Yearly Archives: 2022

Album review: PERFECT PLAN- Brace for Impact

Posted on December 11, 2022 by andynathan
PERFECT PLAN- Brace for Impact

Frontiers Records (release date 14.10.22) Of the multitude of Scandinavian melodic rock bands to emerge in recent years, Perfect Plan have been one of the best. Indeed their second album ‘Time for a Miracle’ was my album of 2020. The … Continue reading →

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Album review : WOLF MOON – How Do You See Yourself

Posted on December 11, 2022 by petefeenstra
Wolf Moon - How Do You See Yourself

Pete Feenstra chatted to Kelly Lethbridge and Jimmy Owen for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  First broadcast 6 November 2022. Lethbridge Owen Music [Release date: 21.10.22] Wolf Moon’s ‘How Do You See Yourself’ is a triumph of song craft, intuitive … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE WHITE BUFFALO – Year Of The Dark Horse

Posted on December 9, 2022 by brianmc
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Snakefarm [Release date : 02.12.22] The White Buffalo (aka Jake Smith) is hard to pin down. Aged 49, and hailing from the beautiful state of Oregon, this is his eighth studio album. So sustainability is not a problem. In fact … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (October – December 2022)

Posted on December 8, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
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DYNAZTY Final Advent (AFM Records) What it does is incrementally fine tune the sound that’s now established as their MO. Their epic, keyboard driven symphonic/melodic metal just bursts with energy and invention, pushing them streets ahead of every other band … Continue reading →

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Album review: PURE ASSASSINS – Questions

Posted on December 8, 2022 by brianmc
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Independent [release date 25.11.22] What happens when the Pure Assassins’ drum and bass hedonist picks up a guitar and embraces existentialism? It is sometimes suggested that existentialism is just this bygone cultural movement rather than an identifiable philosophical position. But … Continue reading →

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Album review: TOMMY DECARLO – Dancing In The Moonlight

Posted on December 4, 2022 by brianmc
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Frontiers [Release date: 09.12.22] Tommy DeCarlo, the singer who joined Boston in 2007, after being discovered on MySpace by Tom Scholz, is now on his second “solo” album for Frontiers. The current iteration of his studio band includes, on guitar, … Continue reading →

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News: The Best of 2022 – Get Ready to ROCK! reviewers choose their Top Albums of the Year

Posted on December 4, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
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Marillion made several lists for their album releases and UK tour in 2022 Finally, in 2022, there was something like a return to normality for live music, although more latterly the economic crisis impacted on punters’ disposable income and therefore … Continue reading →

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Single review: BROTHERS OF METAL – Berserkir

Posted on December 3, 2022 by brianmc
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AFM Records [release date: 02.12.22] With 3 vocalists, 3 guitarists, bass, drums and anvil (!), you’re bound to have a BIG sound. And the Swedish Power Metal band who brought us the highly successful Emblas Saga (2020), The Brothers of … Continue reading →

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Single review: ALL FOR METAL – Born In Valhalla

Posted on December 3, 2022 by brianmc
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AFM Records [Release date 02.12.22] The All For Metal warriors claim to have been “born in Valhalla”. We’re slightly sceptical so have referred this to a Fact Checking Website. We’ll let you know. Meantime the the band have released a … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE KUT – The Six Six Bar, Cambridge, Sunday 20 November 2022

Posted on December 3, 2022 by jason
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It’s been quite the year for The Kut, with leading light Princess Maha having been awarded two song writing awards and latest album GRIT having hit the Number One spot in the rock charts. Rounding off 2022 in celebratory style … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROB MORATTI – Epical

Posted on December 2, 2022 by brianmc
Rob Moratti Epical

Frontiers [Release date: 09.12.22] Quite a line up Rob Moratti’s put together here. Tony (Blue Murder) Franklin, Joel (Whitesnake) Hoekstra, Pete (James Christian/ Robin McAuley) Alpenborg, Fredrik (Bloodbound) Bergh, with Steve (Tyketto/ Journey) Augeri on backing vocals. Moratti has been … Continue reading →

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Album review : EMMA WILSON – Wish Her Well

Posted on December 2, 2022 by petefeenstra
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Pete Feenstra chatted to Emma Wilson for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, playing tracks from the album ‘Wish Her Well’.  First broadcast 4 December 2022. Self release [Release date 13.05.22] Emma Wilson’s ‘Wish Her Well’ is a ground breaking multi-genre … Continue reading →

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Album review: AMBERIAN DAWN – Take a Chance – A Metal Tribute to ABBA

