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The intro track here ‘Dawn’ that cascades into the hard and heavy ‘Vanity’ of course is superfluous but there’s something likeable about these guys from the off, mixing Metal guitars with Hard Rock vocals and […]
After two crushingly good albums and a third in the can, all of a sudden singer Nathan James found himself looking for a new band with a tour and a new album to promote. Such […]
After the success of his last release, 2016’s ARIA Blues & Roots Album of the Year ‘Red Dirt – Red Heart’, you could be excused for thinking Russell Morris was going to continue to […]
Formed in Norway in 2010 and with one album ‘Shitkickers’ (2012) under their belt, Xelerate are back with a second full length that comes across as a mix of Melodic Metal and more classic […]
Modern Hard Rock with edge, energy and excess is the order of the day on Keri Kelli’s A New Revenge’s debut ‘Enemies and Lovers’ and if you can handle the roller-coaster ride then this is […]
One of my favourite EP releases of 2018 was ‘Shadows on the Wall’ from The Swamp Stompers, so I was interested to hear what guitarist & lead vocalist Corey Legge had planned for us […]
There’s a huge groove that kicks like a mule to opener ‘Black Diamonds’ that sounds so assured and so confident you immediately know that this isn’t Matt Mitchell’s first rodeo. Indeed if like me the […]
Those hoping for a Dokken record without ‘Don’ will be disappointed. There I’ve said it, this album does not sound like vintage Dokken. It does feature three members of the classic Dokken line-up though and […]
Whist Quiet Riot has had more members than most Rock bands out there – 27 to date (surpassed only by the likes of Santana, Iron Butterfly, Canned Heat and Whitesnake) it’s the only band in […]
Hailing from suburbs of New South Wales, Resurgence are a five piece band who have recently released their debut album titled Voices. I had never heard of this band before so I was looking […]
11 tracks and a minute and four seconds of ambient noise making up that dreaded first intro track cunningly titled ‘II – Intro’ make up Last In Line’s latest record for Frontiers. The band of […]
Well to be honest ‘The Dirt (Est. 1981 (Feat. Machine Gun Kelly)’ (to give the track its full title) the opening track from the latest rehash of Motley Crue’s ‘Greatest Hits’ aimed to cash in […]
There’s a nice anachronistic feel to opener ‘The Other One’ that makes you think of bands like Blind Melon or maybe even The Spin Doctors, both Rock bands of yesteryear who added a little added […]
31 years ago while I was listening to, loving and digesting the cream of the The Sunset Strip I was already without knowing it quite esoteric and rather broad in my listening habits. Entering a […]
After a tumultuous 8 months which has involved lock-up break-ins with personal items, instruments & merchandise stolen to being trapped in the Pledge debacle, The Quireboys could be excused for thinking that ‘Amazing Disgrace’ […]
Gold Coast rockers Evol Walks have recently released their stunning second EP entitled ‘Our Time is Now’, showcasing seven new songs that the band, who are now based in LA, has penned & recorded […]
I first got to see Lachy Doley when he played with Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes, on his tour of Australia back in 2017 and was totally mesmerised by this animated keyboard wizard, who literally […]
2019 marks the 30th Anniversary of L.A. Guns rather fine second album ‘Cocked and Loaded’ and if you count the Sunset Strip bands that are making partial resurgences these days to mark that anniversary you’d […]
Frontiers are onto a good thing here – put on an annual Festival, showcase all your own bands then release video and audio of the sets by the bigger bands, it’s a nice business model, […]
Sometimes you stumble across something special and you just have to spread the word. ‘Time to Party’ from W.A.L.K.E.R.’s ‘Bringing Back Rock’ EP might date back to June 2017 – but the EP it […]
The press release for this album reads “ Black Oak County are back! Upon the release of their debut album “Black Oak County”, the band was promised a bright future by the likes of Classic […]
As someone who has always been a huge fan of Humble Pie and all things Steve Marriott the news that a new album that had “remained in the vaults since 1975 will finally be released […]
After what seems like forever with talks of Motley Crue’s infamous autobiography “The Dirt” being turned into a film, 2019 finally saw the release of a story that is as wild as the […]
Opening track ‘Fight to Survive’ is one of those songs that feels like you’ve known it forever, and it serves as a great introduction to Mike Machine who were formed in November 2017 in Piteå, […]
Certainly one of my favourite bands to come out of the 80’s was Tesla, a band who I’ve seen countless times in concert over the years both headlining and supporting in Europe, Asia, Australia and […]
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