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Quick plays: PAUL TASKER, BLACK LAKES, D’ERCOLE

Posted on March 6, 2022 by jason

PAUL TASKER Tierra Quemada Yellowroom Records [Release date 01.04.22] Paul Tasker is now releasing his second instrumental album, best known for being co-songwriter with Doghouse Roses and a previous member of the Willard Grant Conspiracy. The album’s title translates to … Continue reading →

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Album review: HOUSE OF SHAKIRA – Lint XXV

Posted on March 6, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [release date: 11.02.22] Well, this is interesting… two richly textured remasters of House Of Shakira’s 1997 album, Lint. It is a most unusual approach. To celebrate the album’s 25th Anniversary, the first disc is a remastered version of the … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE JAMES OLIVER BAND – Live At The Earl Haig Club

Posted on March 4, 2022 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date 01.03.22] Released on St David’s Day the 1st of March, The James Oliver Band’s ‘Live At The Earl Haig Club’ (Cardiff) is as close as you will get to an old school live album. This all … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE HAWKMEN – The Face Bar, Reading, Thursday 3 March 2022

Posted on March 4, 2022 by jason

New venue to this reviewer, the Face Bar is a nice little venue tucked away from the main nightlife area of Reading. One thing Reading certainly has is a lively and varied nightlife! A decent sized crowd for a Thursday … Continue reading →

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Single review: MORS PRINCIPIUM EST – The Lust Called Knowledge

Posted on March 3, 2022 by jason

AFM Records You have to confess that the emphasis is on the “Melodic” when Mors Prncipium Est are described as Melodic Death Metal. New album, ‘Liberate The Unborn Humanity’, which is an interesting proposition, is due out on 8 April … Continue reading →

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Gig Review: KING KING – Electric Ballroom, London – 24th Feb 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by david.wilson

King King, Electric Ballroom, London, 24 February 2022

Since I last saw them down the road at Koko in 2019, not only has the world been transformed forever, but there have been major changes in the King King – the autumn before last they released a new album … Continue reading →

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EP review: MICK PINI / AUDIO54 – Pastoral

Posted on March 1, 2022 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date: 28.02.22] There’s nothing like a creative surge of energy to bring fresh reward. And so it that blues veteran Mick Pini revels in his new found collaboration with indie producer Craig Marshall (aka Audio 54), to … Continue reading →

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Album review: JACOB BRYANT – Bar Stool Preacher

Posted on March 1, 2022 by brianmc

Snakefarm Records [Release date o4.03.22] Bar Stool Preacher is a well known phrase in country music, but still a clever one, and it’s apt – it sums up the songs on this pretty fine album. Jacob Bryant is a road … Continue reading →

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Feature: MAGNUM Month @GRTR! – Collections

Posted on March 1, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Magnum in the Millennium Introduction The Studio Albums The Live Albums Singles Reissues Collections Memorabilia What Magnum Means To Me… WHAT MAGNUM MEANS TO ME … Sweep away almost 40 blurry years of rock/metal memories and I see a picture … Continue reading →

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Feature: MAGNUM Month @GRTR! – Reissues

Posted on March 1, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Magnum in the Millennium Introduction The Studio Albums The Live Albums Singles Reissues Collections Memorabilia What Magnum Means To Me… WHAT MAGNUM MEANS TO ME … When I was a teenager, probably about 13 or 14, and getting into rock … Continue reading →

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Feature: MAGNUM Month @GRTR! – Live

Posted on March 1, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Magnum in the Millennium Introduction The Studio Albums The Live Albums Singles Reissues Collections Memorabilia What Magnum Means To Me… WHAT MAGNUM MEANS TO ME … My own history with Magnum begins in the spring of 1985. I’d been getting … Continue reading →

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Feature: MAGNUM Month @GRTR! – The Studio Albums

Posted on March 1, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Magnum in the Millennium Introduction The Studio Albums The Live Albums Singles Reissues Collections Memorabilia What Magnum Means To Me… WHAT MAGNUM MEANS TO ME… I first came across Magnum by chance as they opened the Monsters Of Rock bill … Continue reading →

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Album review: SABATON – The War To End All Wars

