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Tag Archives: metal
Album review: VANNA – All Hell
Pure Noise Records [Release date: 08.07.16] Vanna are becoming one of the fastest growing bands in metalcore. With every new release the band amass even more followers and every new release the band step up their game musically, most notably … Continue reading
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Tagged All Hell, Hardcore, Hardcore punk, metal, metalcore, punk, Vanna, Void
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Quick plays: MIKKO JOENSUU, ODDITY, VINNIE MOORE
MIKKO JOENSUU Amen 1 An ambitious musical adventure here from Mikko Joensuu as this album is the first part of a planned trilogy of albums. This is a very sparse album, in that Mikko’s vocals are the main focus backed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Amen 1, Americana, country, folk, guitarist, Hidden City, metal, Mikko Joensuu, Oddity, Press Hard, Reds' Cool, review, rock, Settle Down, SPV, The Cult, Vinnie Moore
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Album review: VOLBEAT – Seal The Deal And Let’s Boogie
Spinefarm Records [Release date 03.06.16] Volbeat’s meteoric rise shows no signs of abating any time soon. With the changes in line up, the latest being the addition of bassist Kasper Boye Larsen who replaced the departed Anders Kjolholm, it would … Continue reading
Album review: DEFTONES – Gore
Reprise Records [Release date 08.04.16] Deftones are a band who have never really caught my attention. The angst ridden vocals of Chino Merino coupled with the band’s usual soft, explode on chorus, then soft again is not too bad in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice In Chains, Chino Merino, Deftones, Gore, Jerry Cantrell, metal, Reprise records, review, rock
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Gig review: SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL SOUTH – The Forum, Hatfield, 31 May 2016
Photo by Ian Collins Bank Holiday Monday and the train from Kings Cross is packed full of alternative kids with more face metal and stretched-out earlobes than you can shake a stick at. Among them is the odd old person … Continue reading
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Tagged festival, gig, Hardcore, Hatfield, Mallory Knox, metal, Panic At The Disco!, punk pop, review, rock, Slam Dunk South, The One Hundred, We Came As Romans, Yellowcard, Zebrahead
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Album review: SLUDGEHAMMER – The Fallen Sun
[Release date 10.06.16] The major issue I have with some of the heavier music still remains the vocals. Sometimes I’ll press play and have my mind blown by some amazing music only to have my ears blown by bad vocals. … Continue reading
Album review: CONDITION RED – Illusion Of Truth
Lion Music [Release date 20.05.16] Lars Eric Mattson is a brilliant guitarist that not very many people outside music fans that dig a little deeper into guitar based music will easily recognize. It’s a shame too because everything I have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Condition Red, guitar, guitarist, Illusion of Truth, Lars Eric Mattson, metal, progressive, review, rock
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Gig review: THE TREATMENT – Islington O2 Academy, London,13 May 2016
David Randall caught up with The Treatment’s Mitchel Emms after the first night of the current tour. In this exclusive feature Mitch describes his own musical development against the background of a difficult music industry and the rising force that … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 May 2016, Airrace, Generation Me, gig, interview, Islington O2 Academy, Laurie Mansworth, metal, Mitchel Emms, review, rock, The Amorettes, The Treatment
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Album review: STRATOVARIUS – Best Of
earMUSIC [Release date 20.05.16] Stratovarius have been around since 1985 and have to date released 16 studio albums, so as you can imagine this 29 song best of will only touch on the band’s impressive musical output to date. The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, best of, EarMusic, Jens Johansson, melodic, metal, neoclassical, power, review, Stratovarius, Timo Kotipelto, Wacken Festival
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Album review: NEMESEA – Uprise
Napalm Records [Release date 29.04.16] You might be forgiven thinking that Dutch pop metallers Nemesea were new kids on the block out to steal Delain’s thunder. But they have been around for at least 10 years although without their compatriots’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Delain, Evanesence, Holland, metal, Nemesea, Netherlands, review, rock, Uprise, Within Temptation
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Quick plays: GAMMA RAY, FASSINE, SUSAN AQUILA, SHELOOM
GAMMA RAY Lust For Live (Anniversary Edition) earMUSIC [Release date 06.05.16] earMUSIC’s Gamma Ray back catalogue re-issues series continues with this live album, previously only available on video on its original release back in 1993. The show was recorded at … Continue reading
Album review: PAUL GILBERT – I Can Destroy
In the Pete Feenstra Feature on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 8 May 2016 at 20:00 GMT, Pete chatted to Paul Gilbert, with tracks from the album ‘I Can Destroy’. More information earMUSIC [Release date 27.05.15] Paul Gilbert is … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, album, blues, guitar, I Can Destroy, interview, Kevin Shirley, metal, Mr Big, Paul Gilbert, pop, review, rock, Rory Gallagher, The Beatles, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: PLANET OF ZEUS – Loyal To The Pack
No prizes for guessing that Planet of Zeus hail from Greece and, having reviewed a couple of rather ear-catching things from that neck of the woods recently, it might just be time to go bar-hopping and check out the live … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Stone Cherry, Clutch, Loyal to the Pack, metal, Planet of Zeus, QOTSA, review, rock
