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Yearly Archives: 2026
Album review : ZAN / CODY – Beautiful’n Damned
Frontiers Music [Release date 24.07.26] As most will know, Zinny Zan and Harry Cody are both ex Shotgun Messiah, a band from the past whose two remaining members, rebranded, are making a future for themselves. There are some exciting tracks … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful'n Damned, Frontiers Music, Harry Cody, review, Shotgun Messiah, Zinny Zan
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News: Albums of the Month (April – June 2026)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
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Tagged 2026, albums of the month, April, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, June, May, melodic rock, metal, Progressive Rock
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Album review: ELEKTRADRIVE – 40th Anniversary Live!
Andromeda Relix/Maracash Records [Release date 17.05.26] www.elektradrive.com Any album that has a wildcat shredding guitar on the cover has my vote. My interest in Elektradrive goes a bit deeper than cat worship though. In 2009 we reviewed the band’s last … Continue reading
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Album review: PARKER BARROW – Hold The Mash
Website [Release date 17.07.26] Oh boy The Stones and Parker Barrow release new albums within a week of each other. The old guard release a masterpiece, and the new guard release what could be their masterpiece but it’s a little … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Fanny, Hold the Mash, Megan Kane, Parker Barrow, review, rock, rock 'n' roll
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Gig review: SAMMY HAGAR- British Airways Arc, Olympia, London, 12 July 2026
After a privileged life seeing the best bands, it takes something out of the ordinary to get me freshly excited. However, an exception was a rare trip to these shores by Sammy Hagar- as a band member and solo artist … Continue reading
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Tagged gig, Jayler, Joe Satriani, Kenny Aronoff, melodic rock, Michael Anthony, Montrose, Nathan Mercado, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen
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Album review: DAN BYRNE – This Is Where The Show Begins
Frontiers [Release date 22.05.26] Revival Black were a promising band who released their last album in 2022. Frontman Dan Byrne broke away soon after and released an excellent EP ‘Beginnings’ in 2023. As our melodic rock supremo Andy Nathan commented … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Byrne, hard rock, melodic, review, Revival Black, This Is Where The Show Begins
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Album review: THE FORTUNATE FEW – Isn’t That So
[Release date 29.05.26] The first thing I thought when I first heard this album by the Fortunate Few is Joe Cocker Sheffield Steel era, which is good for the drummer and bass player as Sly and Robbie were the rhythm … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Covers, Isn't That So, review, rock, The Fortunate Few
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Album review: MORK – Monolitt
Peaceville [Release date 19.06.26] mork is an acclaimed Black Metal project formed by Norwegian multi instrumentalist Thomas Eriksen in 2004, this is their 8th album. The title translates as Monolith; inspired by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, it explores … Continue reading
Album review : TESLA – Homage
Frontiers Music [Release date : 17.07.26] Tesla released their debut album, Mechanical Resonance in 1986 and now release their eighth, Homage, forty years later. Six studio albums and five live albums in between, and a relatively stable line up over … Continue reading
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Tagged Elvis. Supertramp, Etta James, Frontiers Music, Homage, Jeff Keith, Mechanical Resonance, Motown, Queen, review, Tesla
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Foreign Tongues
Polydor [Release date 10.07.26] I know, I know, I can’t give six stars. Well in that case this definitely gets a big cheeky bombastic five. Kicking off with ‘Rough And Twisted’ the B-side of the first single ‘In The Stars’, … Continue reading
Gig review: DEF LEPPARD/ EXTREME – BP Pulse Live, Birmingham, 4 July 2026
BP Pulse Live was already humming with midsummer anticipation long before the first band stepped out. Birmingham crowds know their rock history, and on this night they welcomed two acts who helped shape it — Extreme and Def Leppard — … Continue reading
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Album review: SCHEFF TOLLE ADRIAENS – Let’s Stop The World
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 26.06.26] The trio of Darin Scheff, Christian Tolle and Morris Adriaens each have plenty of musical experience. Darin Scheff is the brother of former Chicago vocalist Jason (who guests on a couple of songs … Continue reading
Gig review: GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS- Indigo2, London, 30 June 2026
He may be an archetypal all-American figure but every few years George Thorogood, with his Destroyers, makes his way across the pond with that distinctive retooling of old blues songs for the classic rock generation. Since they were last here … Continue reading
