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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
EP review: FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS – Exposition: The Five Before The Flames
Goremount Records (Released 11th March 2013) Exposition: The Five Before The Flames. Five songs written by each individual band member, giving a better insight to their personal characteristics within the dystopian world of Grandomina – a … Continue reading
Album review: JIMI HENDRIX – People, Hell & Angels
Experience Hendrix/Sony [Release date 04.03.13] Can there be any more Hendrix wine to tease from an ageing vine? It seems that with each new distribution deal (now with Sony Legacy) the opportunity is used to recycle and repackage material for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, guitar, guitarist, Hell & Angels, Jimi Hendrix, People, review, rock
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Album review: TRIGGERFINGER – All This Dancin’ Around
Dramatico Records [Release date 15.04.13] www.triggerfinger.net/ What’s in a name? Triggerfinger is a condition related to the forefinger, but transferred to a musical context, the concept might explain the Flemish combo’s jerky and restless style. They think nothing … Continue reading
Album review: MIND THE GAEP – Get Ready For Tonight
Leo Skull [Release date 23.03.13] Mind The Gaep is a powerful hard rock band with metal pretension, but it’s their softer underbelly that more accurately reflects their true calling. Scratch below the stunt guitar parts and … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, German Rock, hard rock, Marc Bugnard, metal, Mind The Gaep
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Album review: THE PETER ULRICH COLLABORATION – The Painted Caravan
Market Square Records [Release date 11.03.13] www.marketsquarerecords.co.uk There is a certain ethereal quality in this album, an eclectic mix for sure from the percussionist Peter Ulrich who featured in cult bands Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil. If Ulrich’s … Continue reading
Album Review: TIR NA NOG – Strong In The Sun
Esoteric Recordings Kicking off with a rigorous, up-tempo take on Nick Drake’s ‘Free Ride’, Irish multi-instrumentalist duo, Leo O’Kelly and Sonny Condell (augmented by producer Procul Harum’s Matthew Fisher on keyboards amongst others) embark on their most ambitious work, segueing … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, folk, reissue, rock, strong in the sun, tir na nog
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Album Review – THE KISS THAT TOOK A TRIP – How The Mighty Have Fallen
Cheap And Pretentious ( Release date – Out now) Music comes in many forms and I like to think I have an open mind when listening to something new for the first time, hence the reason I got … Continue reading
Album review: TRIGGERFINGER – All This Dancin’ Around
Dramatico www.triggerfinger.net Released April 15th Three piece band from Belgium featuring guitarist/vocalsit Ruben Block, drummer Mario Goossens and bass player Paul Van Bruystegem (aka Monsieur Paul). The album was produced by Greg Gordon in the famous Sound … Continue reading
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Tagged All This Dancin' Around, QOTSA, TRIGGERFINGER
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Album review: CLIMAX BLUES BAND – Drastic Steps
Repertoire Records [Re-issue 2013] Arguably one of the best albums of Climax Blues Band’s later FM rock career, ‘Drastic Steps’ is an overlooked gem and a prime example of being in the right place at the wrong … Continue reading
Album review: JADE VINE – Nothing Can Hide From Light
(Self-released: 7.1.13) There is an old adage that states that you should never judge a book by the cover. I think another maxim should be never judge an album by its first track. ‘Last Day Of Apathy’, the opening track … Continue reading
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Tagged Anathema, Danny Cavanagh, Jade Vine, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review: KING KING – Standing In The Shadows
Manhaton Records [Release date 25.03.13] The award winning King King’s second album isn’t so much a problematical second album as a honing of their style, a polishing of their craft and a confident step towards a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Nimmo, Bennett Holland, blues, blues rock, guitar, King King, Lindsay Coulson, Wayne Proctor
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Album review: ERIC BURDON – ‘Til Your River Runs Dry
ABKCO Records/Universal Released April 1st Eric Burdon is of course famous as the frontman for the Animals, who celebrate their 50th anniversary this year and there are plans afoot for a special box set to celebrate this significant anniversary. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Burdon, The Animals, Til Your River Runs Dry
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Album Review: WIZZ WIZZARD – Tears From The Moon