Posted on February 28, 2022 by david.wilson

Nuclear Blast [Release date 04.03.22] With the last Sabaton album, The Great War, the band led us through some of main events of the First World War and gave the listener an overview of the hell that was both unleashed … Continue reading →

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Album review: SERIOUS BLACK – Vengeance Is Mine

Posted on February 28, 2022 by brianmc

AFM Records [Release date: 25.02.22] Sixth album from Power Metal band, Serious Black. Their reputation for international membership has continued throughout a 7 years and counting career. German founding member, Roland (Helloween) Grapow bailed early on. US vocalist Urban (Tad … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAPA GEORGE – These Wheels

Posted on February 28, 2022 by petefeenstra

Papa George chatted to Pete Feenstra for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, first broadcast 27 February 2022. Bandcamp [Release date 30.08.21] ‘These Wheels’ is Papa George’s first album for 15 years – an eternity in today’s digital download generation – … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOHN ILLSLEY – VIII

Posted on February 27, 2022 by brianmc

100% Records [Release date 04.03.22] VIII is ex Dire Straits founding member John Ilsley’s eighth solo album. The singing bass player’s voice is rough hewn. His grainy, been-round-the-block-a-few times, half spoken, half sung vocal style is a perfect fit for … Continue reading →

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EP review: THE CRUX – Time and Space

Posted on February 27, 2022 by jason

Facebook [Release date 22.04.22] The Crux were founded in 2009 by heavy metal loving brothers James Boyd & Neil Ward. Having released a self-titled EP in 2009 under the name Warcrux, they played multiple shows in Northern Ireland & Ireland … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE RODS – Metal Will Never Die (The Official Bootleg Boxset)

Posted on February 24, 2022 by brianmc

Cherry Red/HNE [Release date: 25.02.22] Metal Will Never Die is an understandable assertion from The Rods, a band who’ve survived multiple assaults on their place in the genre’s popularity over the last 40 years. The band, a trio, consisted of … Continue reading →

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Album review: SPIRITS OF FIRE – Embrace The Unknown

Posted on February 22, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 18.02.22] Classic Metal band, Spirits Of Fire release their second album, Embrace The Unknown. The band was formed from scratch in 2017 by Chris (Savatage) Caffery, Steve (Testament) DeGiorgio, and Mark (Fates Warning) Zonder with the estimable … Continue reading →

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Album review: BIRD IN THE BELLY – After The City

Posted on February 22, 2022 by jason

GF*M Records [Release date 25.02.22] Bird in the Belly return with their third record ‘After the City’. A concept record based around the novel ‘After London; or Wild England’ by Richard Jefferies, is an early example of post-apocalyptic fiction first … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE DAVEY JOHNSTONE BAND – Deeper Than My Roots

Posted on February 20, 2022 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Davey Johnstone for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 13 February 2022. Spirit Of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red [Release date: 04.02.22] 49 years after his ‘Smiling Face’ debut album, Elton John’s guitarist Davey Johnstone is back … Continue reading →

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Album review: ZADRA – Guiding Star

Posted on February 20, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 18.02.22] Guitarist/songwriter/vocalist, August Zadra’s main claim to fame is his lengthy tenure as Dennis DeYoung’s sideman, touring and recording with him since 2010. Guiding Star is his first “solo” album. A considerable weight of talent and … Continue reading →

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Album review : MECCA – 20 Years (3 CD reissue w/bonus tracks)

Posted on February 18, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [release date: 18.02.22] Mecca’s 20 Years bundles the band’s 3 albums, released over the last two decades, into an attractive package of original recordings, now remastered, with 5 bonus tracks spread across the 3 CDs. The self titled debut … Continue reading →

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Album review: MANIC SINNERS – King Of The Badlands

Posted on February 17, 2022 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 18.02.22] Manic Sinners are Frontiers’ first signing from Romania. They are a talented, hard rocking trio of multi-instrumentalists who’ve borrowed heavily from the past, (who hasn’t?). If you’re going to borrow, borrow from the best. They’ve picked … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE – Fascination

Posted on February 17, 2022 by jason

Metropolis Records [Release date 18.02.22] Have you ever craved the thick tones of electric guitars over synths in a dark, electronic cocktail of gothic delightfulness? The Birthday Massacre might just be the thing you are missing. Unless of course, like … Continue reading →