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Album review: STONETRIP – Run Free

Posted on March 12, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

Golden Robot Records [Release date 10.03.23] If you’ve ever listened to our weekly new release show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio ‘New to GRTR!’ you’ll know that we feature a fair number of releases from Golden Robot Records. Established … Continue reading →

Album review: THE ANSWER – Sundowners

Posted on March 12, 2023 by jason

Golden Robot Records [Release date 17.03.23] After a long wait, 7 years to be exact, Northern Irish rockers, The Answer return with a new album, releasing it on St Patricks day (of course!) and this fan girl gets to review … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE BANISHMENT – Machine And Bone

Posted on March 12, 2023 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date 10.03.23] From Dokken and Lynch Mob to End Machine, KXM and more, George Lynch has been on quite some rock’n’roll journey. And is still. He and his new world bandmates, Producer/Mixer/Writer, Joe Haze and vocalist, Devix AKA … Continue reading →

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Album review : DEMONS DOWN – I Stand

Posted on March 12, 2023 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 10.03.23] Here’s an interesting band. Demons Down combine the legacy Melodic Rock of House Of Lords (and others) … Jimi Bell, Ken Mary and Chuck Wright, with today’s rising stars in the shape of Chilean vocalist, James … Continue reading →

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Album review: RPWL – Crime Scene

Posted on March 10, 2023 by alanjones

Gentle Art Of Music [Release date: 17.03.23] It is now more than twenty years since RPWL’s debut album ‘God Has Failed’ was released to an unknowing world – to a muted response. But, muted response or not, it laid down … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK BEAR KISS – Black Bear Kiss (and album launch – 3 March 2023)

Posted on March 10, 2023 by jason

[Release date 03.03.23] Black Bear Kiss are a 4 piece upbeat rock band, who formed in 2016 by long term collaborators and good friends Rob Jones (guitar) and Chris Leech (vocals), with drummer Chris Bagnall and bassist Rich Sach coming … Continue reading →

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Album review: RUFFYUNZ – Ruffyunz II

Posted on March 9, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

Hyperspace Records [Release date 23.09.22] The second album from a veritable “superband” conglomerate featuring Bobby Rondinelli (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, drums) and Randy Pratt (Cactus, The Lizards, bass) with Ed Terry on vocals and JZ Barrell (guitars) They are joined by … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE COLD STARES – Voices

Posted on March 8, 2023 by jason

Mascot Records [Release date 10.03.23] This album comprising of 13 tracks was recorded almost entirely over the course of just two days with producer/engineer/mixer Mark Needham (Taj Mahal, The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Walk the Moon, Fleetwood Mac), the album stands … Continue reading →

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Album review: ICARUS FALLS – Hollow

Posted on March 6, 2023 by jason

Facebook [Release date 03.03.23] Icarus Falls hail from West Sussex in the UK, consisting of Doug Hay (vocals), Harvey Wigg (guitar, vocals), Lawrence Trousdale-Smith (guitar), Vinnie Denton (bass) and Josh Harris (drums). As well as having the pandemic hit their … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MARTIN TURNER – Boom Boom Club, Sutton, 24 February 2023

Posted on March 4, 2023 by andynathan

For the last few years founder member Martin Turner has delighted his Wishbone Ash fans with a series of tours that have featured one of their classic albums in their entirety. As that particular list has progressed to the lower … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ELEANOR McEVOY – Alexanders, Chester, 2 March 2023

Posted on March 3, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

Halfway through her UK tour, and a day after our major feature was published, Alexanders in Chester could well be the Grotto to Eleanor McEvoy’s Greatness. A favourite venue certainly since the early millennium. Catching up for a chat pre-gig … Continue reading →

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Album review: KEN HENSLEY – Past And Present (Songs In Time Anthology, 1972-2021, 6 CD set)

Posted on March 1, 2023 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date: 27.02.23] The late Ken Hensley had been steadily accumulating cultural stock since 1970. His ability to write poetic, melodic rock’n’roll is well known in the music industry worldwide. His reputation grew exponentially as he converted that … Continue reading →

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Album review: D’ERCOLE – Mass Formation

