Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
When you call your sixth album ‘II’ that has to surely indicate some sort of statement of intent? To me it signals that H.E.A.T. are a band that is getting back to what made albums […]
Vocalist Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), guitarist Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), bassist Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, Dokken), and drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) have joined forces in Black Swan, a new […]
As UFO complete their final Tour in 2020, a year which also marks Vinnie Moore’s 17th year with the band there’s time for their guitar master to put out his ninth solo album since […]
Another one that passed me by last year was Hardline’s ‘Life’ and it’s my own fault as my unwillingness to ‘stream’ anything (I aim to be the last man on Earth to stream music) means […]
There’s a real Bon Jovi feel to Johnny Gioelli’s new album ‘One Voice’ and perhaps no more so than on opener ‘Drive’ which is, if you love that kinda thing, excellent. ‘It’ that follows has […]
3 years after their debut ‘Nothing Happens Overnight’ Brazilian rockers Rebel Machine is back with a second long-player ‘Whatever It Takes’ on the Swedish label Big Balls Productions. And this time they’ve expanded their range […]
Everyone of course knows Mr. Tony Harnell from his days with TNT but it seems now that those days are over for good with the latest fall out between Tony and guitarist Ronni LeTekro […]
Fighter V? Never heard of them? Neither had I. No one sent me this one, someone wrote in at the end of the year and recommended it. It’s a shame really as this is just […]
Brazilian metal veterans Sepultura return with another new album that once again furthers the ever growing evolution of a band that is now approaching 40 years. That’s a long time in anyone’s book but […]
First impressions sometimes re unwittingly spot on and when I first heard the title track and opening song from Molly Karloff’s ‘Superannuation’ EP I thought – that sounds just like Justin Hawkins of The Darkness […]
Perth metalcore group Patient Sixty-Seven continue to refine and hone in on their sound with their next release titled “Home Truths” which captures all that the band are about today. We take a look […]
I don’t know about you but I get a little worried when you read a bio that name-checks some of the biggest bands in rock, refers to the ‘legenday‘ (their spelling not mine) Paul Stanley […]
This one is nice, Melodic Rock and AOR with heart and soul from the opener ‘Play To Win’ right till the very last note. Now the name Jesse Damon might not be familiar to many […]
Aside from the semi-comical name which always gives me a chuckle and an opening track titled ‘Touching You Every Day’ which gives me a light smile I really enjoy these guys and their outlandish AOR […]
Formed in Manchester in 2013 Gorilla Riot have a good few miles under the belt as well as a string of EP’s and singles but 2020 sees the release of their first full-length ‘Peach’. And […]
If you’ve not yet fallen for the charms of Denmark’s ‘Electric Guitars’ then this might just be the album to push you over the edge. Taking the best of their back catalogue as well as […]
There are always a few releases that we just don’t get time to review over the course of the year and before the floodgates open on 2020 there are a few I’d like to […]
Starting off with an alarm clock going off before a crushing riff and then a shuffling groove you could be forgiven for thinking we’re back on the Strip in the late 80’s and indeed whilst […]
New Jersey-based melodic metallists Weapons of Anew have a new EP out cunningly titled the ‘2019 Tour Special EP.’ Recorded live on July 30th, 2019 from the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, PA, the five-track release […]
Electric Boys frontman Conny Bloom is back with a new solo album sung entirely in Swedish. “Bloom born as Ulf Conny Blomqvist in Stockholm 1964, learned his trade in bands such as Road Rats and […]
OK so I know we don’t review ‘Best Of’s’ but there are always exceptions to any rule and there’s few reasons in the case – Gun just happen to be in my short list […]
OK shoot me now, I know the world loves Iron Maiden but for me it’s those first two albums that have always resonated most with me. I remember being a kid and thinking that […]
From the opening bars of opener ‘Where Are You Eden?’ you can tell Tony Clarkin is particularly inspired as Magnum his baby since the early 70’s see in the new decade. It’s a solid […]
At just four tracks (five if you count the alternate edit of ‘Whiskey Night’) Greece’s Felony Case’s debut is one that shows promise but doesn’t yet appear to be the definitive article. Opener ‘Still Not […]
This is an interesting one at the start of the year – the impressive pipes of Animal Drives’ Dino Jelusic plus the guitar of George Lynch creating Hard Rock in the style of vintage Rainbow […]
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