News: Albums of the Month (October – December 2022)

DYNAZTY Final Advent (AFM Records)

What it does is incrementally fine tune the sound that’s now established as their MO. Their epic, keyboard driven symphonic/melodic metal just bursts with energy and invention, pushing them streets ahead of every other band in this genre. ****1/2

Review by Brian McGowan

GENERATION RADIO (Frontiers)

Not one filler, production is top notch and the album was recorded by a band, not a studio project. AOR with a country edge, easily one of the albums of a year by a country mile. ****1/2

Review by Jason Ritchie

GUN The Calton Songs (Cherry Red)

It’s a remarkably lean and confident collection of songs on which the underlying soundtrack to the band’s worldview rings out loud and clear. *****

Review by Brian McGowan

ALTER BRIDGE Pawns & Hearts (Napalm Records)

…a proper five-star belter of an album crafted by a band who choose to tweak a winning formula rather than invent a new one. Often copied, never bettered. Alter Bridge are the masters of multi-layered classic metal. *****

Review by Dave Atkinson

AUSTIN GOLD Those City Lights (TMR Rock Records)

…puts them further on the upward trajectory and more fully realising Pete Feenstra’s early faith and predictions. ****1/2

Review by David Randall

THRESHOLD Dividing Lines (Nuclear Blast)

…an album full of melody, riffs, keys & effects, thought provoking lyrics and, above all, an album you will keep coming back to time and time again. ****1/2

Review by Jason Ritchie

Albums of the Month: July – September 2022
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Power Plays w/c 11 November 2024

ARCANE MOON Hello Sun (indie)
S8NT ELEKTRIC XTC (Long Branch Records)
ARCANA KINGS Here We Go (Curtain Call Records)
KLOGR face The Unknown (Zeta Factory)
BEYOND UNBROKEN Dance With The Dead (FiXT)
REVENGIN Decadent Feeling (Wormholedeath)

Featured Albums w/c 11 November 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Singer Songwriter)