Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)

Album review: ANDREAS VOCKRODT – Adventures In Foggyland

Posted on August 28, 2015 by petefeenstra
ANDREAS VOCKRODT - Adventures In Foggyland

7music (Membran) [Release date 13.03.15] From his opening shred on ‘21 is Only Half The Truth’, through several shifting rhythm patterns,  an ever present melodic undertow and the gnawing riff conclusion of  ‘Transition To Reality’, its obvious that German guitarist … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MAD MAX, BLACK TRIP

Posted on August 25, 2015 by jason
MAD MAX – Thunder, Storm & Passion

BLACK TRIP – Shadowline SPV www.spv.de [Release date 28.08.15] Drawing heavily on the influences of very early Maiden and other NWOBHM band of that era and ilk, Sweden’s Black Trip have followed up 2014’s “Goin’ Under” with new release “Shadowline”. … Continue reading →

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Album review: DELTA DEEP – Delta Deep

Posted on August 25, 2015 by jason
DELTA DEEP - Delta Deep

[Release date 23.06.15] I usually approach solo projects by artists from established bands with some degree of skepticism but Phil Collen has led me to re-appraise that approach. I think that’s because the songs on this exceptional album came out … Continue reading →

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Album review: MANY THINGS – Burn Together

Posted on August 24, 2015 by jason
MANY THINGS - Burn Together

Indie [Release date 04.11.15] I first heard Many Things when they supported The Polyphonic Spree last year and they bowled me over with their quirky pop and ear for a good melody. The band consist of Michael Tomlinson (vocals/guitar),  Macks … Continue reading →

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Album review: STRATOVARIUS – Eternal

Posted on August 24, 2015 by jason
STRATOVARIUS - Eternal

earMUSIC [Release date 11.09.15] Amazingly this is the band’s sixteenth studio album and they have been around since the mid-80′s, although the present line-up has no original members. Vocalist Timo Kotipelto has also been busy with Cain’s Offering who released … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE ALARM – Strength (30th anniversary)

Posted on August 24, 2015 by jason

The Twenty First Century Recording Company [Released 02.10.15] For the thirtieth anniversary of this classic Alarm album Mike Peters has gone and re-recorded the whole album. Not only that, the lyrics have been updated in many cases and he has … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBURN – Canvas Of Silence

Posted on August 23, 2015 by alanjones
RAINBURN - Canvas Of Silence

Self released  [Release Date: 31.10.14] Progressive rock music has rarely been in ruder health than it is at present, with exceptional music arriving from all corners of the globe – both to rattle the cage of complacency of western Europe’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: THORNE – At The Edge

Posted on August 23, 2015 by petefeenstra
THORNE – At The Edge

CD Baby [Release date 20.06.15] Thorne is an international combo spanning three continents, whose members have never met. They are a prog and classic rock band with psychedelic edges, who met on line via the music collaboration site http://www.kompoz.com and … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAN DOIRON – Stand Back I Don’t Know How Loud This Thing Gets

Posted on August 23, 2015 by petefeenstra
DAN DOIRON - Stand Back I Don

Dan Doiron [Release Date 14.05.15] Every once in a while you stumble across a blues album that makes you wonder why you hadn’t come across the artist before. And with a title like ‘Stand Back I Don’t Know How Loud … Continue reading →

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Album review: FUSONIC – Fields Of No Man’s Land

Posted on August 22, 2015 by petefeenstra
FUSONIC - Fields Of No Man

DMI Records [Release Date 22.06.15] Fusonic is a Dutch symphonic prog rock band  whose second album draws on the prog rock giants of the past and reaches for a new musical vocabulary for the present. The fact they don’t  quite … Continue reading →

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Album review: LYNCH MOB – Rebel

Posted on August 21, 2015 by andynathan
LYNCH MOB - Rebel

Frontiers Records [Release Date 21.08.15] Former Dokken guitarist George Lynch is in extremely prolific form after an up and down career. Less than a year ago came a mini album under the Lynch Mob banner, ‘Sun Red Sun’, then his … Continue reading →

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Album review: W ANGEL’S CONQUEST – Taste Of Life

Posted on August 21, 2015 by david.wilson
W ANGEL’S CONQUEST – Taste Of Life

Ferrum [Release date 08.06.15] This is the 5th album release from W Angel’s Conquest, Ukraine’s oldest power metal outfit apparently, I will take their word for that. Formed back in 1996 by guitarist W Angel this album is being hailed … Continue reading →

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Album review: GHOST – Meliora

Posted on August 21, 2015 by david.wilson
GHOST – Meliora

Spinefarm [Release date 21.08.15] Ghost have always been a bit of a Marmite band, people tend to love or hate them. I first encountered the band a few years ago supporting Trivium and having seen the pictures and the image, … Continue reading →

