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Ten albums in why is this a new name to me? Alas with my misspent youth firmly fixed on the Rock scene, it’s taking me years to catch up on all my essential Blues. The […]
If you crave the days when Rock was fun and a good time was had by all then this is your soundtrack. ‘Zokusho’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘sequel’ or ‘the next chapter’, and therefore […]
Persistence pays off you know, I had so much trouble downloading this EP to review I almost gave up but thanks to the persistence of Matthias I didn’t and I am so glad I didn’t […]
After a number of great EP’s The New Savages are back with their take on The Delta Blues on their first full length release. ‘Seventh Son’ opens with a title track with a biblical context […]
When you read the words ‘Sweet Oblivion (feat Geoff Tate)’ for most fans the attraction is that second bit, ‘feat Geoff Tate,’ after all like many I’m sure I have no idea who or what […]
Here’s a new name to me – Germany’s License have a Metallic Hard Rocking sound that will hit the right note with many. True there’s nothing new here, but then you don’t always need to […]
As Slade the mighty Rockers of the 70’s pulled the pin some years back I never thought I’d get the chance to review them but ‘Ere We R’ as they might say. Formed in […]
Sorry about this late arrival, but Crobot’s ‘Motherbrain’ is one of those albums that I’ve been enjoying so much over the last few weeks that I’ve not actually got round to writing a review until […]
You have to say that 6 years is long wait for a follow up to the wonderful ‘The Way Life Goes,’ Tom Keifer’s debut solo album and an album which itself was first touted […]
Tempest Rising have become a staple on the metal scene in Perth in the last few years and with a few international support slots along the way to help boost the band’s profile, it […]
Taking a year off when you’ve spent years building up a global following is a risky move these days in the music biz where fans seem to have attention spans that are ever decreasing. Thankfully […]
Its a brave experiment even for three supremely talented musicians to hatch a plan to jam together in a studio with no preconceived notions of what will eventuate except in setting a goal to create […]
After the brilliant “Condolences” in 2017, spook horror band Wednesday 13 return with another slab of Halloween infested rock that even more so than ever, further combines the horror film aspect with the heavy […]
What Guns N’ Roses did with their first album in 1987, a lot of bands whose catalogs span multiple decades can’t do with a greatest hits collection. It’s a fortunate thing for Guns N’ […]
For those that loved Gothenburg’s Sister Sin who produced six cracking albums between 2002 and their split in 2015 a new album by vocalist Liv Jagrell under the moniker Liv Sin is bound to cause […]
The Train has arrived….. and it’s time to get on….doors are closing. From the opening riff of the title track ‘Subway to the Stars’ your getting low heavy groove ridden guitar tones that sets the […]
The one minute and seventeen seconds of gentle acoustic guitar that opens this second release from Perth’s own Sister Switchblade reminds me of the intro to Icon’s mighty ‘Hungry for Love’ a deep cut of […]
Sometimes albums are just released out of time, think of all the great records being made today that would have ridden high in the charts in years gone by. Roxy Blue’s 1992 debut – […]
San Diego Deathcore masters Carnifex return for another round of annihilation in the form of new album WORLD WAR X and by hell below, it is a triumpant return. The overall theme of […]
Forged within the picturesque landscapes of regional New South Wales, I instantly fell in love with Stone Sovereign’s long awaited debut Folk-Metal album “Tales of Myth And Madness” which has only just been independently […]
Three years have passed since the Suicidal Angels swept across the Metal landscape with their latest Thrash hurricane. “Division Of Blood” left nothing but bone splinters and stormed uncompromisingly into the top 100 of […]
Lindsay Schoolcraft found fame with Cradle of Filth as backing vocalist and keyboardist, but in case you missed it, she has a solo career as a singer/songwriter, pianist and harpist. Lindsay Schoolcraft’s new album […]
There are just ten songs on the latest from the Black Star Riders ‘Another State of Grace’, now I don’t know about you but I’d take ten great songs over an overstuffed and overblown offering […]
17 studio albums in and veteran thrash metal legends Destruction are showing no signs of slowing down. Their latest album “Born To Perish” is further proof that if you have something good that you […]
Hatriot are back with a new album featuring grim, nefarious lyrics with subjects including the end of the world, conspiracy theories, horror icons, and a new world order. That sentence summarises “From Days Unto […]
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