Album review: TRAGIK – Propaganda Elite
Rock Company [Release date 24.06.26] Album number fourteen from Tragik! Formed around Phil Vincent, a musician who defines the word prolific, he is joined by regular Tragik members drummer Dirk Phillips and bassist Damian D’Ercole, with guitar solos once again … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, melodic rock, Phil Vincent, Propaganda Elite, review, rock, Three Dog Night, Tragik
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Album review : ELECTRIC MOB – 2 Make U Cry And Dance (Digital Deluxe Edition)
Frontiers Music [Release date :10.07.26] Having tasted Electric Mob’s 2 Make U Cry And Dance, originally released in January 2023, the self employed music media’s effusive praise led to this:- A digital reissue with an additional six (live) tracks from … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, bonus tracks, Capital Moto Week, digital, Electric Mob, Frontiers Music, G'N'R, Latin America, review
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Album review: THE MILK MEN – Milky Way
Website [Release date 15.05.26] Sometimes I think I’ve lived in a parallel universe for a few years, where everything is the same but there is no music, and then I suddenly pop back into the same universe as you, and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Milkfest, Milky Way, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, soul, The Milk Men
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Album review: FATAL VISION – Four Sides To Every Story
Website [Release date 22.05.26] Fatal Vision’s fourth album, “Four Sides to Every Story,” is a powerhouse of classic hard rock that truly showcases the band’s artistic growth. From the moment you hit play, you’re hit with a barrage of intricate guitar … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Fatal Vision, Four Sides To Every Story, hard rock, melodic rock, review, rock
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Album review : PRIDE OF LIONS – Unbridled
Frontiers Music [Release Date : 10.07.26] Pride Of Lions remain Jim (Survivor) Peterik’s band, with Toby Hitchcock on vocals and Mike Aquino on guitar. Aquino’s explosive intro to ‘Unbridled’, this new album’s opening track, might remind you of Giant and … Continue reading
Single review: BYWATER CALL – Is This Thing On?
Website Another delightful discovery – Bywater Call. Although this single, featuring mainly vocalist Megan Parnell and guitarist Dave Barnes, isn’t representative of the band as a whole, which features a two piece brass section, drums, bass and keyboards, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Bywater Cal, Is This Thing On?, review, rock, single
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Single review: THE ROLLING STONES – Jealous Lover
Should it be five stars? Maybe. A definite 4.5, but when you go to five there’s no where else to go, and the next single might be even better. Anyway that’s my dilemma. What’s more pressing is telling you how … Continue reading
News: DBA, ANN WILSON, PETER HAMMILL (July 2026)
Amon Amarth will release their new album, ‘The Allfather Awakens’, on October 2 via Metal Blade Records. Asia, featuring original member Geoff Downes, along with guitarist John Mitchell, drummer Virgil Donati and vocalist/bassist Harry Whitley, release their new album ‘Indigo’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Wilson, AOR, blues, DBA, folk, gigs, melodic rock, metal, news, Peter Hammill, re-issues, RIP, special editions, tour dates
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Album review : STATUS QUO – The Early Years Vol 2 (1970-72) 5 CD Boxset
Cherry Red [Release date : 03.07.26] Status Quo’s past, present and future promise seemed to be crammed in to 3 short years, 1970-72. In their early years, for what turned out to be one of the UK’s most durable bands, … Continue reading
Gig review: HALESTORM’S LZZY AND JOE: UNPLUGGED – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 17 June 2026
Halestorm have graduated over the years to being a major draw in their own right: their London show last winter was at the 02 and they have just headlined the second stage at Download. Smaller shows are now thin on … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, Chris Turpin, gig, Halestorm, Joe Hottinger, Lzzy Hale, Sid Glover
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Quick plays: JUNIPER, ADY JOHNSON, ADAM BEATTIE
JUNIPER Halfway Home [Release date 14.05.26] Juniper are a six piece folk band hailing from Birmingham consisting of Dominic O’Sullivan (whistles, clarinet, flute), Emily Hicks (flute), Anna Vaughan (violin), Harry Thorpe (vocals, guitars), Adam Hammond (drums) and Rob Roberts (bass). The … Continue reading
Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Grits & Glory
Gulf Coast Records [Release date 10.07.26] Which came first the music or the album title? Either way, ‘Grits & Glory’ is an excellent rock-blues record forged by the sort of perseverance, determination and will to succeed alluded to in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, album, Bill Murray, blues, British blues, Cliff Moore, Dave Gross, funk, Graham Wood Drout, Grits & Glory, John Lennon, Johnny Winter, Junior Wells, Mike Zito, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Hangen, review, rock, soul
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