Posted on December 2, 2022 by jason
AMBERIAN DAWN - Take a Chance - A Metal Tribute to ABBA

Napalm Records [Release date 02.12.22] Amberian Dawn go full on ABBA tribute mode on their latest album, after doing a sterling job of ABBA’s ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ (which is also on here) on their previous album, ‘Looking … Continue reading →

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Album review : SCREAM MAKER – Bloodking

Posted on December 1, 2022 by brianmc
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Frontiers [release date 9.12.22] Third album from Polish Metal band, Scream Maker. Bloodking begins where 2016′s Backs Against The World left off. This is a band who’ve spent much of their pre and post pandemic time on tour (Europe and … Continue reading →

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Album review: LANDFALL – Elevate

Posted on November 29, 2022 by brianmc
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Frontiers [Release date 9.12.22] Much more assured second album from Landfall, the Brazilian band led by Eric Martin soundalike, Gui Oliver. And boy does it sound good, graced with melodic, tightly constructed songs, great playing, a lean, taut production, no … Continue reading →

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News: METALLICA, POWER WOLF, KHYMERA (December 2022)

Posted on November 29, 2022 by jason

Ace Frehley is finishing off his new album for a planned release in early 2023. The Balladmongrels is a new band featuring Dogs D’amour frontman Tyla J. Pallas and  singer songwriter Matty James Cassidy. Their debut album, ‘Trouble’, is set … Continue reading →

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Feature: GRTR!@20 Anniversary – Progressive Rock – Primer

Posted on November 29, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
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There has been a resurgence of interest in prog in the millennium.  Alan Jones chronicles some of the artists and bands who continue to fly the flag for the genre.  Warning: Steven Wilson looms large … Back in the day, … Continue reading →

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Gig Review – STATUS QUO – SEC Armadillo, Glasgow – 26th November 2022

Posted on November 28, 2022 by david.wilson
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One sure sign of life getting back to normal post Covid is Status Quo rocking into the Christmas period with their festive concerts. Long a staple of the Winter touring schedule, Quo’s annual jaunt is much anticipated and as predicted … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SQUEEZE- Hammersmith Apollo, London, 19 November 2022

Posted on November 28, 2022 by andynathan
SQUEEZE- Hammersmith Apollo, London, 19 November 2022

Squeeze’s hit making days may be long behind them but the band have a remarkable longevity: as Chris Difford mentioned from the stage, he and Glenn Tilbrook have now been writing together for 50 years. However rather than being reduced … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: STAR CIRCUS, THE ROADS

Posted on November 27, 2022 by jason
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STAR CIRCUS Seperate Sides  Diamond Formation Music [Release date 02.12.22] Star Circus is the brainchild of Dave Winkler (Bordello Rose, Renegade Playboys, Trophies of Man). After a detour playing guitar and touring as a hired gun for acts such as … Continue reading →

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Album review: TRIALS OF CATO – Gog Magog

Posted on November 27, 2022 by jason
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Website [Release date 25.11.22] Trials Of Cato have been building a healthy following alongside rave reviews from the likes of Mark Radcliffe and John Davis of Metropolois Studios, who has dubbed them ‘”the Sex Pistols of folk”. Will Addison left … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEE AARON – Elevate

Posted on November 26, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
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Metalville [Release date 25.11.22] We’ve been impressed with the last few offerings from Canadian songstress (and one-time Metal Queen) Lee Aaron.  Over the past few years she’s been reasserting her role in female fronted hard rock. after going through a … Continue reading →

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Album review : AUTOGRAPH – Beyond

Posted on November 26, 2022 by brianmc
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Frontiers Records [Release date 18.11.22] We all want to love this album because it’s Autograph. Even though they’re one-hit-wonders, and even though bassman Randy Rand is/was the only remaining original member. (Rand took part in the recording sessions, but died … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROADHOUSE – 2000 Miles

Posted on November 25, 2022 by petefeenstra
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Dark Road Rekords [Release date 25.11.22] ‘2000 miles’ is a typical Roadhouse album featuring Gary Boner’s narrative driven songs straddling rock, blues, Americana and Southern Rock with subtle dynamics, over arching themes supported by Martin Cook’s redolent art work, and … Continue reading →

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EP review : RONNIE ATKINS – Symphomaniac

Posted on November 25, 2022 by brianmc
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Frontiers Records [release date 18.11.22] There is yet to be an “orchestral” album of rock songs that outdoes Wang Chung’s Orchesography, but this EP from Ronnie Atkins gets close. In fairness, this is Symphonic Rock in all its bombastic splendour. … Continue reading →

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