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GHOST – “IMPERA” – Album Review

14 March 2022 Rob Jones

There are a LOT of incredible rock bands out there if you take the time to look, Many of the best I’ve come across come from Sweden, There must be something in the water […]

SIXX A.M. – “HITS” Album Review

14 March 2022 Mark Diggins

Most people of course will know Sixx AM as the bassist out of Motley Crue’s ‘other band’, and so the the release of an album entitled ‘Hits’ might be a little confusing – we’re […]

GHOST – ‘IMPERA’ – Album Review

13 March 2022 William Nesbitt

Tobias Forge states that he drew his inspiration for Ghost’s latest album from The Rule of Empires, a book about empires. Unsurprisingly, he says that Impera is “about the rise and ultimately the inescapable […]

HOUSTON – “IV” Album Review

13 March 2022 Mark Diggins

There’s an assuredness about the perfect AOR of opener ‘She is the Night’ that makes you realise how good these guys are at pulling off the sweet soft sounds of the early 80’s. Sadly […]

ERIC GALES – “CROWN” Album Review

12 March 2022 Mark Diggins

If you haven’t yet heard the name Eric Gales yet shame on you, and if you haven’t checked out his music then you don’t know what you’re missing. Eric’s brand-new album ‘Crown’ was released […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Jo Dog and Paul Black’s Sonic Boom – Everybody Rains on My Parade

10 March 2022 Mark Diggins

What do you get when you put together the original guitarist of The Dog’s D’Amour and the original vocalist of L.A. Guns? Magic… You get magic. The swelling Hammond and catchy refrain of ‘Tree For […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Chip Z’Nuff – Perfectly Imperfect

5 March 2022 Mark Diggins

It’s been a few years now since Chip took over vocal duties with Enuff Z’Nuff and as part of the latest three album deal with Frontiers comes the second release – a solo album […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Morning Symphony Ideas – Jimi Hendrix

4 March 2022 William Nesbitt

One wonders how a guy with only three studio releases during his lifetime has a posthumous discography reaching well into double digits. This is without even counting unofficial recordings. Like many legacy artists, Hendrix’s swelled […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Scorpions – Rock Believer

1 March 2022 Mark Diggins

About a dozen years ago I travelled to the US to see Scorpions final tour catching them at the Rock In America Festival in Oklahoma where we got to chat back stage (and interestingly […]

JIZZY PEARL’S LOVE/HATE – “HELL CA.” Album Review

26 February 2022 Mark Diggins

As someone who thought that Love/Hate’s 1990 debut ‘Blackout in the Red Room’ was one of the best and most intriguing releases to come out of L.A. in the late eighties/early nineties and had […]

SHADES OF GRAY – “SHADES OF GRAY” – Album Review

24 February 2022 Leslie Phillips

My editor has been telling me for years that Myke Gray who played guitar and wrote for Skin, Jagged Edge and Red, White & Blues has wrote some of the best songs of the period. […]

WARRIOR SOUL – “OUT ON BAIL” Album Review

22 February 2022 Mark Diggins

After a frighteningly good ‘covers’ outing last time out of the traps it’s back to all original Rock and Roll for Kory Clarke and co. with ‘Out On Bail’ hitting the streets via Livewire […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Reckless Love – “Turborider”

2 February 2022 Mark Diggins

It’s been four long years since Finnish sleaze rockers Reckless Love released ‘InVader’ (check out our interview with Olli about that album here) and on February 25th they return with their fifth studio album […]

GIANT – “SHIFTING TIME” Album Review

24 January 2022 Mark Diggins

Giant of course is one of those bands that never made it big back in the day and one whose albums are revered by fans. They had a great sound that should really have […]

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR – “ABRAKADABRA” Album Review

20 January 2022 Mark Diggins

I must admit it’s pretty cool to be given a copy of one of your favourite band’s albums three months before release date, and even though it’s not out till March I reckon I’ll […]

ACCEPT – “EAT THE HEAT” Retro Album Review

5 January 2022 William Nesbitt

Bands that record just one studio album with a particular singer are an intriguing phenomenon. While not always fan-favorites, such albums hint at an alternative path for the band, a forking road, a history […]

MAGNUM – “THE MONSTER ROARS” Album Review

5 January 2022 Mark Diggins

I try not to start every Magnum review talking about the past because let’s face it we all know so much about albums like ‘Storytellers’ and the great landmarks of the 80’s but the […]

LETHAL – “PROGRAMMED” Retro Album Review

5 January 2022 William Nesbitt

In 1990, Lethal released their debut album, Programmed. At that point, I never heard this band on the radio, saw them on MTV, or knew anyone who had heard them (all of this is […]

KING ZEBRA – “Survivors” – Album Review

1 January 2022 Mark Diggins

I’ve waited a long time to hear this one, after enjoying the lead up singles over the last months I knew it would be good, but you know what? This has to be one […]

TOXICROSE – “IN FOR THE KILL” Album Review

1 January 2022 Mark Diggins

Ten new tracks after 5 years of waiting since 2016’s ‘Total Tranquility’ means the gaps between albums are blowing out as we waited a mere 4 years between the debut and the follow up […]

THE WILDHEARTS – “21st CENTURY LOVE SONGS” Album Review

31 December 2021 Mark Diggins

Spoiler alert – this isn’t an album of ballads… I remember when Ginger was a Quireboy and when he was a Throb, I was there at the first gigs in the UK, saw the […]

DIRTBAG REPUBLIC – “TEAR DOWN YOUR IDOLS” Album Review

31 December 2021 Mark Diggins

For me it’s been a love/love relationship with Dirtbag Republic since I first heard them and that continues with record number three. ‘Main Objective’ is a wonderful opener with lyrics about growing old and […]

KISSIN’ DYNAMITE – Not the End of the Road – ALBUM REVIEW

24 December 2021 Mark Diggins

If you listen to opener and title track ‘Not the End of the Road’ with it’s huge melodies, uber-catchy chorus and sublime guitars and fail to be moved you probably don’t like the same kind […]

THE DARKNESS – “MOTORHEART” Album Review

23 December 2021 Mark Diggins

The Darkness have always been great band in my book, some of course might not be able to get past Justin’s voice, others might find their fun levels disturbingly high but it’s hard to […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Bullet For My Valentine – Bullet For My Valentine

22 December 2021 Mark Diggins

Metal veterans Bullet For My Valentine are now on their seventh album, which sees them hitting out into heavier territory or as vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck sees it – “This is the beginning of Bullet 2.0” I […]