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Hailing from Calgary, Canada, these retro rockers named Woodhawk have unleashed their debut album “Beyond The Sun” which borrows such musical styles like Black Sabbath, The Sword and Thin Lizzy. A healthy dose of […]
I have to say that the new Labyrinth album, Architecture Of A God, would be nominated as one of the best albums to “Almost Get Under My Radar Award”. Fortunately, my editor shot over […]
Arjen Lucassen’s Areyon is about to release the next chapter of the epic Forever saga in “The Source”, blending fantasy and realism to a level that offers escapism from the drudges of daily life. […]
As far as my absolute musical heroes are concerned there really only are three – the sadly departed Steve Marriott and Jim Morrison and the very much alive Ray Davies. Sure there are any more […]
Sometimes simplicity is best, it leaves the songs to stand alone with nowhere to hide, to breathe, and it leaves the interpretation open. As Steve Marriott used to say if you can move someone with […]
Perth, Western Australia songwriter Chris Gibbs is a name familiar to many on the local scene. As one of Perth’s hardest working musicians even if you haven’t seen him live playing his own material there’s […]
Harry Hess and Pete Lesperence’s Harem Scarem are point blank one of the most underappreciated Rock bands ever to walk the face of the planet, debuting in 1991 a month before Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ didn’t really […]
Warrant are one of those bands from the 80’s Hard Rock scene who hold so many memories for listeners that any new album is bound to cause a stir. Their last outing, and first with […]
I’m always on the hunt for fresh, new thrash metal bands and the last 10 years or so has seen a resurgence of the new generation of thrashers ready to step up and continue […]
Classic Hard Rock with huge riffs, soulful vocals and songs that run the gamut from Dio-like swagger to Jagged Edge/Skin style cool. Inglorious’ debut album may have been very good indeed, but album number two blows […]
For the first time in over two years, Las Vegas band Falling In Reverse have hit the rock scene hard with their latest album. Packed with energy and unique sounds, ‘Coming Home’ is certainly […]
In 2015 Melbourne thrashers Harlott released what would ultimately end up being one of my favorite metal albums of the year, Proliferation and given the top quality of that release, it seemed unlikely that […]
Birthed in 2005, prior to the more-recent explosion of tech death, Lacerta paved the way for later-era tech death bands such as Byond Creation and Archspireand released their debut effort entitled Mind Processor in […]
Killsorrow hail from Poland, a country known for producing some great metal bands over the years. The underground scene is teeming with great talent and this band could have some potential to do some […]
How many people can honestly say that they were on three truly great albums by three different bands ? Only one: RONNIE JAMES DIO. Firstly, there was RAINBOW RISING in 1976, followed by HEAVEN AND […]
It shouldn’t be surprising to hear that Denver has a great music scene and one such band bringing in a more classic sound is Cloud Catcher who have put out their second album “Trails […]
Still only in their firth year The Dead Daisies have produced three exceptionally fine studio albums, each remarkably surpassing the quality of the previous release. The next logical step then seems to be a representation […]
This is an interesting release – 28 years after the 1989 release of Walk On Fire’s debut ‘Blind Faith’ comes the follow up ‘Mind Over Matter’. Founded by Dave Cairns – Walk On Fire featured the […]
Welcome to the most explosive band in history – the Suicide Bombers, or at least that’s what the ‘intro’ track ‘A Divine Transmission’ tells you after name-checking the impossibly Glam names of the band. As […]
There’s a certain Hard Rocking goodness that underlies the classy melodic rock of ‘One Desire’. You might miss it on the slick opener ‘Hurt’ but it’s there waiting to bust through on ‘Apologize’ that follows […]
In 2014 Adrenaline Rush put out one of the very best albums of the year – an album that still gets on our playlist to this day. It was a great album and to be blunt […]
Some would argue that the veteran Rock band Treat is in the form of their lives – with last years ‘Ghost of Graceland’ finding its way into the hearts and ears of many a melodic […]
BODYCOUNT ARE BACK! this is my open declaration to the world ICE T and his crew really need no introduction here inspiring infinite numbers of bands and people over the years and the first […]
We first interviewed Danny Rexon from Crazy Lixx back in 2010, just after the release of the band’s sophomore album ‘New Religion’. A lot has happened over the intervening years and as a band only […]
Nox Vorago can be described as a symphonic death metal band with elements of black metal. Not usually all traits individually that catch my attention much these days as a lot of that kind […]
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