Posted on February 25, 2023 by jason

Rock Company Records [Release date 03.03.23] Back again with album number nine from D’Ercole who feature Damian D’Ercole (bass, guitars), Phil Vincent (vocals, guitars, keys) and B.F. D’Ercole (drums). They are a prolific bunch, although that is no surprise as … Continue reading →

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Album review : DEICIDE – Bible Bashers (3 CD Retrospective)

Posted on February 25, 2023 by brianmc

Dissonance/Cherry Red [Release date: 24.02.23] The first of the 3 CDs in this Deicide set, InsinerateHymn (fabulous title), was the band’s fifth album, released in 2000. The band, led by bassist/ writer/ singer, Glen Benton, had made their not inconsiderable … Continue reading →

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Album review: CREYE – Weightless

Posted on February 21, 2023 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date 17.02.23] After a commercially unsuccessful debut album, it was the addition of August Rauer as vocalist in 2018 that kick started Creye’s career as a melodic rock band. On the downside, Weightless, their third album, is filled … Continue reading →

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Album review: WILL POUND & JENN BUTTERWORTH – Volume 1

Posted on February 21, 2023 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 24.02.23] Two of the finest instrumentalists in traditional music combine to produce an album full of musical wonders. Jenn Butterworth won the 2019 Scots Trad Music Awards Musician of the Year accolade while Will Pound has been … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEENAGE GLAMPAGE – 80 Glambusters From The Seventies (4CD boxset)

Posted on February 20, 2023 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 17.02.23] Glamrock stamped its imprint on the UK Pop scene in the Seventies, and perhaps overstayed its welcome. But while it reigned supreme, it produced countless unforgettable pop songs. This 4 CD anthology, Teenage Glampage, begins … Continue reading →

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Album review : FIRST SIGNAL – Face Your Fears

Posted on February 19, 2023 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date 17.02.23] Harry (Harem Scarem) Hess teams up this time with producer/writer, Michele Guiatoli, who has recently impressed us with his guitar and mixing desk skills on the Issa album, Lights Of Japan. The last First Signal album … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIKE KENEALLY – The Thing That Knowledge Can’t Eat

Posted on February 19, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

Exowax Recordings [Release date 24.02.23] Mike Keneally played keyboard and guitar with Zappa. More recently he’s provided similar support to Satriani. But on his latest solo album it’s the Zappa irreverence that comes out on the opening track ‘Logos’ which … Continue reading →

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Album review – KHYMERA – Hold Your Ground

Posted on February 17, 2023 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date 10.02.23] Texas native, bassman and vocalist, Dennis (Pink Cream 69/Unisonic/Place Vendome/Sunstorm) Ward, transformed into a full blown front man with Khymera earlier this millennium. The band membership is inclined to fluidity, but Ward has assembled a fine … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN MCAULEY – Alive

Posted on February 16, 2023 by david.wilson

Frontiers Records [Release date 17.02.23] Robin’s last album ‘Standing On The Edge’ was my top album of 2021 so this new release has a lot to live up to. However, with Robin you know that quality is assured and with … Continue reading →

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Album review: LOVEBITES – Judgement Day

Posted on February 16, 2023 by david.wilson

JPU Records [Release date 24.02.23] I first became aware of Lovebites a few years back when they opened for Dragonforce. Not knowing the band’s musical leanings, I was very surprised that night at their blend of power and thrash metal … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE HAYLEY GRIFFITHS BAND – Melanie

Posted on February 16, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

Posh & Rock Records [Release date 20.01.23] We first came across Hayley Griffiths when she fronted Karnataka for a time, including one studio album in 2015. Her departure (with others) from that band was apparently acrimonious but she has dusted … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ROBERT JON & THE WRECK – Powerhaus, London, 11 February 2023

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Davoski

My first visit to the renamed Dingwalls since it changed name and ownership in 2020. The venue was near its 500-berth capacity for Robert Jon & The Wreck who have sold out a good few dates on this tour. First … Continue reading →

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Album review: T3NORS – Naked Soul

Posted on February 15, 2023 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 10.02.23] So much of Frontiers’ melodic rock finds itself impervious to outside influences. There are few AOR albums from the label that have successfully taken on contemporary musical mores. The truth is – we all claim to … Continue reading →