Category Archives: The Best Of 2013

News: The Best of 2013 – rock albums and live acts as selected by reviewers, readers and listeners

Posted on January 13, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Deep Purple - Manchester O2 Apollo, 12 October 2013

The Top Albums of 2013 (as selected by our readers and listeners) 1. DEEP PURPLE Now What?! 2. THE ANSWER New Horizon 3. ALTER BRIDGE The Fortress 4. BLACK STAR RIDERS All Hell Breaks Loose 5. MOTORHEAD Aftershock 6. SOUND … Continue reading →

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The Best Of 2013 – top albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice

Posted on December 1, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Every year we ask the GRTR! Team to list their favourite albums and gigs of the year. As ever, it is a very eclectic mix and reflects the very broad and all-embracing tastes of our reviewers. How have we arrived … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALTER BRIDGE – Fortress

Posted on October 13, 2013 by jason

Roadrunner [Release date 25.09.13] After their well received ‘III’ album and Myles Kennedy gaining yet more exposure as part of Slash’s band, Alter Bridge are back and the expectations are high for this new album. Fear not as they have … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – All Hell Breaks Loose

Posted on May 17, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Nuclear Blast [Release date 27.05.13] I’ve always considered Scott Gorham to be the least talented of the classic Thin Lizzy line up, and his continued trading on the name hasn’t endeared either. It’s one thing to keep the legacy alive, … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEEP PURPLE: Now What?!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

earMUSIC [Release date: 29.04.13] I remember seeing Purple on their 2009 tour and, between albums, it all seemed a bit lack-lustre with a perfunctory trawl through the familiar golden nuggets. Fast forward to their 19th studio album and the band … Continue reading →

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Album review: W.E.T.- Rise Up

Posted on March 3, 2013 by andynathan

Frontiers Records [Release date 22.02.13] In a genre whose natural tendency is to look backwards, few new melodic rock acts have been as eagerly anticipated as W.E.T. Their 2009 debut, fusing the talents of prolific and versatile ex Malmsteen, Talisman … Continue reading →

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Album review: CODE OF SILENCE – Dark Skies Over Babylon

Posted on January 27, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Mausoleum [Release date 25.02.13] Put together by Eden’s Curse bassist Paul Logue, Code Of Silence - if this debut album is anything to go by - is surely a band on the cusp of great things. Fronted by Brazilian vocalist Gus Monsanto … Continue reading →