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Yearly Archives: 2014
Album review: DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER – Tief.Tiefer
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. My introduction to the music of the German outfit Die Apokalyptischen Reiter took place when attending a renowned German summer festival many moons ago – a time when I was not quite ready to understand … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, folk, heavy metal, metal, review, Tief.Tiefer
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Album review: METSATOLL – Karjajuht
Spinefarm Records – Out Now. Estonia may hardly be the epicentre of all things Metal but a quick search on any well-informed music-related Internet site will reveal that this beautiful country located in the Baltic region of Northern Europe has … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Karjajuht.folk meetal, Metsatoll, review
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Album review: CROWBAR – Symmetry In Black
Century Media – Out Now. News of Kirk Windstein’s departure from the ranks of Sludge Metal super-group Down a few months ago should not come as a great surprise to those who are aware of the common threads that run … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Crowbar, heavy metal, review, sludge metal, Symmetry In Black
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Album review: CANNIBAL CORPSE – A Skeletal Domain
Metal Blade – Out Now. I have to be honest with you: when I first heard that the new Cannibal Corpse album was going to be produced by Mark Lewis, a man responsible for recording more modern-sounding bands such as … Continue reading
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Tagged A Skeletal Domain, album, Cannibal Corpse, Death Metal, review
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Gig review: DARK TRANQUILLITY – The Underworld, London, 9 November 2014
Support Acts: Amoral, Acyl Review and photos by Yiannis (John) Stefanis The secret to musical longevity is difficult to define, however, there are bands like the Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal quintet Dark Tranquillity who seem to know very well what … Continue reading
Album review: BRYAN ADAMS – Reckless (reissue)
Universal [Release date 10.11.14] Bryan Adams fourth album, Reckless, was a career defining release. It was the album he’d worked towards through his previous three releases – a multi-million selling record that established him as a worldwide draw and produced … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bryan Adams, deluxe edition, DVD, Reckless, review, rock, Tina Turner
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Album review: PINK FLOYD – The Endless River
Parlophone [Release date 10.11.14] A new Pink Floyd album – 4 sides of ‘new’ material – fan-tastic! Or is it? The hype, or at least expectation, surrounding the release of The Endless River – the first Floyd album since The … Continue reading
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News: Family man ROGER CHAPMAN chats about his new album Peaceology, 16 November 2014
Photo: Mark Hughes Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 17 November, 19:00 GMT Roger Chapman is perhaps best-known as the frontman of Family, a staple on the touring circuit in the early 1970s and who had several hit singles. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 November 2014, Family, feature, interview, Peaceology, rock, Roger Chapman
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Gig review: MONSTER TRUCK – O2 Academy, Islington, London, 7 November 2014
Band names are a funny thing these days. From sublime classics such as Iron Maiden and Cradle of Filth to the utterly ridiculous like W**k for Peace – you’re never quite sure what to expect. Thank God then for Monster … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 November 2014, blues, gig, Monster Truck, O2 Academy Islington, review, rock, The Graveltones
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10 Questions: VEGA interview, November 2014
Here we catch up with Vega members Tom Martin and Nick Workman, as they discuss their new album ‘Stereo Messiah’ (out now on Frontiers) and touring as they get ready to support Down ‘N’ Outz… Tom Martin… What have you got … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions
Tagged hard rock, interview, Joe Elliot, melodic, modern rock, Nick Workman, rock, Tom Martin, Vega
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Gig review: LEVELLERS, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 13 November 2014
Levellers are currently on their Greatest Hits tour and played to a packed crowd at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire. There were two support acts, first up a female singer performing under the name of She Makes War. It was an … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 November 2014, folk, gig, Levellers, London, pop, review, rock, She Makes War, Shepherd's Bush Empire, ska, the Selecter
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Album Review: NEWMAN – S/T
[Release Date 22.10.14] After over 15 years of hard graft and a series of quality albums, Steve Newman has established himself as a respected name among the AOR cognoscenti, now happily getting the message out through more regular gigging. A lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, melodic rock, NEWMAN, review, Steve Newman
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Gig review: MOTORHEAD – Manchester Apollo, 4 November 2014
“We are Motorhead and we play Rock and F***n’ Roll”- a line I have heard so many times thunder from the PA over the years but none more welcome than tonight. The current tour has been postponed and cancelled twice … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 November 2014, gig, heavy metal, Lemmy, Manchester Apollo, Motorhead, punk, review, rock, The Bosshoss, The Damned
