Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS

Album review: CHRIS BEVINGTON ORGANISATION – Cut And Run

Posted on July 12, 2018 by petefeenstra

CBO Music UK [Release date: 13.05.18] It’s rare you come across a top class big band blues outfit with real pedigree when the front man is relatively speaking unknown, Stoke On Trent’s bass playing, vocalist Chris Bevington didn’t front a … Continue reading →

Album review: POWERWOLF – The Sacrament Of Sin

Posted on July 12, 2018 by jason

Napalm Records [Release date 20.07.18] Powerwolf are back with their seventh album, or as the band would put it their latest set of psalms! They have been building on their fanbase with each successive release and tour – they are … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE KATE GEE BAND – Legacy

Posted on July 12, 2018 by petefeenstra

Tigga Records [Release date: 01.11.17] ‘Legacy’ has a profound meaning for vocalist Kate Gee and her band who saw their original producer Mike Dolan die half way through a project that took 5 years. And while Kate Gee’s ethereal phrasing … Continue reading →

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Album review: GLAS – Blue

Posted on July 10, 2018 by petefeenstra

The Last Music company [Release date 30.03.18] South Wales band Glas describe themselves as a: “blues rock n’ roll roots band”, which is a handy ‘catch all’ banner with which they explore their naturally eclectic style. Glas is that rare … Continue reading →

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Album review: HAKEN – L-1ve

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Yiannis

Inside Out [Release date 20.06.18] UK prog metalers Haken have the world at their feet these days. Top ranking album reviews and in depth interviews adorn the pages of some of the most high profile music magazines such as … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Sometimes The World Ain’t Enough

Posted on July 10, 2018 by jason

Nuclear Blast [Release date 29.06.18] The Night Flight Orchestra return with their new album following hot on the heels of last year’s AOR-tastic ’Amber Galactic’. Any doubts that they maybe running low on catchy songs is soon dispelled by the immense … Continue reading →

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Album Review: YUKA AND CHRONOSHIP – Ship

Posted on July 8, 2018 by alanjones

Cherry Red Records [Release date 11.5.18] Yuka Funakoshi is a Japanese keyboard virtuoso who would certainly give any of Sherinian, Rudess or Norlander a run for their money and, together with her band of exceptional session men, Yuka and Chronoship … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICHAEL ROMEO – War Of The Worlds, Pt. One

Posted on July 4, 2018 by petefeenstra

Music Theories Recordings [Release date 27.07.18] Former Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo’s ‘War of the Worlds’ has very little to do with the enduring Jeff Wayne adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic sci-fi book. However, the title does give the … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: CHINAWHITE, CALM FOR THE RESTLESS, DAMIEN O’KANE & RON BLOCK

Posted on July 2, 2018 by jason

CHINAWHITE Different Rockcompany [Release date 14.06.18] Chinawhite have been around for a while and feature in their ranks Peter Cox of Forest Field, Phil Vincent on vocals and Praying Mantis drummer Hans in’t Zandt. Overall it is a mix of prog … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE APOCALYPSE BLUES REVUE – The Shape Of Blues To Come

Posted on July 2, 2018 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 20.07.18] ‘The Shape Of Blues To Come’ is a conceptual titled album that pushes the blues envelope into unexpected directions The Apocalypse Blues Revue is a head-on collision between metal (Shannon Larkin and Tony Rombola from Godsmack)and … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: AL DI MEOLA, JON DURANT, STU HAMM

Posted on June 30, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

AL DI MEOLA Elegant Gypsy & More Live (earMUSIC) [Release date 20.07.18] This year’s ‘Opus’ marked a return to form for the jazz fusion guitarist and this live outing – recorded in the US last year – is also a … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAMIN PARTOVI – 27 Faces Of A Broken Heart (Simon Phillips, Mike Stern & c.)

