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Album review: ABI MOORE – Amoeba & Stone
Honest Records [Release date 03.02.14] The third album from independent Lincolnshire songstress Abi Moore is a rather pleasant affair. Switching effortlessly between folk and Americana it should cement the growing reputation of a singer songwriter who’s had support slots for … Continue reading
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Tagged Abi Moore, album, Amoeba & Stone, Lincolnshire, review, rock, singer, songwriter
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Album review: ALICE COOPER – Reissues (Trash/Hey Stoopid)
Hear No Evil [Release date 23.09.13 and 27.01.14] Alice Cooper is not an artist whose back catalogue has seen much by way of remastering and re-issues and I’ve longed for Bob Ezrin to dig out the original recordings of Love … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Hey Stoopid, Joe Perry, Joe Satriani, Jon Bon Jovi, Nikki Sixx, Ozzy Osbourne, reissue, review, rock, Slash, Steve Laukather, Steve Vai, Steven Tyler, Trash
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Album review: ALICE COOPER – Brutally Live
Salvo (CD/DVD) [Release date] It’s ironic that as Brutally Live is about to be re-released, the whole concert has been broadcast on BBC4. So if you’ve been watching the TV schedules you’ll hopefully have had the good sense to either … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Brutally Live, CD, DVD, July 2000, review, rock
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Album review: HEART – Fanatic Live From Caesars Colosseum
Ann Wilson chats about her career in the Songwriters series, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 23 March, 13:00 GMT. More information Frontiers Records (CD and DVD Deluxe Edition) [Release date 24.02.14] Heart’s 15th studio album, Fanatic, released in October … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, AOR, CD, DVD, Fanatic Live At Caesars Colosseum, Heart, Nancy Wilson, review, rock
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Album review: PAUL RODGERS – The Royal Sessions
429 Records [Release date 27.01.14] It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Paul Rodgers took himself off to Memphis in 2013 and recorded this homage to the golden age of soul, working with some of that genre’s legendary players. It … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Hi Records, Hi Rhythm Section, Memphis, Paul Rodgers, R&B, review, soul, The Royal Sessions
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Album review: PRIMAL FEAR – Delivering The Black
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 24.01.14] Another year…another Primal Fear album (it seems that way anyway)…and with Primal Fear you know exactly what to expect – Teutonic metal a la Judas Priest. It’s predictable but is that always bad – look … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Delivering The Black, Judas Priest, Kamelot, Mats Sinner, power metal, Primal Fear, Ralf Scheepers, review, rock
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Album review: ARMORY – Empyrean Realms
Metavania Music (Release date – out now) This album was actually released on the 12th of November 2013 and has only just come to my attention, it has been my loss it would seem! Armory formed back … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Armory, CD, Empyrean Realms, Helloween, Massachusetts, power metal, prog, review
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Album Review: WHITE COAST REBELS – Hangin’ With The Bad Boys
Self Release [Release date – out now] White Coast Rebels may be a name familiar to anyone who has spent time on the sun kissed beaches of the Costa Blanca. The band are based in the holiday region and play … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Benidorm, CD, Costa Blanca, Hangin' With The Bad Boys, metal, review, rock, White Coast Rebels
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Album review: BLACK DIAMOND – Last Man Standing
On Parole Productions [Release date – out now] When listening to this album one thing springs to mind – Iron Maiden. The band have an obvious love of Eddie and pay homage to Britain’s finest throughout the album. Where ‘homage’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Diamond, CD, Iron Maiden, Last Man Standing, metal, review, rock
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Quick plays: DREGEN, BENEDICTUM, AXEL RUDI PELL, BROKEN ARROW, NASHVILLE PUSSY
DREGEN – S/t (Spinefarm) Swedish guitarist Dregen has lent his sleazy punk metal touches to Backyard Babies and The Hellacopters (an original member of both) as well Supershit666 and more recently Michael Monroe, appearing on the acclaimed Horns And … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Axel Rudi Pell, Benedictum, Bobby Rondinelli, Broken Arrow, Dregen, Into The Storm, Johnny Gieoli, Nashville Pussy, Obey, review, rock
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Album review: DON AIREY – Keyed Up
Interview edit: Don Airey 19 January 2014 The full interview will be broadcast on Sunday 2 February at 18:00 Mascot [Release date 17.02.14] Virtuoso and legendary keyboard player (and all round nice guy) Don has played with pretty much everyone … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Carl Sentance, Darrin Mooney, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Gary Moore, jazz fusion, keyboards, Keyed Up, Lawrence Cottle, Rainbow, review, rock, Whitesnake
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Album review: RAINBOW – The Singles Box Set 1975–1986
Universal (19 CD set) [Release date 2.02.14] Those lovely guys at Universal have really gone to town (again) here – and a set that will be beyond most fans’ needs (or price range); but the extravagance here matches the marvel … Continue reading