Rocksector Records [Release date 18.02.13] This album is the debut release from Belgian hard rockers Wizz Wizzard. Formed back in 2008 by frontman and pirate DJ, Wizz, the 5 piece have developed into a tight unit and … Continue reading
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Tagged Tears From The Moon, Wizz Wizzard
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Album review: DARKTOWN JUBILEE – The World, the Flesh & the Devil
Parade Recordings www.darktownjubilee.com Manchester based Darktown Jubilee release their debut album, an album that recalls many other bands, although with vocalist David Boardman they retain their own sound. The album has a good mix of tempos … Continue reading
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Tagged DARKTOWN JUBILEE, the Flesh & the Devil, The World
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Album review: GATE 6 – God Machines
. (Self-release: September 2012) What is it about Europe and fine progressive rock music at the moment? The likes of Poland (with Riverside, Believe, Satellite et al), Sweden (with Airbag, Katatonia, Aoria, etc.) and Germany (Frequency Drift, InVertigo, etc.) are … Continue reading
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Tagged Gate 6, God Machines, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review: PLAYER – Too Many Reasons
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Player return with their first album in over ten years and this full album follows an EP released last year on Frontiers. The new lineup features original members Peter Beckett and Ronn Moss along … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Frontiers, PLAYER, Too Many Reasons
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Album Review – PSYCHOPUNCH – Smakk Valley
Steamhammer/SPV (Release date – 25/02/13) Psychopunch describe themselves as ‘Swedish, no bullshit punk ‘n’ rollers’ which really tells you all you need to know about the band. Hailing from Vasteras in Sweden the guys have been influenced by … Continue reading
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Tagged Psychopunch, Smakk Valley
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Album Review – STICK IT OUT – Today’s Dump
Valery Records ( Release date – Out now) ‘Friends, Romans, countryman, lend me your ears’ a quote attributed to one of Rome’s most famous sons and one that Rome based rock ‘n’ rollers, Stick It Out, hope to … Continue reading
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Tagged Stick It Out, Today's Dump
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Album review: DIO – Dream Evil
Universal (2CD) Fourth album from legendary classic metal band fronted by Ronnie James Dio, originally released in 1987, and what a classic it is. Featuring the studio debut of guitarist Craig Goldy, the album sadly gets … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Sabbath, Dio, Dream Evil, Rainbow, Ronnie James Dio, Universal
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Quick plays: RUSH, BERNIE MARSDEN, WAYSTED
Bernie MARSDEN – And About Time Too ***1/2 Look At Me Now ****1/2 Cherry Red Best known as a founder member of Whitesnake, and with Micky Moody one of the two guitarists during the band’s classic era, Marsden has had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Marsden, Danny Vaughn, Pete Way, Rush, UFO, Waytsed, Whitesnake
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Album review: VOODOO CIRCLE – More Than One Way Home
AFM Records A one word review would almost suffice for the latest release from Voodoo Circle…and the word is “Whitesnake”. “More Than One Way Home” is the third release from Voodoo Circle following 2008’s self titled debut and 2011’s “Broken … Continue reading
Album review: DIAMOND DAWN – Overdrive
Frontiers are certainly pushing Swedes Diamond Dawn as the new saviours of the melodic rock scene. Their “Take Me Higher” video on YouTube has, at time of writing, just passed 100,000 views so they must be doing … Continue reading
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Tagged Diamond Dawn, Frontiers, Overdrive
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Album Review – TRICK OR TREAT – Rabbit’s Hill Pt 1
Valery Records (Release Date – Out now) Power metal bands and concept albums go hand in hand. There have been many over the years about magic, Norse gods, mountain kings etc, and now rabbits, yup, rabbits! Rabbit’s Hill … Continue reading
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Tagged Rabbit's Hill Pt 1, Trick Or Treat
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CD/DVD review: Jethro Tull,The Who,Deep Purple
Salvo Sound And Vision [Release date 04.03.13] Whilst there is nothing new about these reissues, they bring together the CD and DVD version of the gig in one well-priced package. Two classic Isle Of Wight gigs reflect the rise and … Continue reading
Album review: FIVE HORSE JOHNSON – The Taking of Black Heart
Small Stone Records www.smallstone.com The band have been going since 1995 and this album is their first since 2006 as they return from a hiatus. If you like your blues hard rock with a little stoner … Continue reading