Posted on June 30, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

[Release date 18.02.18] This album is an interesting concept. Take a song and invite a couple of dozen musicians to add their extemporisation. Yes, that’s 27 versions of the same tune! Surely the tune can’t be that good? Well, the … Continue reading →

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Album review: ZAL CLEMINSON’S SIN’DOGS

Posted on June 29, 2018 by jason

Zal Cleminson chatted to Get Ready to ROCK! Radio about his career for an hour special first broadcast on Sunday 17 March 2019. Facebook Guitarist Zal Cleminson found fame in The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (SAHB) during the 70s, where … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MARITA, LUCIFER, LIGHT AMONG SHADOWS

Posted on June 28, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

MARITA Bloodlust Skullcrock[Release date 09.04.18] With her debut album – Rough Stuff (2015) reflecting a Norwegian ‘metal Madonna’ persona and yielding songs like ‘I Don’t Give A Fuck About You’, ‘Cuff Me’, and ‘Hot Rockin’, Marita Sundit Solheim has gone … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEE AARON – Diamond Baby Blues

Posted on June 28, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

Metalville [Release date 27.04.18] After a couple of decades in the wilderness dabbling with jazz, Lee Aaron made her rock ‘comeback’ in 2016 with the self-financed, and marginally more pop/rock orientated, Fire And Gasoline. An excellent release that seems to … Continue reading →

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Album review: FAY & LATTA – Dust To Stars

Posted on June 28, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

Release date [03.18] Ex-Exoterik hard rockers Tom and Anneka Fay (nee Latta) continue their one man, one woman, acoustic soft rock journey that they so successfully began in 2008 with The View From Here, and capped with the wonderfully chilled … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARILLION – Smoke/Mirrors (reissues)

Posted on June 28, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

earMUSIC [Release date 25.05.18] You need deep pockets in 2018 to keep up with the almost constant Marillion ‘product’ output. As well as the single CD Steven Wilson-Brave stereo remix, this month sees the release of Part 3 of the … Continue reading →

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Album review: GIN BLOSSOMS – Mixed Reality

Posted on June 27, 2018 by alanjones

Cleopatra Records [Release date: 22.06.18] Back in the late ‘80s, early ‘90s I was turned on to the jangling guitar sound of American “college radio” by my discovery of two bands – REM (before they hit paydirt) and The Gin … Continue reading →

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Album review: TWELFTH NIGHT – Fact And Fiction

Posted on June 26, 2018 by jason

F2 Music/Festival [Release date 11.06.18] Twelfth Night were one of the bands to emerge in the early to mid-80′s boom in prog rock that was spearheaded by Fish-era Marillion. ‘Fact And Fiction’ was originally released back in 1982, Twelfth Night’s first proper … Continue reading →

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Album review: JON BUTCHER AXIS – Stare At The Sun

Posted on June 26, 2018 by jason

Escape Music [Release date 25.05.18] The second Jon Butcher Axis album, originally released in 1984, gets a first time release on CD by Escape Music, following on from the self-titled album released earlier this year. Joining Jon Butcher on the album … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE ALARM – Equals

Posted on June 25, 2018 by jason

The Twenty First Century Recording Company [Release date 29.06.18] The Alarm return with their first new album since 2010′s ‘Direct Action’, although there was an album entitled ‘Blood Red’ which came out last year and features a few songs on … Continue reading →

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Quick plays – LUCERO, ORIONS BELTE, FRED MIKA, JOHN BUTLER

Posted on June 23, 2018 by jason

LUCERO Among the Ghosts Thirty Tigers [Release date 03.08.18] Alt rock/country outfit Lucero have been going for twenty years and Among The Ghosts is their ninth studio album, co-produced by Matt Ross-Spang, who has produced the Drive-By Truckers amongst others. … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAN STUART – The Unfortunate Demise Of Marlowe Billings

Posted on June 22, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

Cadiz Music [Release date 20.07.18] Green On Red were a brief mid-eighties reincarnation of the spirit of The Byrds, Neil Young, Dylan, and the Stones. Featuring Dan Stuart on vocals, and Chuck Prophet on guitar they made an album in … Continue reading →

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Album review: TNT – XIII

Posted on June 21, 2018 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 08.06.18] With vocalist Tony Harnell leaving TNT again last year, TNT’s latest album ‘XIII’ sees a new vocalist join the band, Baol Bardot Bulsara. Bassist Ove Husemoen is a relative newcomer as well having joined the band in … Continue reading →

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Album review: LITTLE RED KINGS – Callous

Posted on June 19, 2018 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 12.04.18] Little Red Kings, hailing from Norwich, have been around since 2011 and thanks to a fellow music fan on Facebook I was made aware of them. Glad they did as I have been missing a treat on this band! … Continue reading →