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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2025
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2026
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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)
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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)
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Latest Album Reviews
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Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The Archaeoptimist
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Album review: ROSS HARDING – The Blood and the Blues
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Album review: PETE KOSANOVICH – Beauty Within You
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Album review : ROB MORATTI – Sovereign
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Album review : BRAZEN ABBOT – Live And Learn and Guilty As Sin (CD reissues)
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Album review : GRAHAM BONNET – Lost In Hollywood Again (Live)
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Latest Gig Reviews
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Gig review: STEVE OVERLAND AND JIM KIRKPATRICK- The Weir, Brentford, Middlesex, 9 December 2025
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Gig review: JOHN OTWAY – Face Bar, Reading, Thursday 11 December 2025
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Gig review: CURVED AIR – The Sub Rooms, Stroud, 20 November 2025
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Gig review: MARTIN BARRE & FRIENDS – Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 18 November 2025
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FOURTH AUTUMN Mock The Weak
Fourth Autumn are clearly a band with a with a sense of humour, all be it of the black variety. This is the Welsh death metaller’s debut album and the band describe their sound as a mix of Behemoth, The … Continue reading
10 Q's with JEFF SCOTT SOTO
1. What are you currently up to? I have a new album coming out in March – Damage Control and yes, I will be touring. 2. Can you take us through the songs on the new album ‘Damage Control’? … Continue reading
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PRIMAL FEAR – Unbreakable
This is the ninth studio album from Primal Fear, a band I have never quite 'got' musically as I often found them to be too much of a Judas Priest copycat at times. I am very pleased to be proved … Continue reading
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UNCLE SID – Rock Guru (single)
Canadian rockers Uncle Sid release a new single 'Rock Guru', the first to feature their new vocalist Terena Armstrong, who joined the band last year. Full marks to Uncle Sid as they keep going, despite setbacks in holding down a … Continue reading
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Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
Craig Finn, for the uninitiated, is the front man of American indie rockers The Hold Steady and this is his debut solo album shortly to be released. Craig has left the more guitar driven sound of The Hold Steady behind … Continue reading
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ANVIL re-issues
Despite many years of exposure to the music industry, I am always amazed by its unique way of operating and the mass of contradictions that are endemic to it. Take, for instance, Anvil and the way they have been treated … Continue reading
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The Evil Dead – Pronounced The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead are all the way from ( Don’t Cry For Me) Argentina, but thankfully there is no Andrew Lloyd Webber influence in evidence. As you would imagine with a name like The Evil Dead the band dabble in … Continue reading
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SANGUINE – S/T
Now here is a band that have garnered a bit of heavyweight support early in their careers. Slipknot’s Joey Jordison has waxed lyrical about the band’s talents and Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden was impressed enough to invite singer Tarin … Continue reading
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Interview with JOHN AXELROD
Classical rock is a nascent musical genre pioneered by one of the most adventurous and eclectic contemporary conductors John Axelrod. But what is classical rock? Tap in the genre into Google and very little pops up, but once you add … Continue reading
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Backstage Hero interview with Planet Rock's breakfast DJ Paul Anthony
How did you become involved in the music business? I started my career as a Pontins Bluecoat in Blackpool at the age of 16. That was really my apprenticeship into the world of entertainment, plus as a Blue all … Continue reading
SPOCK’S BEARD ‘The X-Tour Live’
SPOCK’S BEARD ‘The X-Tour Live’ Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Recorded live at the Downey Civic Centre in September 2010 this live release will make the swansong of Nick D’Virgilio who left the band last year. They play all of the … Continue reading
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VADER – “WELCOME TO THE MORBID REICH”
VADER – “WELCOME TO THE MORBID REICH” NUCLEAR BLAST (2011)
ORPHANED LAND (Yiossi Sassi) INTERVIEW
Orphaned Land is a band that is famous for its unique blend of Oriental sounding Metal and the high energy performances that they have been giving ever since they first came together as a band twenty years ago. In view … Continue reading
NAPALM DEATH (Mark “Barney” Greenway) INTERVIEW
2011 has been quite a fulfilling year in terms of impressive album releases and good quality live shows and as someone who grew up supporting the extreme Metal scene I could not think of a better way to end it … Continue reading
ORPHANED LAND Gig Review
ORPHANED LAND Gig Review Support: ARTWEG / ARKAN London / Borderline, Tuesday 22nd of November 2011 Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis The story of the Israeli Prog/Folk Metal outfit Orphaned Land is not that of an average band. Apart from … Continue reading
LOCK UP (Anton Reisenegger) INTERVIEW
Anton Reisenegger is one of the most pleasant people you can ever wish to meet in the music industry. When not recording albums with either Criminal or Pentagram (Chile), his ‘own’ musical projects, Anton handles guitar duties for the Grind … Continue reading
GORGOROTH (Pest & Infernus) INTERVIEW
It is very rare for me to find myself in the situation that I have to do an interview with a band for an album that I have not yet listened to but in the case of Gorgoroth the circumstances … Continue reading
THE DEVIL’S BLOOD (Selim Lemouchi) INTERVIEW
There are only a handful of albums that managed to create such a massive impression on me as “The Thousandfold Epicentre”, the second studio album of the Dutch Occult Rockers The Devil’s Blood, so grabbing the opportunity of doing an … Continue reading
THE QUILL (Mags, Christian, Jolle & Robert) INTERVIEW
When my good friend Mike asked me to arrange an interview with the members of a band called The Quill, I did so without having listen to a single note of their latest album “Full Circle” – an album that … Continue reading
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HOUSE OF SHAKIRA – HoS
Five years on since their last album 'Retoxed' House Of Shakira are back. The band's line-up has changed radically as well with former Mind's Eye vocalist Andreas Novak joining the band, along with Basse Blyberg and Martin Larsson on bass … Continue reading
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SKARLETT RIOT – Villain
Hailing from that most rocking of towns, Scunthorpe, Skarlett Riot will shortly be unleashing their second EP to their ever expanding fan base. The female fronted four piece play melodic hard rock in the vein of Paramore and Halestorm. They … Continue reading
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FIREFALLDOWN – These Wounds
Firefalldown are a trio from London who have been treading the boards for a few years now. This is the band’s latest single which will be the title track from their forthcoming album. Soundwise the three piece blend a bit … Continue reading
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VENOM – Fallen Angels
Venom, now there is a name from the past. My earliest encounter with Cronos and co was way back on the early 80 ’s Channel 4 rock programme ‘ ECT’ playing ‘Too Loud For The Crowd’, happy days. The band … Continue reading
VAN HALEN – Tattoo
So Van Halen are (finally!) back with a new album 'A Different Kind Of Truth' due in early February (7th in the US) and this song, 'Tattoo' is the lead single. It is very much a family affair with Wolfgang … Continue reading
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FORMER – The Kids Deserve Cable
Former hail from the home of country music, Nashville, but there is little of that city’s musical heritage evident in this the band’s second album. The band are billed as pop/rock and quote Cheap Trick, The Wildhearts and Elvis Costello … Continue reading
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