Monthly Archives: November 2024

EP review: PARADISE SINS – Desires

Posted on November 6, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
PARADISE SINS - Desires

www.facebook.com/paradisesinsband [Release date 06.12.24] Paradise Sins are a recent formation (2022) and look back to 1980s melodic hard rock for their inspiration. This five track EP is their second main calling card to date (following the previous EP ‘Untamed’) but … Continue reading →

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Gig review: DEFECTS – Key Club, Leeds, 1 November 2024

Posted on November 6, 2024 by jason
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Once again I was impatiently awaiting this gig. Filled with excitement I headed off to the Key Club in Leeds. Upon arriving I found the venue was small and intimate which was a massive bonus, the Stage was raised so … Continue reading →

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Album review: KINGS OF MERCIA – Battle Scars

Posted on November 4, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
KINGS OF MERCIA - Battle Scars

Metal Blade Records [Release date 25.10.24] One thing you can’t accuse Steve Overland of is being work shy. The revival of his first love, FM, is not enough for the industrious frontman. Since 2004 he’s also produced albums as Shadowman … Continue reading →

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Album review: SEVENTH CRYSTAL – Entity

Posted on November 3, 2024 by brianmc
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Frontiers [Release date : 08.11.24] It’s hard to pin Seventh Crystal down. Is that a good thing? Yes and no. Vocalist and songwriter, Kristian Fyhr leads the band with assurance and direction. Entity is the band’s third album, a progression … Continue reading →

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Album review : IMPELLITTERI – War Machine

Posted on November 1, 2024 by brianmc
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Frontiers [Release date : 08.11.24] Chris Impellitteri has always had something to say about the world and the way of it, illuminated by the occasional religious overtone. This new album, his band’s 16th, is not much different. We should be … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE QUIREBOYS – Wardour Street

Posted on November 1, 2024 by jason
The Quireboys - Wardour Street

Cadiz Music [Release date 01.11.24] When I heard Spike had been ousted by his own band but had drafted in original Quireboys guitarist and co-founder the late, great, Guy Bailey to help resurrect the true Quireboys, rejoined by most of … Continue reading →

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