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When a band release their fifth studio album you expect to hear a well known sound and a honed repertoire that fans desire, so when Caligula’s Horse explained that they wanted a different approach […]
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 […]
Where, oh where do I start with this album? The fact I had to go back and check it is a debut album? The point of realisation that these guys have already played the […]
If like me you love a dose of Southern Rock and rate Black Stone Cherry as one of the best bands around then cast your eyes towards Wales! Yes Wales, home of The Stereophonics […]
It’s been 12 years since Warbringer crushed metal fans with their debut album and here in 2020 we are presented with their sixth studio album titled “Weapons Of Tomorrow”. After their massive return with […]
Detroit’s Artificial Angel have produced a nice Modern Hard Rock album here. Actually make that ‘very good’ and it’s one that sweetens the more you listen to it. They’ve also done something not too […]
It’s been a long time since we heard of Sven Gali, the Canadian rock band whose debut went gold in Canada before they changed their sound to chase the Grunge revolution and lost their […]
Hollowed Sky released their eponymous debut back in 2018 and now they’re back with five more songs for devotees of their Alt-Rock sound but this time there’s more than the Alt-Rock musings of ‘Live’ and […]
Heavy Pettin’ was one of the very first Rock bands I saw live when they and Canada’s Helix supported Kiss at Stafford Bingley Hall many moons ago. I remember being so impressed I splurged […]
If you like your symphonic rock and metal and let’s face it who doesn’t on occasion even if you tend to inhabit other genres there’s something rather impressive about that style of music when it […]
Adelaide’s Sonic Divide have a Melodic Modern Rock sound that at first listen isn’t a million miles away from Nickelback… there I’ve said it… That of course though is only part of the equation […]
If you like your rock n’ roll stripped back to basics and raw & rowdy, then look no further than the debut self-titled EP from Melbourne’s Rockin’ Volts. The four-piece band have put together […]
Black Trillium are a dark & deeply creative death/doom metal act from Sydney that have been brewing up raw, emotive and incredibly dynamic sonic offerings since 2010. While it’s been a while since we’ve […]
When this landed in the mail it gave me an odd felling of deja vu. I knew I knew the name but I must admit over the years my Blues credentials haven’t been kept as […]
Colorado-based thrashers Havok are back! After a whirlwind yet rewarding cycle for 2017’s Conformicide effort, the high-octane outfit have emerged from the studio victorious with their new album, V. Engineered, mixed, mastered by Mark Lewis […]
As you probably know if you read a lot of my reviews I love finding great new music whether it’s a local band or a great new talent from the US or the UK, […]
I’ve had this album for a while now and really enjoy it, I remember it landing late last year and being snapped up by an eager young contributor but when I scanned the site a […]
When you read a press release that name-checks some of your very favourite bands (in this case Blackberry Smoke, The Quireboys, The Black Crowes ) you always feel a certain trepidation along with that […]
Having been five years since Nightwish released ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’, a new studio album had been highly anticipated. In a bold move to release a double album, with one dedicated to symphonic orchestral […]
As soon as I started listening to the first song off Horisont’s latest album, ‘Sudden Death’ which is due for release on May 15, I was stolen away and thrown back to a time […]
Here’s a new name for me but a great band that conjure up images of The Sunset Strip in its heyday. There’s a wonderful swing and groove to ‘Devil’s Canyon/Walking Contradiction’ that has you […]
Jack has never sounded better than on the bonus track here – the cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Babe I’m Gonna Leave You’ which I must admit I sneakily skipped to before I settled down […]
This is a simply luscious album if you love smooth velvety AOR that occasionally dips a toe into the soothing warm West Coast waters to deliver a gentle mellow vibe. The project’s sophomore release […]
Initially beginning as a one-man band from out of Calgary in Canada over ten years ago, Black Pestilence have gone on to evolve into a 3 piece and release 5 albums as well as […]
Don Dokken’s ‘Solitary’ will be released on January 31st by Deadline Music, a division of Cleopatra Records, Inc, on all digital platforms plus CD and on a very special limited edition red vinyl pressing. […]
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