Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
Back in the day I was a huge Angel fan. For a band that had managed to grow from Pomp Rock’s shining light to eventually capture a sound as gloriously melodic as they had on […]
It’s been a while since we last heard from Grand Rezerva when they released their 2013 debut album ’48 Laws’ and after a few line-up changes and a couple of singles dropping in 2015 they’re […]
A panoramic narrative history that will give readers a new understanding of the Rolling Stones, viewed through the impassioned and opinionated lens of the Vanity Fair contributor-and co-creator of HBO’s Vinyl-who was along for the […]
The New Breed are a fresh, Rock N’ Roll band from the North West of England, encompassing everything great about the 70’s and 80’s of music, whilst driving proper Rock N’ Roll into a modern […]
Canadian rockers Black Absinthe release their latest EP titled “Early Signs Of Denial” and it’s an EP you should check out. Ranging from classic metal like Black Sabbath to modern rock in Alice In Chains, […]
Without Mercy’s forthcoming EP ‘Mouichido’ is a rebirth for the band as it’s a re-release of re-recorded material from their 2014 EP ‘Reborn’. ‘Mouichido’, the Japanese word for “Repeat” or “to do one more time” […]
Hailing from Denmark, this 5 piece sludge/stoner/doom band who were originally named Dodning are a band that people need to check out if you are a fan of any of sludge stuff. Ranging from influences […]
Did anyone really know Lemmy? That I guess is the question you have to ask… I met him twice, both briefly, and both times as he signed autographs for me and as mass of other […]
Best known as the bass player from Trixter, P.J Farley sure hasn’t been one to sit around in between Trixter stints, content with reflecting on that bands success during the early 90’s. With the band […]
There’s a Hendrixy guitar opening to the faux Soul of opener ‘Theme to Voodoo Love Machine’s’ brief tenure as an introduction that doesn’t exactly endear a Rock listener to Osaka Punch immediately, and despite the […]
More than four years since their last album, the critically adored “Young Man, Old Man”, Canberra’s Hoodlum Shouts have returned with “Heat Island”. It’s described as a cognisant snapshot of modern Australia, as seen through […]
On the 16th of MAY 2010, we lost RONNIE JAMES DIO the greatest heavy metal singer ever. On the 28th of DECEMBER 2015, we lost LEMMY the granddaddy of heavy metal, former member of […]
There’s a drive and an urgency to the opening track of the new Sunstorm album ‘Don’t Walk Away From A Goodbye’ that immediately hits the spot and makes you believe that thus will be another […]
WOW… Now this was a surprise. I never expected to hear anything from this bunch again. Some bands have a handful of years between albums, some bands, like BOSTON, go a little further but VARDIS […]
After a great debut ‘Black River’ just last year, Derby’s Doomsday Outlaw is back with yet another long-player and we’re more than pleased to say that ‘Suffer More’ really does bring home the promise the […]
It’s hard not to immediately fall for Melbourne’s ‘Tequila Mockingbird’ after hearing opening track ‘I Smell Rock N Roll’ there’s that sort of primal energy that you either have or you don’t. And as you […]
I’ve always had a soft spot for these lot ever since their debut album and the strains of opening track BOB CITY came blasting out. Formed in Sweden under the name KINGPIN, they changed it […]
With Hans Ziller continuing Bonfire without singer Claus Lessmann and doing a pretty fine job of it so far the question was always, with him supposedly not wanting to tour, what Claus would get […]
If you love the lineage of bands that took their jumping off point as being bluesy, groove-laden hard rock then you’ll love this. From Free, Cream and Bad Company, through bands like Thunder, Cry of […]
Sometimes you deliberately don’t read the press for a review and other times you just lose it in the pile of ‘stuff’ that tends to accumulate around you. I dare say the release will find […]
A year apart divides “Cauterize” and the follow up “Dust” which was always going to be the case as we found out last year reviewing the former. While it’s not a double album per say, […]
After taking some time off after hitting it hard since their inception in the early 2000’s, DevilDriver return with a brand new album in 2016 with “Trust No None”. Complete with a new lineup, Dez […]
Hatebreed return with a powerful album titled “The Concrete Confessional”, a fiercely aggressive album that touches on political and social issues in today’s world. The trademark sound is all there of course but while […]
High pitched vocals, like a cross between Klaus Meine and Sebastian Bach and a sound that can only remind you of Sunset Strip in the heart of the days of Hair Metal, Shiraz Lane is […]
Preceded by the single ‘Lulu’ Dust Bowl Jokies (awful name for a great band) follow up their seriously good debut album with a second-up that is even better. In truth the new album is as […]
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