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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: LONG DISTANCE CALLING – The Phantom Void
earMUSIC [Release date 10.04.26] Long Distance Calling have been around for some twenty years now and this, their ninth studio album continues their predominantly wordless approach to story telling. The core of the group remains unchanged with David Jordan and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, instrumental, Long Distance Calling, progressive, review, rock, The Phantom Void
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Album review : URIAH HEEP – Beautiful Dream, The Recordings 1975-77 (4CDs)
Cherry Red [Release date 24.04.26] Return To Fantasy (1975) High And Mighty (1976) Firefly (1977) Innocent Victim (1977) Cherry Red’s latest Uriah Heep boxset, Beautiful Dream, is essentially a follow up to their Shadow And The Wind set released last … Continue reading
Album review: XTASY – Phoenix
Art of Melody Music / Burning Minds Music Groups [Release date 10.04.26] Now here’s a thing. Melodic rock that’s not from Scandinavia! Spain’s Xtasy formed in 2011 and have been building a following in their home country and in Continental … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, melodic rock, metal, Phoenix, review, Xtasy
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Album review: HOKKA – Via Miseria IV
Nuclear Blast Records [Release date 24.04.26] There is a lot of good stuff coming out of Finland at the moment, always underpinned by the Nordic/Scandi talent for melody (and a fair helping of darkness). Lovers of The Rasmus are going … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Hokka, melodic rock, nu-metal, review, The Rasmus, Via Miseria IV
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Album review: ARGOVIA – Primal Repetition
Presagio Records [Release date 10.04.26] One of the enlightening features of our “New to GRTR!” radio show is the range of music from all four corners of the planet. Colombia doesn’t feature that regularly but when it does. Wow! Argovia … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Argovia, Haken, Primal Repetition, prog rock, Progressive Rock, review, Ross Jennings
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Album review : PRAYING MANTIS – The Official Bootleg Boxset Vol 1 – Live In Japan
Cherry Red [Release date : 24.04.26] CD1 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1993 Part One. CD2 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1993 Part Two CD3 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1998 … Continue reading
Album review: SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND – Good Evening Boys And Girls (21 CD box set)
Madfish [Release date 10.04.26] WOW what a magnificent box set we have here. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, quite literally a 70s theatrical rock sensation. Fronted by singer/songwriter Alex Harvey, once touted as Glasgow’s answer to Tommy Steel, Alex released … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Harvey, blues rock, box set, Chris Glen, classic rock, Good Evening Boys And Girls, Hugh Mckenna, Nazareth, review, rock, SAHB, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Ted McKenna, Zal Cleminson
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Album review: Ritchie Blackmore’s RAINBOW In Concert 1976 – Live In Koln
Demon [Release date 18.04.26] This special edition release is exclusive to RSD (Record Store Day) 2026 and catches both the Rainbow and the band at their creative and blistering energetic peak. The album was originally released a few years back … Continue reading
Album review: THE SIDESHOWS
Europea Phonographic [Release date 10.04.26] The Sideshows is the new project formed by former Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and currently Michael Monroe Band bassist Sami Yaffa alongside songwriter Rich Ragany (Role Models, Rich Ragany … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Hanoi Rocks, Michael Monroe, New York Dolls, power pop, punk, review, rock, Sami Yaffa, The Sideshows
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Album review: THE STEVE SUMMERS BAND – Rewired
Bandcamp [Release date 23.03.26] CD https://stevesummersband.com/contact [Release date 30.04.26] The Steve Summer Band ‘Rewired’ album is essentially a career update of his rock-blues band which has existed since 2010. 8 of the 12 tracks originate from 2 previously released albums … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bernie Marsden, blues, DEL BROMHAM, Derek White, Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi, Gary Moore, Jethro Tull, Joe Bonamassa, Johnny Winter, Larry Miller, Leslie West, Lip Service, Mountain, Mungo Jerry, Pink Floyd, prog, review, Rich Summers, Robin Trower, rock, Scott Hunter, Simon Needler, Steve Summers, Stray, The Steve Summers Band, Vic Martin
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Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – Live & Ready 1980-1984
Chrysalis Records [Release date 03.04.26] Guitar legend Michael Schenker has had a largely wonderful career, with his own band as well as with both Scorpions and UFO. And of his eponymous band, the 1980 to 1984 period is widely considered … Continue reading
News: Albums of the Month (January – March 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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Album review : FIGHTER V – Deja Vu
