Tag Archives: hard rock

Album review: LILLIAN AXE – From Womb To Tomb

Posted on August 19, 2022 by brianmc

Global Rock [Release date : 19.08.22] There’s a thin line between pretension and serious minded rock’n’roll. Lillian Axe do a high wire balancing act on this, their first album for ten years, titled From Womb To Tomb. Mainman, songwriter, guitarist, … Continue reading →

Album review: SLADE – All The World Is A Stage

Posted on August 14, 2022 by jason

BMG [Release date 09.09.22] British glam hard rock legends Slade ruled the world in the early to mid 70s, and quickly built up a fearsome live reputation. With Noddy Holder’s trademark vocals, the Holder/Jim Lea penned songs, Don Powell’s driving … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Euphoria (Vinyl reissue)

Posted on August 14, 2022 by jason

Universal [Release date 05.08.22] The Sheffield rock legends’ seventh studio album, originally released in 1999, gets the vinyl reissue treatment here. It was the second full album to feature guitarist Vivian Campbell, which returned the band to a five piece … Continue reading →

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Album review: SUNSTORM – Brothers In Arms

Posted on August 9, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 12.08.22] All that accumulated weight from the Joe Lynn Turner era has been thrown overboard, and Version 2 of the new, invigorated Sunstorm is writing and performing with confidence and skill. Ronnie Romero remains from Version 2′s … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Adrenalize (vinyl reissue)

Posted on July 30, 2022 by jason

Universal [Release date 05.08.22] Def Leppard are Britain’s most successful rock bands, whose records adorn many a collection (and radio playlist too). 1987’s Hysteria, with hits like Poor Some Sugar On Me, was such a success it’s album everyone either … Continue reading →

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Album review: MONTROSE – I Got The Fire (6 CD Boxset)

Posted on July 28, 2022 by brianmc

Cherry Red/HNE Recordings [Release date: 29.07.22] If you’re looking for comprehensive CD coverage of Montrose’s journey through the seventies, look no further. That might sound like a PR man’s tagline, but it’s reflective of reality. This boxset consists of: CD1: … Continue reading →

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Album review: WAYSTED : Heroes Die Young – Waysted Volume 2 (5 CD boxset)

Posted on July 26, 2022 by brianmc

Cherry Red/HNE [Release date 29.07.22] Waysted reformed early in the new millenium, just to prove that the world hadn’t ended. This 5 CD boxset chronicles the band’s releases from when they kick started their career in 2000, to the date … Continue reading →

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Album review: PHIL VINCENT – No Respect

Posted on July 24, 2022 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 22.07.22] As he aptly describes himself on his Bandcamp page, “Phil Vincent is truly a one man band. His proficiency with multiple instruments makes it possible for him to write, arrange, perform, produce and mix all of … Continue reading →

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Album review: UFO – High Stakes And Dangerous Men / Lights Out In Tokyo (2 CD set)

Posted on July 20, 2022 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 22/07/22] UFO’s Lights Out (1977) had been a huge album for the band in Japan. So when they toured the High Stakes And Dangerous Men album there in 1992, they would include a Lights Out set. … Continue reading →

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Album review: TRACTOR – Tractor 50th Anniversary Edition (red vinyl)

Posted on July 11, 2022 by petefeenstra

Ozit /Morpheus Records [Release date 01.07.22] Previously reissued by Ozit as a CD to mark the album’s 30th anniversary, The 50th anniversary of ‘Tractor’ is given a 3 sided, double-set on red vinyl release, contextualised by a pictorial collage with … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) January 2022 – June 2022

Posted on June 27, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Compiled by Jason Ritchie October-December 2021 July 2022 – December 2022 To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on the keyboard. The “F” stands … Continue reading →

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Album review: DIRTY HONEY – EP/LP

Posted on June 4, 2022 by jason

Dirt Records [Release date 20.05.22] Dirty Honey release this fourteen song album which sees them add 2019’s self-titled EP with their self-titled album released in 2021. It is a timely release to coincide with the band’s summer UK and European … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Diamond Star Halos

Posted on May 30, 2022 by jason

UMC {Release date 27.05.22] Def Leppard are back after a seven year gap (pretty fast by their standards!) since 2015′s self-titled album, which was rather good. ‘Take What You Want’ starts the album off with all the things you love … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAZARUS DREAM – Lifeline

