Yearly Archives: 2024

Album review : ECLIPSE – Megalomanium II

Posted on September 13, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 20.09.24] Eclipse vocalist Erik Martensson and guitarist, Magnus Henricksson, with help from the Crusner rhythm section, have created an enviable reputation over the years. And no doubt fans of this high performing Swedish melodic hard rock … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAZARUS HEIGHTS – Papillon

Posted on September 11, 2024 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Dick Grisdale for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from ‘Papillon’. First broadcast 20 October 2024. Self release [Release date: 06.09.24] Lazarus Heights new ‘Papillon’ album is a melodic, song driven 12 … Continue reading →

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Interview: BLOOD FEAST (CJ Scioscia)

Posted on September 9, 2024 by david.wilson

When I decided to approach Hells Headbangers in order to arrange an interview with the New Jersey based Thrash Metal legends Blood Feast, little did I know that in guitarist CJ Scioscia I would end up finding a musical kindred … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LAZARUS HEIGHTS & Ken Barrett & Friends – Le Bistrot Gourmand, Bars, SW France, 7 Sept 2024

Posted on September 9, 2024 by petefeenstra

Every gig has a context, and this one is billed as triple anniversary show plus an album launch. There was also an ambitious plan for an outdoor gig under the stars, which was scuppered at the last minute by a … Continue reading →

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Album review: SYLVAN – Back To Live

Posted on September 8, 2024 by alanjones

Gentle Art Of Music/Soulfood [Release date: 12.07.24] Sylvan, alongside label stable-mates RPWL, have been at the forefront of German progressive rock since the release of their debut album ‘Deliverance’ in 1999 and have raised the bar with every subsequent … Continue reading →

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Gig review: JOHNNY HATES JAZZ – Waterside, Sale, 7 September 2024

Posted on September 8, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Clark Datchler for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio following an earlier interview tracing his early career with Johnny Hates Jazz. He discusses the band, his solo career, and the 2024 tour dates. First broadcast 14 April … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE NAIL The Nail

Posted on September 7, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date: 13.09.24] Well, this is interesting. The Nail are a trio of young musicians… Girish Pradhan, a vocalist being mentored by the label, last fronting George Lynch’s End Machine. And two guitarists, brothers Efe and Reis Ali Eroglu, … Continue reading →

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Album review : FIND ME – Nightbound

Posted on September 6, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 13.10.24] With imaginative cover art that could be taken from a John Connolly novel, Find Me – Robbie LaBlanc and Daniel Flores – deliver their fifth studio album. And it’s reassuringly familiar. It’s good to hear … Continue reading →

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Album review: AUSTIN GOLD – Ain’t No Saint

Posted on September 5, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

TMR Rock Records [Release date 18.10.24] Austin Gold have made the Breakthrough Act category in successive years in our reviewer poll, most recently in 2022. That year’s album – ‘Those City Lights’ – saw the Cambridgeshire-based crew providing more distance … Continue reading →

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Album review : STRYPER – When We Were Kings

Posted on September 5, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 13.09.24] When We Were Kings is Stryper’s 12th studio album. The line up remains Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet, Oz Fox and Perry Richardson, solid for nearly seven years now. When we reviewed their last two albums, … Continue reading →

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Album review: GEOFF EVERETT – The Crow Hill Roadsters

Posted on September 4, 2024 by jason

Facebook [Release date 16.07.24] These hallowed GRTR! pages have been crowing about English blues treasure, Geoff Everett, for years and he keeps coming up with the goods, as evidenced by this latest collection of blistering blues rock cuts on newly-released album, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STONEDEAD FESTIVAL – Newark Showground – 23,24 August 2024

Posted on September 3, 2024 by david.wilson

Since the first Stonedead (or Stonedeaf as it was back then) the festival has gone from strength to strength driven by word of mouth and a very active Facebook group. Each year has sold out that bit sooner than the … Continue reading →

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Album review : VICTORY – The Circle Of Life