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Interview: BRIAN TATLER – Diamond Head
As Diamond Head begin to gear up, releasing yet another album we managed to catch up with lead guitarist Brian Tatler to ask him a few questions. Here Dillon Grant puts questions to one of rock and metal’s most influential … Continue reading
Album review: DAN REED NETWORK – Fight Another Day
In the first hour of his weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, on 29 May 2016, David Randall chatted to Dan Reed and played tracks from the album ‘Fight Another Day’. Frontiers [Release date 03.06.16] When we encountered … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, Fight Another Day, funk, interview, melodic, metal, review, rock
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Gig review: TRUCKER DIABLO, SCREAMING EAGLES, MASSIVE WAGONS – O2 ABC, Glasgow, 16 April 2016
Tonight’s gig was a showcase for the musical talent on the roster of Off Yer Rocka Records, the label of the HRH franchise and home of some of the finest up and coming bands in the UK. The bands were … Continue reading
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Tagged 02 ABC, 16th April 2016, AC/DC, Drink Beer Destroy, gig, Glasgow, Hard Rock Hell, live, Massive Wagons, metal, Metallica, Off Yer Rocka, rock, Screaming Eagles, Trucker Diablo
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Album review: BEHOLDER – Reflections
Razorline [Release date 12.04.16] Since 2003 Beholder have been tearing venues up all around the country. The band from the UK Midlands have been flying the flag for British Heavy Metal and Progressive Metal in the underground scene amassing a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beholder, Gojira, Mastodon, metal, Progresive, progressive metal, Reflections, review, uk
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Album review: EDU FALASCHI – Moonlight
Test Your Metal Records [Release date 20.05.16] I’ve been a passing fan of Angra a long time, but I would never call myself a diehard or super knowledgeable about them. What songs/albums I have heard I always enjoyed, but were … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Almah, ANGRA, Edu Falaschi, metal, Moonlight, power metal, review
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Album review: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
AFM Records [Release date 20.05.16] Flotsam and Jetsam are band I have had mixed feelings about over the years. Having been a huge thrash fan most of my life, and a huge fan of Metallica back in the day, there … Continue reading
Gig review: HAMMERFEST – Pwllheli, Wales, 10-13 March 2016
Hammerfest is hard, it’s loud, and it’s brutal and yet again it threatens apocalyptic damage on the peaceful site in Pwllheli. Now in its 8th reign yet again it is being hosted under the HRH United umbrella along with HRH … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-13 March 2016, Cradle Of Filth, Evile, Exodus, Extreme, festival, gig, Hammerfest, heavy rock, metal, Pwllheli, Quemists, review, Thrash, Turisas, Wales
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Gig review: RECKLESS LOVE – Scala, London, 31 March 2016
Unlikely though it may seem, Finland is a country with one of the biggest associations with glam rock past and present. It was Hanoi Rocks who arguably blazed the trail in seminal fashion for the LA scene that was to … Continue reading
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Tagged 31 March 2016, AOR, gig, glam, London, metal, Reckless Love, review, rock, Santa Cruz, Scala
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Album review: CIRCUS MAXIMUS – Havok
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 18.03.16] Circus Maximus have been around since 2000 and this is album number four from them. Previously they have been more into straight ahead prog metal recalling bands like Kamelot and Symphony X, this time though … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Circus Maximus, Havok, melodic, metal, prog, progressive metal, review, rock
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Quick plays: ALMANAC, MOULETTES, BREAK THE SENSES
ALMANAC Tsar Nuclear Blast [Release date 18.03.16] Rage had a major line-up change last year, one of which saw guitarist Victor Smolski leave the band and he wasted little time in assembling Almanac. This album is a concept piece based … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Almanac, Break The Senses, David Readman, folk, metal, Moulettes, Perfect Nature, Pink Cream 69, power metal, Preternatural, prog, Rage, review, Tsar, Victor Smolski
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Album review: ADRIAN WEISS – Easy Game
CD Baby [Release date 06.07.14] Just in case you dozed off listening to too much AOR, or you’ve have been concussed by too much metal, you may have missed the emergence of a whole new school of prog-metal instrumentalists including … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Weiss, album, Christian Muenzner, Demian Heuke, Easy Game, Forces At Work, fusion, Gloryful, guitar, instrumental, Jason Becker, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Lars Zehner, Manuel Korsakow, Marcel Willnat, metal, Paul Gilbert, prog, review, rock, Steve Vai, Thought Sphere, Tony McAlpine, Vinnie Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen
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News: BANG – U.S. 1970s Power Trio – European Tour incl. London date and Interview
Pete Feenstra chatted to Frank Gilcken, Frank Ferrara and Jake Leger for his Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. In this interview edit Pete finds out more about the band’s 40 year live hiatus… (4:12) More information (and … Continue reading
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Tagged April 2016, Bang!, Borderline, European tour, feature, heavy rock, interview, London, metal, radio
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