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Album review: FREAK KITCHEN – Cooking With Pagans
Thunderstruck [Release date – 09.09.14] When I saw the band’s name and album title I assumed it was a new Heston Blumenthal television series! It turned out that this is the second album release from Swedish rockers Freak Kitchen who … Continue reading
Album review: JESUS JONES – Reissues
Edsel Records [Release date – 17.11.14] Jesus Jones, for me, were always the acceptable face of electronic music in the ‘90’s. There were others doing similar things at the time, EMF and Pop Will Eat Itself to name but two, … Continue reading
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Tagged 90's, album, Already, CD, DouBt, electronic, International Bright Young Thing, Jesus Jones, Liquidiser, Mike Edwards, Perverse, pop, reissue, review, Right Here Right Now, rock, Techno, Zeroes and Ones
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Album review: THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Z2
Inside Out [Release date 27.10.14] Ziltoid the Omniscient is back! Yes he’s back on one disc of this double album, the more melodic side of Devin Townsend is on the second disc ‘Sky Blue’. Also back is former Gathering vocalist … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anneke van Giersbergen, Chris Jericho, Devin Townsend Project, Fozzy, review, Z2, Ziltoid
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Album review: KAIPA – Sattyg
Inside Out [Release date 10.11.14] Even though it has been a good forty years since the Swedish sextet Kaipa first appeared on the music scene, it was only back in 2012 and through exposure to their then latest studio album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Kaipa, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Sattyg
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Gig review: LIVE, Koko, London, 5 November 2014
Pennsylvania alt-rock giants Live made an emphatic return to London on Wednesday night to perform their first overseas show with new singer Chris Shinn. The picturesque Koko in Camden provided the backdrop to fans curious to see whether Shinn (previously … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 November 2014, Chris Shinn, Ed Kowalczyk, gig, Koko, live, London, Republica, review
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Album review: STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE – The Complete Epic Recordings Collection
Sony/Legacy [Release date 03.11.14] Of all the blues rock superstars of the last 30 years the figure of Stevie Ray Vaughan looms large and casts a shadow over a generation. Sadly his life was cut short in 1990 at the … Continue reading
Album review: CORRUPTION – Devil’s Share
Metal Mind Productions [Release date 09.06.14] This record has been out for a little while and I can only apologise to connections that it has just emerged into the thin Autumn daylight at the top of my review pile. Unforgiveable. … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Black Label Society, Corruption, Devil's Share, Dio, stoner metal, Zakk Wylde
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Gig review: THE BLACKOUT – King Tut’s, Glasgow, 5 November 2014
I last saw The Blackout in action at this venue back at the start of the year. Since then the band have been through a lot of trials and tribulations ending with the band splitting from their record company and … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 November 2014, Gavin Butler, Glasgow, Hardcore, Harry Radford, Heartless, Jim Davies, Kevin Miles, King Tut's, live gig, metal, Mitch Bock, rock, Sean Smith, The Blackout, Wales, When We Were Wolves, Wolves, Yashin
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Quick plays: BEND SINISTER, GANDALF’S FIST, DAVID BRONSON, THE KORGIS
BEND SINISTER Animals FU:Music [Released 11.03.14] Canadian four piece whose album has been out since earlier this year and they create a massive wall of sound. Case in point being the eight minute epic opener ‘Best Of You’ that has … Continue reading
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Tagged A Forest Of Fey, album, Angel Air, Animals, Bend Sinister, David Bronson, Gandalf's Fist, Jackson Browne, pop rock, prog rock, Queen, review, The Korgis, West Coast
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Album review : DODSON AND FOGG – In A Strange Slumber
Wisdom Twins [Release date 26.09.14] Despite sounding like a dodgy estate agent Dodson And Fogg is actually the ambient musical brain child of singer-song writer Chris Wade. ‘In A Strange slumber’ is an evocative title as befits an album with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allison O'Donnell, ambient, Arthur Lee, Chris Wade, Dodson And Fogg, folk, In A Strange Slumber, Incredible String Band, Jethro Tull, JJ Cale, Kevin Ayres, Kevin Scott, Michael Chapman, Nigel Planer, Pink Floyd, progressive, psychedelic, review, Syd Barrett
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Album review : THE SIDNEY GREEN STREET BAND – The Sidney Green Street Band
Self release [Release date 03.07.14] The Sidney Green Street Band is a decent New Jersey based, bar room band with a fine musical pedigree. The band comprises top notch muso’s with a CV that includes Ian Hunter, John Cale, Gary … Continue reading
Album review : A.C.MYLES – Reconsider Me
Daf [Release date 31.05.14] ‘Reconsider Me’ is a gloriously retro, soulful and at times funky, rock-blues crossover album with 7 carefully chosen covers and 4 originals, all glued together by A.C.’s vocal tour-de-force which gives him his signature sound. ‘Reconsider … Continue reading
