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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: W.E.T.- Earthrage
Frontiers [Release date 23.03.18] In the extensive world of melodic rock collaborations, W.E.T. can be seen as the nearest to a supergroup, bringing together the talents of prolific vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, Eclipse’s main man Erik Martensson and Work of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Eclipse, Erik Martensson, Jeff Scott Soto, Magnus Henriksen, melodic rock, review, Robert Sall, W.E.T.
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Album review: MIKE ZITO – First Class Life
Ruf [Release date 11.05.18] ‘First Class Life’ is Texas based Mike Zito’s 14th album. It’s is a stripped down blues album on which he sets himself the challenge of penning some meaningful narratives to fill the genre with fresh input … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bernard Allison, blues, Blues Caravan, Bobby Bland, First Class Life, funk, guitar, John Fogerty, Koko Taylor, R&B, review, rock
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Quick plays: HEARTWIND, CAPTAIN BLACK BEARD
HEARTWIND Higher and Higher AOR Heaven [Release date 25.04.18] Heartwind hail from Sweden and were formed by guitarist Goran Engvall (ex-Hitworks) and keyboard player Mikael Rosengren (Constancia, Token). They are joined by drummer Peter Svensson (Constancia, Faith), vocalist German Pascual … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Captain Black Beard, hard rock, Heartwind, Higher and Higher, review, rock, Struck By Lightning
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Album review: CREMATORY – Oblivion
Steamhammer/SPV [Release date: 13.04.18] ‘Oblivion’ is the 14th studio release from German gothic-metallists, Crematory. A number of key line-up changes over the last couple of years don’t seem to have freshened up the sound much and the album more or … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Crematory, gothic metal, Oblivion, review
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Album review: ANDY SUSEMIHL – Elevation
On Sunday 20 May, in the first hour of his weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, David Randall chatted to Andy Susemihl and played tracks from the new album ‘Elevation’ SM Noise Records [Release date 05.02.18] Andy who? … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Susemihl, Elevation. album, guitar, guitarist, interview, melodic rock, review, Sinner, U.D.O
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Album review: TONY BUTLER – My Time
Phoenix Rising Records [Release date 01.06.18] Former Big Country bassist Tony Butler Big Country started working on this album when he left Big Country in 2012. He is managed by former Big Country manager Ian Grant and the band’s drummer Mark … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bassist, Big Country, Mark Brzezicki, My Time, pop, review, rock, Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler
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Album review: STONELAKE – Thunder And Rain
MelodicRock Records [Release date 20.04.18] This is album number seven from StoneLake, who return with their first album in five years and the band’s first for MelodicRock Records. The band features founder members Jan Akesson (S.A.Y./Jan Akesson’s Shadow Rain) … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Europe, melodic, melodic rock, MelodicRock Records, review, Skagarack, Stonelake, Thunder And Rain
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News: Albums of the Month (January 2018 – March 2018)
Albums of the Month 2018 April 2018 – June 2018 July 2018 – September 2018 October 2018 – December 2018 THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT A Deeper Cut (Earache) “In a world of abundance of everything, The Temperance Movement shine like a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, albums of the month, AOR, February, January, March, melodic, metal, progressive, review, rock
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Album review: TED & MAJELLA – Better Together (Ted Turner, ex-Wishbone Ash)
David Randall chatted to Ted Turner about the album for his weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. (24:41) The full interview is repeated on Friday 11 May at 22:00 GMT. Turneround Music [Release date 06.04.18] Since 1974, when … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Better Together, interview, new age, review, rock, soul, Ted & Majella, Ted Turner, Wishbone Ash
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Album review: WISHBONE ASH – Two Barrels Burning/Raw To The Bone (reissues)
Lemon/Cherry Red [Release date 02.02.18] Back in the racks for their first official outing on CD in some years, two eighties “lost classics” from the band who are currently receiving renewed attention largely thanks to the massive limited “vintage years” … Continue reading
Album review: MY GLASS WORLD – Prisoner Of Gravity
Luxury Noise [Release date 01.06.18] My Glass World is a vehicle for singer / songwriter Jamie Telford who’s ‘claim to fame’ is having played the driving piano that graces The Jam’s #1 single ‘Beat Surrender’ (1982). He’s also a trained … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Jamie Telford, My Glass World, Prisoner Of Gravity, review, soft rock
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Album review: MARK VENNIS & DIFFERENT PLACE – A Beautiful Lie Or The Ugly Truth
Cadiz Music [Release date 20.04.18] Mark Vennis, a 20 year veteran of the film industry, with production credits on 33 films to his name, including the comedy drama Funny Cow, and the recent documentary ‘Here To Be Heard; The Story … Continue reading