Posted on May 22, 2022 by jason

Pride & Joy Music [Release date 17.06.22] Second album from Lazarus Dream, which was put together by vocalist Carsten “Lizard” Shulz (Evidence One, Domain, Devoid) and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Markus Pfeffer (Scarlett, Winterland). Drummer Markus Kullmann (Sinner, Glenn Hughes), percussionist Thomas Rieder, … Continue reading →

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Album review: KENTUCKY RUCKUS – Space Is A Place

Posted on May 13, 2022 by jason

Website [Release date 29.04.22] Kentucky Ruckus, as their name suggests, hail from Kentucky featuring the Reed brothers – guitarist Kelly and drummer – vocalist Matt Red Moore and bassist Mack Keiffer. The album was recorded and engineered by Tom Tapley … Continue reading →

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Album review: JEFF SCOTT SOTO – Complicated

Posted on May 11, 2022 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 06.05.22] Like his last solo album, 2020′s ‘Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)’, Jeff Scott Soto has teamed up with Frontiers ‘go to’ songwriter/musician Alessandro Del Vecchio. Del Vecchio also adds keys, bass and backing vocals, being joined … Continue reading →

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Album review: TERRA NOVA – Ring That Bell

Posted on May 6, 2022 by jason

Lion Music [Release date 27.05.22] Terra Nova have been around since 1992, so it is fitting that thirty years after forming they are back with their first new album since 2018’s ‘Raise Your Voice’. Their 1997 offering ‘Livin’ It Up’ … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE TREATMENT, Piston – Robin 2, Bilston, 2 May 2022

Posted on May 5, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

THE TREATMENT - Robin 2, Bilston, 2 May 2022

It’s a Bank Holiday Monday in Bilston and it’s the final night of this 18 date tour, that’s 18 consecutive gigs, no breaks for all 3 bands, are they flagging or have they cracked it? I am super excited for … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICK WHITE – Something’s Got To Give

Posted on May 3, 2022 by jason

Enghardt Media/The Metal Society [29.04.22] Now here’s a blast from the past. I first encountered vocalist Mick White in the late 80s when he was working with Paul Samson, and later when he fronted First Strike (that Just Another Night album … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STONE BROKEN, Mason Hill, The Fallen State – The Marble Factory, Bristol, 25 April 2022

Posted on May 2, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

STONE BROKEN - The Marble Factory, Bristol, 25 April 2022

Opening their set with the rather epic ‘For My Sorrow’ the atmosphere is rocking, and there are clearly some fans in the audience and it’s a reflection that actually this tour celebrates three bands that are all on their ascendancy, … Continue reading →

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Album review: DANNY BEARDSLEY – Chase The Sun

Posted on April 14, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

www.dannybeardsley.com [Release date 24.06.22] I think the first thing to say about this release. Isn’t eco-friendly packaging s—e? The album arrives dog-eared and bendy. Surely we can do better than this? Sorry, now the music. We reviewed Beardsley’s previous album … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAVE EDWARDS – Many Rivers

Posted on April 10, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Cadiz [Release date 24.06.22] It would be an interesting exercise to identify those “nearly men” (or women) of rock that for whatever reason failed to realise their ambitions (if they had any). This might be due to the musical climate, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: VIRGIL McMAHON – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 8 April 2022

Posted on April 9, 2022 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Virgil McMahon for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 6 March 2022 They say you should never go back, but they were wrong. Sure the levels of expectation are sometimes beyond reality and sometimes an … Continue reading →

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Album review: RIOT ACT – Closer To The Flame

Posted on April 7, 2022 by jason

Global Rock Records [Release date 01.04.22] This is the debut album from Riot Act, the band initially formed by former ‘classic era’ Riot members Rick Ventura and Lou Kouvaris and it is a must listen to for any classic hard … Continue reading →

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Album review: SIMON McBRIDE – The Fighter

Posted on April 3, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Simon McBride chatted to Pete Feenstra for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 19 June 2022. earMUSIC [Release date 27.05.22] McBride was voted “Young Guitarist Of The Year” by Guitarist magazine in 1996 an accolade that can be both … Continue reading →