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Dimebag Darrell (aka Darrell Abbott), best known as the axeman for the legendary Pantera was truly a unique character. That term gets thrown around a lot when describing someone who passed away but Dimebag […]
There’s a bluesy, whiskey-soaked yearning to the opening strains of ‘Black Rain’ a song that sounds like it could only have been born in the seventies. That is until it hits full sprint with a […]
Hailing from Sweden comes this outfit who is not afraid to raise the bar in brutality terms. Mixed with melodic passages and spiralling guitar licks, this is not your typical metalcore band, don’t assume […]
Who wouldn’t be intrigued by the cover art for POWERMAN 5000’s new record “NEW WAVE”? I mean, anyone that loves Frank from “DONNIE DARKO” (or finds that masked rabbit man wildly scary) and loves […]
Squeeze, even in the days my diet consisted of mainly hard rock were a band I always loved. Glen Tilbrook as far as I was concerned was right up there with lyricism of Ray Davies […]
I haven’t heard an album from this band for a while now as I was exploring other avenues but it’s nice to come across them again and see how much they had matured in […]
You know, I’m not even going to begin to set up a picture for this record. I mean I really shouldn’t have to for those of you that know WE CAME AS ROMANS. And […]
This year I’m pretty much overwhelmed by the sheer quality of releases coming out of the UK Hard Rock scene and it’s time to add another name to that ever growing list – Bigfoot, who […]
Babylon A.D. was always one of my favourite bands from the late 80’s / early 90’s. They were a band that had the songs and the talents to put so many much bigger bands in […]
You do see some bad album covers every year but I think this one is my pick of the year – a dodgy concept that’s been poorly executed – it almost wants you not to […]
Back in 2015 the Super-group that is Revolution Saints released their debut self titled album. Consisting of Night Ranger’s Jack Blades, the recently ex-Whitesnake (now The Dead Daisies) gunslinger Doug Aldridge and Journey’s Deen […]
Everyone it seems these days wants a piece of the Nightwish-styled Melodic Metal action, some grasp for something they will never replicate and others manage to show that it’s just not the Finnish masters that […]
There’s a lilting ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ sound to the opening track ‘Eternal Flow’ on the new ‘A Devils’ Din’ album ‘One Hallucination Under God’ that is quite beguiling, but in the mix there’s far […]
Three songs only but so much promise! This EP does what an EP should do – leave a rather intriguing calling card and leave you wanting more with each listen. For a band born only […]
Following in the battle-hardened footsteps of their forbears, war torn legends like Bolt Thrower and Carcass, Nihil Eyes are here to show the world that British death metal can still go toe-to-toe with the […]
There’s a real energy, chunky groove a great melody to ‘Erased’ the first song from 10 Rogue on this their debut album ‘Serpentine’. A multinational band 10 ROGUE, was founded in Johannesburg S Africa, but are […]
Its always been one of those oh so ironic American stereotypes that the English have bad teeth when the truth is that Americans have amongst the worst teeth in the world along with us Australians […]
When a band describes themselves as playing Symphonic Metal these days you pretty much know what you’re in for. These days largely due to the dominance of the scene by bands like Nightwish your average […]
Raise your longhorns and give salute to the new masters of the Perth local scene with this absolute gem that they have created; devastating, epic, scorching and it hits you in between the eyes […]
There are few rock bands out there so defined by a single song and as songs go ‘The Final Countdown’ was huge, so huge that 31 years on the title is not only instantly recognisable […]
Whatever your take on the whole Bon Jovi saga the new Ritchie Sambora release was always going to attract a certain level of attention from Bon Jovi fans. With Jon going his own way […]
Those of you familiar with UK Hard Rock will know the name Myke Gray from his time in two much loved bands of the late 80’s / early 90’s in Jagged Edge and Skin. Some might […]
Originally forming in Caracas, Venezuela in the wake of family tragedy, Los Angeles based prog rock band Sifting have been enjoying a fair amount of success in the lead up to their latest release […]
The disconcerting thing about receiving an album by a Blues guitarist new to you is when you see that the album is titled ‘Volume 3’ implying that you are well behind the ball. It almost […]
Stan Bush is an Emmy-winning songwriter/artist whose name may not be as immediately familiar as his work, on this his 13th album, which might just be his best to date we get eight new tracks […]
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