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Zlatanera are a Belfast, Northern Ireland based heavy rock band formed in 2012 who cite influences such as Black Sabbath, Cathedral, Entombed, Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity, to name a few, the latter of which they […]
I don’t know why Delain don’t get mentioned in the same breath as their chosen genre’s symphonic masters more often, after all they tick all the boxes – big songs, fantastic female vocalist, sweeping melodies […]
The band formerly known as ‘Thunderchief’ now release the album ‘Thunderchief’ under the new name ‘Shotgun Sawyer’… Coming out of nowhere this album surprised us by how good it is, chock full of heavy blues […]
There’s a freshness and a fury to Sydney’s Alternative Metal band Breaking Point on their latest EP ’Separated’ which at 5 tracks long is a decent representation of the band at this point of creative […]
The second album from ‘Lost Hollywood’ ‘What lies Beneath’ instantly had me wondering why I hadn’t heard their first because if it got close to the sound and the songs here it would be a […]
Well, it’s been a few weeks since you’ve heard about an awesome new Swedish AOR/Melodic Rock release, right? Well, lets introduce Palace, the band founded by lead singer and guitarist Michael Palace and featuring […]
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Over the last few years, a lot of bands have played a full album in it’s entirity live on stage. QUEENSRYCHE, JUDAS PRIEST, RUSH & MOTLEY CRUE are among the many that have done this, […]
So what do we have here. First things first, the stage consists of a giant screen at the back which alternates between band and crowd shots and random images but looks at it’s best when […]
Any band can mix it up but these guys have managed to gather in all their influences and pretty much stamp it with their own bovine seal of approval. Long live the Buffalo!” Read our […]
Four albums with Stryper, two solo albums and throw in Sweet & Lynch – Michael Sweet sure has been a man on a mission these last 5 years. And I for one, sure am not […]
This 10 track multi-layered progressive instrumental metal album challenges listeners & viewers to consider what we as humans think about when we read or hear the words God, Evolution, Betrayal, Death, Life, Creation, Denial, Hate, […]
We’ve seen Jackyl a bunch of times live and ‘redneck and proud’ as they are, to the extent where sometimes it can overshadow their music, they are actually also a pretty damned good band who […]
German thrashers Sodom have been pretty consistent as far as new material is concerned in their long career, the last 10 years alone has been steady with a new album every 3 years. 2016 sees […]
After two very fine albums in as many years, two singers and several other lineup changes The Dead Daisies are back with their third long-player – ‘Make Some Noise’ and a new guitarist in ex-Burning […]
San Diego brutalists Carnifex return with a new slab of unrelenting terror in the form of the new album “Slow Death”. Steve gives a rundown of the new songs. The very first thing that I […]
It’s hard to believe “Lady In Gold” is only the second full length album by Swedish rockers Blues Pills but on listening to the tracks, you would think the band were seasoned veterans. Which wouldn’t […]
You can’t really go far past the Bon Jovi comparisons on this release from Sweden’s Cruzh. This album indeed has a lot of the hallmarks shared long ago by those New Jersey natives – especially […]
The best female voice in rock is back with the second instalment from her appropriately-titled ‘Ann Wilson Thing’ and whilst some may question the need, the relevance or even the intent of such a […]
Coming out of the cold depths of Melbourne’s metal scene, Toxicon have in a short amount of time built a good name for themselves as a band that know how to write a good riff. […]
King of The North’s debut was one of the albums of the year back in 2014 and new album ‘Get Out of Your World’ sees Higgsy with new drummer Steve Tyssen in tow release an […]
Don’t be scared it’s only an album by a keyboardist not a bassist! All joking aside Ten’s Darrel Treece-Birch probably suffers from people jumping to conclusions all the time about the sort of music he’d […]
If you like your Classic Hard Rock the way it was delivered in the late seventies and the early eighties then Vancouver’s Thunderbird is a band that should be on your radar; and with ‘Heavyweight’ […]
I met Darren Wharton a few years ago when he toured Australia with Thin Lizzy and you couldn’t meet a nicer bloke, we chatted about music, about Lizzy and about the old days but I […]
Crazy Lixx has been one of my favourite of the new breed of rock bands worshiping at the altar of 80’s rock over the last few years. Danny Rexon and co have put out some […]
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