Frontiers Music [Release date : 10.04.26] We couldn’t help thinking that we’d heard this album somewhere before. Maybe it’ll come back to us. Deja Vu is the third album from Swiss melodic rock band, Fighter V. Emmo Acar (v), Lobe … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, David Coverdale, Deja Vu, Emmo Acar, Fighter V, Frontiers Music, melodic rock, review, Steely Dan
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Album review: HONEY AND THE BEAR – Wish & A Tide
Website [Release date 23.04.26] Honey and The Bear is a duo consisting of husband and wife Jon and Lucy Hart. Jon plays guitar and electric guitar with Lucy as the main vocalist, and they both play double bass and bouzouki. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Honey and the Bear, melodic, review, traditional, Wish & A Tide
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Album review: SCOTT ARCHIBALD the id project – Sol Caravan
Bandcamp [Release date 05.12.25] ‘Sol Caravan’ is a ground breaking debut album by Scott Archibald’s the id project which strikes the perfect balance between jam band interplay, rock related intensity, subliminal percussive rhythms and timeless musical traditions. It’s a conceptually … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, Arthur DeCossette, Dan Neale, Frank Zappa, funk, fusion, Gong rock, Haleshla, Hawkwind, Howard Gill, Jam, jazz, John Baggot, Jukka Virri, Justin Adams, Maghreb, Mouna Eddrou, Pierre Moerlen, psych, review, rock, Scott Archibald, Simon Webster, Steve Evans, theidproject, trance
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Album review : MICHAEL SWEET – The Master Plan
Frontiers Music [Release date : 03.04.26] The Master Plan is Michael Sweet’s tenth solo album. He’s yet to surpass his largely ignored Truth album from year 2000 (4 stars from Allmusic, Cross Rhythms, and Hard Roxx), but this one might … Continue reading
Album review: SELWYN BIRCHWOOD – Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues
Alligator Records [Release date 27.03.26] Selwyn Birchwood’s ‘Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues’ is everything you want from a contemporary blues album. It’s a well crafted, emotively sung and self produced masterpiece from a young blues artist who explores deeply felt, socially … Continue reading
Album review: MIKE ZITO – Outside Or The Eastside
Gulf Coast Records [Release date 24.04.26] Mike Zito’s ‘Outside Or The Eastside’ is a hard hitting rock-blues album with autobiographical songs and thoughtfully chosen covers. He tells us the new album: “is an ode St. Louis and the late-night culture … Continue reading
Album review: HANNAH JAMES & TOBY KUHN – Where All Our Names Belong
Hannah James and Toby Kuhn [Release date 27.03.26] The duo’s second album, featuring Hannah James on vocals, accordion and sansula, Toby Kuhn on cello, revolves around the theme of belonging. Hannah is part of the talented trio Lady Maisery and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Hannah James, Lady Maisery, review, Toby Kuhn, Where All Our Names Belong
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Album review: MARIACHI EL BRONX – Mariachi El Bronx IV
ATO Records [Release date 13.02.26] The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson tells the tale of a man with two personality traits. Dr Jekyll, a mild mannered gent, and Mr Hyde, a murderous character … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ATO Records, El Dorado, Forgive and Forget, Hardcore, IV, Joby Ford, mariachi, Mariachi El Bronx, Matt Caughran, Mexico, review, rock, SoCal, The Bronx
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Album review : JON ANDERSON – Survival And Other Stories / Earth Mother Earth (2 CDs / remasters)
Frontiers Music [Release date: 27.03.26] Yes, you read that right, two Jon (Yes) Anderson reissues, Survival And Other Stories, and Earth Mother Earth, both now resurrected, dusted down and freshened up. Survival and Other Stories, based on music submitted to … Continue reading
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Album review: MYRATH – Wilderness Of Mirrors
earMUSIC [Release date 27.03.26] Myrath have been on my musical radar for a few years now since I reviewed their ‘Live In Carthage’ album back in 2019 and was blown away with their melodic metal full of eastern promise. Hailing … Continue reading
Album review: MASSIVE WAGONS – Live At The Great Hall
Earache Records [Release date 27.03.26] For anyone who has seen Massive Wagons live, you will know that the band onstage is an unstoppable juggernaut with enough energy to power a medium sized town for a week. So, it’s quite a … Continue reading
Album review: JAMIE WILLIAMS AND THE ROOTS COLLECTIVE – In The Moment
Website [Release date 25.05.26] I’ve been following Rocking Americana artist Jamie Williams for some 20 years now, and watched his songwriting develop and mature through the years, and it’s always a pleasure when he/they (The Roots Collective) release a new album. This one being no exception. Rather than stay on the same … Continue reading
Album review: JOE HICKS – Before It Gets Dark
Website [Release date 27.03.26] Session musicians – a necessary cog in the wheels of the music industry, particularly for solo singers. Sometimes the session musician wants to break out of his backing role and be seen. Take Jimmy Page and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Before It Gets Dark, Joe Hicks, melodic, pop, review, singer songwriter, Steve Winwood
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