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Album review: PHIL CAMPBELL – Old Lions Still Roar

Nuclear Blast [Release date 25.10.19] Since the end of Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee has found a home with the Scorpions and guitarist Phil Campbell has been forging ahead with his band the Bastard Sons. Now Campbell has decided to release … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Dee Snider, guitarist, Joe Satriani, metal, Motorhead, Old Lions Still Roar, Phil Campbell, review, Rob Halford, rock, Solo
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Album review: FIGHT – War Of Words/A Small Deadly Space

BGO Records [Release date 27.09.19] BGO Records re-issue Fight’s two albums on one CD with sleeve notes by Neil Daniels. Fight featured Rob Halford, fresh from leaving Judas Priest in 1992, and he was joined by Priest drummer Scott Travis, … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Small Deadly Space, album, BGO Records, Fight, Judas Priest, metal, Pantera, reissue, review, Rob Halford, War Of Words
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Album review: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – A Decade Of Destruction

Eleven Seven Music [Release date 01.12.17] It has been quite a tenth anniversary year for Five Finger Death Punch. It did appear at one point that the whole FFDP world may come crashing down and the future of the band … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, CD, Decade Of Destruction, EarMusic, Five Finger Death Punch, Greatest Hits, Ivan Moody, metal, review, Rob Halford, rock
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Gig review: AVENGED SEVENFOLD – Hydro, Glasgow, 10 January 2017

Classic rockers are a dying breed. A number of big names passed away in 2016 and with so many of the classic rock fraternity now more likely to pick up their bus pass than jump on a tour bus it … Continue reading →
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Tagged 10th January 2017, Avenged Sevenfold, David Draiman, Disturbed, gig, Glasgow, hail to the king, Hydro, In Flames, James Hetfield, live, M Shadows, metal, Metallica, Rob Halford, rock, ron Maiden, Simon and Garfunkel, sound of silence, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance
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Gig review: JUDAS PRIEST/Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock – Brixton Academy, London, 1 December 2015

The mercurial Michael Schenker and his band faced a herculean task trying to squeeze almost 45 years of music into 45 minutes of gig space. The choices might not have been to everyone’s taste but this was about as balanced … Continue reading →
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Tagged Brixton Academy, gig, Judas Priest, live, Michael Schenker, Redeemer of Souls, review, Rob Halford, Temple Of Rock
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Gig review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – DAY 1,12 June 2015

5am. Not the most rock ‘n’ roll of hours to rise on a Friday morning but when you have a 311 mile journey to the spiritual home of all things metal these sacrifices have to be made. What I do … Continue reading →
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Tagged 12 June 2015, Baby Metal, Black Stone Cherry, blues, Blues Pills, Clutch, Corey Taylor, Donington Park, Download, Dragonforce, Five Finger Death Punch, gig, Glenn Tipton, Ivan Moody, Judas Priest, Lacuna Coil, live, metal, review, Ritchie Faulkener, Rob Halford, rock, SLIPKNOT, The Cadillac Three
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News: ROB HALFORD, MIKE TRAMP, DEEP PURPLE – Thursday 26 March 2015

RIP – John Renbourn, founder of folk rock band Pentangle Devin Townsend has revealed his next musical project will see him writing and composing a symphony. Rob Halford releases a 2CD, 30 track best of from his Fight, Two and … Continue reading →
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Tagged A-Ha, best of, Deep Purple, Devin Townsend, gigs, melodic, metal, Mike Tramp, news, Rob Halford, rock, tour dates
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Album Review: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – The Wrong Side Of Heaven and The Righteous Side Of Hell – Volume 1

Eleven Seven ( Release date – Out now) This is the snappily titled new album from FFDP and is the first of two releases planned for this year. Anyone who witnessed the band at Download this year will … Continue reading →