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Album review: MOTORHEAD – Bad Magic

Posted on August 21, 2015 by david.wilson
MOTORHEAD – Bad Magic

UDR [Release date 28.08.15] When I reviewed the last Motorhead album ‘Aftershock’ a couple of years back I did think that it was going to be the band’s swansong due to Lemmy’s ongoing health issues. Lemmy though has stuck two … Continue reading →

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Album review: CONSTANCIA – Final Curtain

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Phil Berisford
CONSTANCIA – Final Curtain

MelodicRock Records [Release date 10.07.15] Swedish melodic rock band Constancia are back with their sophomore album ‘Final Curtain’ a full 6 years after their debut ‘Lost and Gone’ was released back in 2009. The band was formed back in 2007 … Continue reading →

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Album review: PALACE OF THE KING – White Bird/Burn the Sky

Posted on August 20, 2015 by jason

http://www.palaceofthekingmusic.com/ Let’s just cut to the chase – this is indeed yet another darn good album from down under – Aussie rockers, Palace of the King’s’ debut full album “White Bird/Burn The Sky” gets a very strong 4 out of … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE DELTA SAINTS – Bones

Posted on August 20, 2015 by GRTR! HQ
THE DELTA SAINTS - Bones

earMUSIC/Loud And Proud Records [Release date 04.09.15] Nashville-based The Delta Saints’ new album Bones, strips the band’s roots/blues sound down to its essence, blending rock ‘n’ roll, country, R&B, soul and gospel, exploring territory not unfamiliar with that trodden by … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: THE GRAHAMS, MAURA KENNEDY, GILLIAN GLOVER

Posted on August 20, 2015 by GRTR! HQ
THE GRAHAMS Glory Bound

THE GRAHAMS Glory Bound 12 South Records [Release date 02.10.15] Husband and wife Americana duo Alyssa and Doug Graham follow up their 2013 debut Riverman’s Daughter with the dual release of their studio album Glory Bound, and Rattle The Hocks … Continue reading →

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Album review: GREG LAKE – London ’81

Posted on August 19, 2015 by GRTR! HQ
GREG LAKE - London

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 21.08.15] Now here’s an interesting find from the back pages of Greg Lake’s illustrious career.  Recorded in 1981 with Gary Moore on guitar it is more than just a curios.  Two years after ELP split, … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MOLTEN TRAIL, FOREST FIELD, MURDER MY SWEET, THIRD LUNG

Posted on August 19, 2015 by jason
MOLTEN TRAIL - Striving For The Sky

MOLTEN TRAIL – Striving For The Sky Defox/Heart Of Steel Circles This is the project of Lithuanian keyboard maestro Vytautas Diskevicius, who has been playing and performing in Lithuania and this includes being part of former Uriah Heep vocalist John … Continue reading →

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EP reviews: EMPIRE OF FOOLS, CITY OF THIEVES, SPARK THE SAIL

Posted on August 19, 2015 by jason

EMPIRE OF FOOLS – Devil Inside (Mini-album) This is a very impressive debut mini-offering from Devon-based Empire of Fools – and I often shudder when I hear the term “melodic rock” because that genre includes Styx and Styx were fodder … Continue reading →

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Album review: IMMENSION – In Vain

Posted on August 16, 2015 by david.wilson
IMMENSION – In Vain

Self Release (Release date 15.06.15) Hailing from the steeltown of Sheffield seems somewhat apt as Immension are all about the metal. The trio sound as if they have been raised on a diet of Metallica, Trivium and In Flames to … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROYAL QUEST – The Tale Of Man

Posted on August 16, 2015 by david.wilson
ROYAL QUEST – The Tale Of Man

Self Release ( Release date 22.05.15) This concept album is the brain child of guitarist and vocalist Yiannis Androulakakis and bass player Dennis Bekatoros and has been many years in the making. The two got together in 1999 and planned … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBERT CRAY – 4 Nights of 40 Years Live

Posted on August 14, 2015 by petefeenstra
ROBERT CRAY – 4 Nights of 40 Years Live

Mascot [Release date 04.09.15] In an age where volume, speed and showmanship dominate, Robert Cray is here to remind us of the value of heartfelt lyrics, a resonant tone and a soulful singer’s ability to explore every nuance of the … Continue reading →

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Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The Oblivion Particle

Posted on August 12, 2015 by jason
SPOCK

Inside Out [Release date 21.08.15] The second studio album to feature vocalist Ted Leonard (Enchant) and drummer Kimmy Keegan, the band’s twelfth studio album overall, and one of their more instantly accessible albums of recent years. There is the lead … Continue reading →

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