Posted on September 2, 2024 by brianmc

AFM Records [Release date : 13.09.24] Battle hardened bands like Victory know that treading the boards for 30+ years teaches you stuff. You learn to map new paths to the same destinations. In reality, there is no substitute for experience. … Continue reading →

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Interview: DEATH COURIER

Posted on September 2, 2024 by jason

Thirty seven years ago, a trip into the world of extreme Metal started for the author of this Interview which you are about to read. One of the bands whose music was responsible for shaping the musical taste of my … Continue reading →

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Album review: SUSY WALL – The Spaces In Between

Posted on September 1, 2024 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 27.09.24] The Spaces In Between, the debut album from Susy Wall, has been in the pipeline for a couple of years. Although Susy has been singing from an early age, it is only in the past couple … Continue reading →

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Album review: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 2

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Davoski

Provogue [Release date: 20.09.24] Multi-Grammy-winning blues-rock star Kenny Wayne Sheppherd has been busy again. This time with older material. The two Dirt On My Diamonds volumes date back to recording/writing sessions at the famed Muscle Shoals studios in 2019. The … Continue reading →

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Gig review: CASSIDY PARIS – The Cavern, Raynes Park, London, 7 August 2024

Posted on August 30, 2024 by andynathan

Australian singer Cassidy Paris is almost a veteran at 21, having recorded her first EP at 16, and chalked up a fair few air miles since including to the UK. She’s played at various festivals and support slots but summer … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER – My Years With UFO

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Davoski

earMUSIC [Release date: 20.09.24] Michael Schenker boards the tribute train with an album mildly curious for the trend in that it is dedicated to his own output, albeit with a different band. UFO are, of course, the band in question. … Continue reading →

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News: AUSTIN GOLD, WARREN HAYNES, HOUSE OF LORDS (September 2024)

Posted on August 30, 2024 by jason

The Darkness - STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL - Ebbw Vale, South Wales, 24 July 2016

Lee Abraham releases his latest album ‘Origin Of The Storm’ through F2 Music on October 21. Bryan Adams releases ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024′ on November 15. It will feature complete performances of three of his iconic albums: … Continue reading →

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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Fire In The Night Live

Posted on August 29, 2024 by andynathan

Harmony Factory (Release date 05.07.24) In the seventies, the double live album was the apogee of a band’s career, and indeed greats like Thin Lizzy, UFO and Peter Frampton all made what most people consider their definitive record that way. … Continue reading →

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Gig review- H.E.A.T, TYKETTO, DARE – Chepstow Castle, 17 August 2024

Posted on August 28, 2024 by andynathan

The Great British outdoors now caters to the infinite demand for outdoor summer gigs in a variety of settings: farms and country parks, stately homes and now concerts in the grounds of historic castles seem to be the latest concept, … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARCO GLÜHMANN – A Fragile Present

Posted on August 28, 2024 by alanjones

Gentle Art Of Music / Soul Food - [Release date: 14.06.24] So, what happens if the two finest progressive rock bands in Germany get together (with a number of special guests) to make a progressive rock album? The answer is … Continue reading →

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Album review : BLACK WIDOW – Sabbat Days, The Complete Anthology 1969-72 (6CD Boxset)

Posted on August 27, 2024 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 30.08.24] Formed in 1969, English band, Black Widow – the “Godfathers of Occult Rock” - initially rivalled Black Sabbath. This 6 CD box set anthologises the band’s recordings. They were basically a Prog / Hard … Continue reading →

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Album review: GRYPHON – Gryphon Live ‘A Sonic Tonic’

Posted on August 27, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Talking Elephant [Release date 06.09.24] It’s some 50 years since Gryphon donned doublet and hose and became something of a media sensation with their blend of medieval folk rock. This is the band’s first ever live album although some of … Continue reading →

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Album review: LINDA MOYLAN – The Fool

Posted on August 26, 2024 by jason

Talking Elephant [Release date 06.09.24] ‘The Fool’ is the third album from Linda Moylan, which sees Linda stepping up to the co-producer’s role, working with Mark Estall and Ian Montague. Musical guests include Phil Beer (Show of Hands) and Greg … Continue reading →