Album review: MONGREL STATE – Mestizo
Mongrel State [Release date 29.01.16] Did I tell you the one about the two Irishmen, an Englishman and an American? No, sorry, that was last week’s Americana review. This week it’s a tale of an Irishman, an Italian, a Spaniard … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Mestizo, Mongrel State, review, rock, roots
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Album review: DWORNIAK BONE LAPSA – Fingers Pointing At The Moon
Platinum Pursuits/Proper Records [Release date 09.03.18] I’m not quite sure why this album, originally released in 2014, by Winchester-based three piece Joe Dworniak (bass/backing vocals), Greg Bone (lead and rhythm guitars/backing vocals), and Chris Lapsa (lead vocals/guitars and keys), who … Continue reading
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Tagged album, DBL, Dworniak Bone Lapsa, Pink Floyd, prog, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review: AURI – s/t (Tuomas Holopainen)
Nuclear Blast [Release date 23.03.18] Auri – a side project of Nightwish pair Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards) and Troy Donockley (acoustic guitars, Uilleann pipes, vocals) – is one that’s been a while in the gestation. The oldest song in the set, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, Auri, Celtic, Johanna Kurkela, Nightwish, review, Troy Donockley, Tuomas Holopainen
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Album review: MY INDIGO (Sharon den Adel)
MVKA [Release date 20.04.18] Suffering writer’s block and personal problems after Within Temptation’s Hydra world tour, lead singer Sharon den Adel sought solace in writing songs for herself. My Indigo, her first solo album, is the result. But don’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged album, My Indigo, pop, review, rock, Sharon den Adel, Within Temptation
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Album review: FARGO – Constellation
SPV [Release date 25.05.18] Right, strap yourself in – I’m going to be as charitable as I can here because I think it’s crass and churlish to be overly critical if someone else has been there and done it and … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's rock, album, Constellation, Fargo, hard rock, Peter Knorn, review, rock, SPV
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Album review: ROBIN GEORGE – Rogue Angels
Angel Air Music [Release date 18.05.18] Robin George is back with a new album and one which he plays all the instruments, bar his long time associate Charlie Morgan (Elton John) on drums. He is also sticking with Angel Air … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angel Air, blues rock, Charlie Morgan, classic rock, Elton John, melodic, review, Robin George, rock, Rogue Angels
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Album review: JK NORTHRUP & DAVID CAGLE – That’s Gonna Leave A Mark
MelodicRock Records [Release date 30.03.18] An interesting match-up here as guitarist JK Northrup is well known to hard rock fans for his work with King Kobra, Paul Shortino et al, however vocalist David Cagle will be a new name and boy does he have a rocking good vocal! … Continue reading
Album review: AMMUNITION- S/T
Release Date 26.01.18 Ammunition are something of a supergroup among the thriving Scandinavian melodic rock scene, with their members having pedigree with various bands, notably main songwriters Age Sten Nielsen, former singer with WigWam who were early standard bearers for … Continue reading
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Tagged Age Sten Nielsen, album, Eclipse, Erik Martensson, melodic rock, Wig Wam
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Album review: REVERTIGO
Frontiers [Release date 23.02.18] Revertigo is a Swedish duo comprising Mats Levén on vocals (Therion, Candlemass, Yngwie Malmsteen) and Anders Wikström (Treat) on guitar. Long-term friends and occasional collaborators Revertigo is the name of their new project together. The duo … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, debut, Frontiers, hard rock, Mats Leven, melodic rock, Revertigo, review, rock, Therion, Treat
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Album review: NINEBARROW – The Waters & The Wild
[Release date 20.04.18] Ninebarrow hail from Dorset (the duo’s name comes from Nine Barrow Down in the Purbeck hills) comprised of Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere. On this, their third album, they use an outside producer for the first time … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Ninebarrow, review, singer, songwriter, The Waters & The Wild, traditional
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Album review: JOSH ROUSE – Love In The Modern Age
Yep Roc Records [Release date 13.04.18] Josh Rouse has been recording and writing songs for twenty years now, mainly in the folk, pop and Americana musical arenas and now on this album it seems him trading in his acoustic guitar for a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Josh Rouse, Love In The Modern Age, pop, review, rock
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Album review: FOREIGNER – With the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
earMUSIC [Release date 27.04.18] 2-CD As rock gets old, anniversaries and special editions are the order of the day. I can’t see the current crop of younger rock bands having this luxury 40, or even 25, years on. But, for … Continue reading
Quick plays: TRACK DOGS, ULTAN CONLON, FUNNY COW
TRACK DOGS Kansas City Out Groove Mondegreen Records [Release date 01.06.18] Made up of two Irishmen, an Englishman and an American (no, it’s not the opening line of a joke), Track Dogs came together in 2011 when the four folk … Continue reading