Album review: FOREIGNER – I Want To Know What Love Is – The Ballads
earMUSIC [Release date 03.02.14] You can’t help thinking this ballads collection is something of a cash-in in advance of the band’s spring tour with Europe and FM. There are no new tracks but newcomers may be interested in the note-perfect … Continue reading
Album review: SILENT FORCE – Rising From Ashes
AFM Records [Released 27.01.14] Alex Beyrodt is a busy man. Early in 2013 we had a Whitesnake orientated release from Voodoo Circle and then there is the imminent release of the new Primal Fear album Delivering The Black. In between … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Alex Beyrodt, Mats Sinner, Michael Bormann, review, Rising From Ashes, rock, SILENT FORCE
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Album Review: FREQUENCY DRIFT – Over
Gentle Art Of Music [Release Date: 14.02.14] Frequency Drift have been at the zenith of Europe’s purveyors of melancholic progressive rock for a few years now – their previous two releases, ‘Ghosts’ (2011) and ‘Laid To Rest’ (2012) were both … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Frequency Drift, German, Germany, Over, Progressive Rock, review, RPWL
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Album review: THE PECKHAM COWBOYS -10 Tales From The Gin Palace
Cargo Records [Release date 14.02.14] “10 Tales From The Gin Palace” is the second album from South London’s The Peckham Cowboys and as the title would suggest, the album contains 10 tracks of sleazy, debauched, catchy rock n roll and … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Tales From The Gin Palace, album, review, THE PECKHAM COWBOYS
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Album review: CASABLANCA – Riding A Black Swan
Gain/Sony Music [out now] American/Swedish band Casablanca have just released their sophomore album “Riding A Black Swan” and just 8 days into 2014 I would be surprised if I am not still listening to this on repeat at the end … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Casablanca, glam, review, Riding A Black Swan, rock, sleaze
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Album review: HAIL OF BULLETS – III: The Rommel Chronicles
Metal Blade – Out Now. Being both a huge Metal fan and a passionate historian with a particular fascination for all things WWII meant that I was hooked immediately back in 2006 on the old-school Death Metal quintet Hail Of … Continue reading
Album review – RED DRAGON CARTEL – Red Dragon Cartel
Frontiers Records [Release date 24.01.14] One of the most instantly recognisable riffs in rock is the opening bars of ‘Bark At The Moon’ from Ozzy but the magic fingers on the fret board belonged to one Jake … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Badlands, CD, Jake E Lee, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Di'Anno, Red Dragon Cartel, review, Robin Zander
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Album review: BEN GRANFELT – Melodic Relief
Supersounds Music [Release date 02.11.12] Ben Granfelt used to partner Andy Powell in Wishbone Ash and it’s no surprise that fellow Finn (and former bandmate in Gringos Locos) Muddy Manninen and Powell contribute to one track, ‘New 7’. It may … Continue reading
DVD review: TED NUGENT – Ultralive Ballisticrock
Frontiers – Out Now. Theodore Anthony Nugent is a man who has, of late, managed to find himself in the spotlight for reasons that have more to do with his staunch conservative political views, rather than his musical abilities. There … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, guitar, guitarist, heavy rock, review, Ted Nugent, Ultralive Ballisticrock
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Album Review: UNIFIED PAST – Spots
Melodic Revolution Records – [Release Date: 11.06.13] I usually find that, as a general rule of thumb, the more verbose the press release, the worse the accompanying piece of work is – the old ‘empty vessels make … Continue reading
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Tagged album, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Spots, Unified Past
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Album review: ASOMVEL – Knuckle Duster
Bad Omen Records – Out Now. Ask anyone in the music business what the two basic elements for achieving commercial success are (apart from talent, obviously), and you are bound to hear among the answers ‘good timing’ and ‘luck’. These, … Continue reading
Album review: BRUCE BOUILLET – The Order Of Control
Music Theories Recordings [Release date 21.01.14] Instrumental guitar albums are a “difficult” genre to do well. At GRTR! Towers we are subjected to all manner of offerings; most are over-indulgent, unoriginal and badly produced. Bruce Bouillet may hold more of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bruce Bouillet, G3, guitar, guitarist, metal, Paul Gilbert, Racer X, review, shred, The Order Of Control, The Scream
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Quick plays: HAPPYNESS, THE DAVID LIBERTY BAND, DIRTY THRILLS, UNCLE SID, JOE COCKER
HAPPYNESS – Happyness EP Weird Smiling [Release date 06.01.14] Three-piece band from south London consisting of Johnny Allan, Benji Compston and Ashley Cooper. This is their self-produced debut EP and they certainly pack a lot if instrumentation in for a … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's rock, album, Babylon Bastards, Below The Sea Of Light, Chains And Bones, classic rock, David Liberty Band, Dirty Thrills, DVD review, Eagle Vision, EP, Floating Worlds, HAPPYNESS, Jackie Leven, JOE COCKER, live DVD, prog metal, review, rock, Rock Guru, Uncle Sid
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