 with an album to be released on April 14th that year… Less than three months for a new Vain album! Sweet! I signed up there […]
Sometimes an album just feels so right… I remember when I first caught up with Derek Davis a few years back before his first solo album REVOLT and before the current resurge of interest in […]
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