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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT – Day By Day
Timothy B. Schmit chatted to David Randall about his music with tracks from the new album. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 3 July 2022 [Release date: Digital - 06.05.22; CD/Vinyl 02.09.22] Best known as one of the … Continue reading
Album review : TYGERS OF PAN TANG – 1985-87 (3 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red / HNE [Release date 24.06.22] Arguably there are two Tygers Of Pan Tang. This boxset features Tygers 2.0. CD1: The Wreck-age (1985) CD2: Burning In The Shade (1987) and CD3: The Wreck-age Demos and the Burning In The … Continue reading
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Tagged 1985-87, albums, boxset, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, John Tucker, melodic hard rock, Mutt Lange, NWOBHM, review, Saxon, Steely Dan, Tygers Of Pan Tang
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Album review: PAUL DI’ANNO’s BATTLEZONE – Killers in The Battlezone (3CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [release date: 24.06.22] The career of the currently wheelchair bound singer, Paul Di’Anno has been a journey of detours, dead ends, drug addiction and detainment. His public profile as a musician began with heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. … Continue reading
Album review: JORN – Over The Horizon Radar
Frontiers Music [Release date 17.06.22] Jorn Lande has worked with guitarist Tore Moren since The Snakes in 1998. These two have been in each other’s company for so long that they must by now have developed some kind of musical … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alessandro DelVechio, Coverdale, Dio, Eurovision, heavy rock, review, The Snakes, Tore Moren
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Album review: HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – The Confidence Trick
Bandcamp [Release date 29.07.22] Here at GRTR! we are big fans of Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, enjoying what the band use to describe themselves as genre defying music. They have a prog rock basis but then wander off down … Continue reading
Album review: BUBBLEROCK IS HERE TO STAY VOLUME 2 (3 CD set)
Grapefruit/Cherry Red [Release date : 17.06.22] To give this 3 CD Boxset its full title: Bubblerock Is Here To Stay: Volume 2: The British Pop Explosion, 1970-73. In the world of sixties and seventies pop, the single was the king. … Continue reading
Album review: THE BLACK FEATHERS – Angel Dust & Cyanide
www.theblackfeathers.com [Release date 08.07.22] The Black Feathers, made up of Ray Hughes (vocals, guitars, keys) and Sian Chandler (vocals), have been touring and recording since 2012. The pandemic put a temporary halt on their regular touring, although they have performed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Angel Dust & Cyanide, country, mellow, melodic, Portishead, review, THE BLACK FEATHERS
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Album review: MY SOLILOQUY – FU3ION
Rare Artist Music [Release date 11.07.22] Third album from My Soliloquy, which is the brainchild of former Threshold guitarist Pete Morten. On this album he is joined by Threshold’s drummer Johanne James – Morten plays all the other instruments on … Continue reading
Album review: CHAOS MAGIC – Emerge
Frontiers [Release date 17.06.22] Underwhelming Symphonic Metal from Timo Tolkki “discovery”, Caterina Nix. This new release,Emerge, is a second collaboration between Nix and one of Frontiers’ South American songwriter/producer wunderkind, Nasson. The first, Furyborn, was released in 2019. Nasson’s production … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Caterina Nix, Chaos Magic, Emerge, Frontiers, Nasson, review, Stratovarius, symphonic metal, Timo Tolkki
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Album review: BLOODY HEELS – Rotten Romance
Frontiers [release date 10.06.22] Sounding heavier and harder than on their previous albums, it’s clear that Bloody Heels have realised that the confines of a genre only exist for those musicians who lack wit and imagination. There are few better … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dokken, LA Guns, melodic hard rock, Motley Crue, Nightwish, Painkiller, review
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Album review: LONERIDER – Sundown
Escape Music (Release Date 20.05.22) The concept of a quiet life sees alien to peerless singer Steve Overland who must have one of the prolific recording schedules of any artist. Barely two months after releasing ‘Thirteen’ with his main band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Company, blues rock, Chris Childs, FM, Lonerider, melodic rock, Simon Kirke, Steve Morris, Steve Overland
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Album review: MICHAEL MONROE – I Live Too Fast To Die Young
Silver Lining Music [Release date: 10.06.22] Even long time fans will be approaching this release with caution, uncertain if Michael Monroe remains just as provocative and influential as he once was. That whole Punk/ Glam/ Rock schtick wears thin eventually. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, glam, Karl Rockfist, punk, review, Rich Jones, rock, Sam Yaffa, Steve Conte
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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Kickstart The Sun
Harmony Factory [Release date 29.07.22] www.catsinspace.co.uk For the past few years, Cats in Space have been one of my favourite ‘new’ bands, offering something very different to the norm. These seasoned musicians have created a lavishly arranged sound inspired by … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cats In Space, classic rock, Kickstart The Sun, melodic rock, pop rock, review
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Album review: FRANKY PEREZ – Crossing The Great Divide
Black Sea Music [Release date 24.06.22] Singer-songwriter Franky Perez releases his fifth solo album. He has worked and toured with the likes of Slash, Scars On Broadway and Apocalyptica (for whom he is the band’s touring singer). On this album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Crossing The Great Divide, Franky Perez, Latino, melodic, pop, review
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Album review: VENUS 5 – Venus 5
Frontiers [Release date: 10.06.22] The Venus 5 are: – Karmen (Hellcats) Klinc Jelena (The Voice finalist, Romania) Milovanovic Tezzi (Infinite & Divine) Persson Erina (The Voice finalist, Albania) Seitllari and the woman with only one name, Herma, of the SNB … Continue reading
Album review: DIRTY HONEY – EP/LP
Dirt Records [Release date 20.05.22] Dirty Honey release this fourteen song album which sees them add 2019’s self-titled EP with their self-titled album released in 2021. It is a timely release to coincide with the band’s summer UK and European … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Dirty Honey, EP/LP, hard rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, review, rock, southern rock, The Black Crowes
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Album review: GODLEY and CREME – Frabjous Days, The Secret World Of, 1967-69
Cherry Red/Grapefruit [Release date: 10.06.22] Kevin Godley and Lol Creme didn’t know what they were doing. Well, that’s not strictly true. To be accurate : There’s a thrill in not knowing what you’re doing but aiming high anyway and that, … Continue reading
Album review: HANNAH RARITY – To Have You Near
www.hannahrarity.com [Release date 03.06.22] Three years on from her debut album, ’Neath the Gloaming Star’, Scottish singer songwriter Hannah Rarity releases the follow-up. Hannah won BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2018, along with touring with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Boo Hewerdine, folk, Hannah Rarity, jazz, melodic, review, To Have You Near, traditional
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Album review: GRACE – Hope
Frontiers Music [Release date 10.06.22] Under the Grace moniker, Hope is an album put together by twenty year music biz veteran, Isra Ramos, and it’s a genre hopping blast. Ramos has toured to support Europe, Nightwish, The Scorpions, Angra and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ANGRA, Eletcronic, Europe, Isra Ramos, metal, Nightwish, pop, Queen, review, Robby Valentine, rock, Scorpions, symphonic, T-Ride
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Album review: NICK FLETCHER – The Cloud Of Unknowing
Rough Draft Audio [Release date 02.09.22] Nick Fletcher’s latest album is a departure from the previously reviewed ‘Cycles Of Behaviour’ It gives free rein to his jazz rock tendencies whereas its predecessor added a bit more prog in the mix, … Continue reading
Album review: SEVENTH WONDER – The Testament
Frontiers [Release date: 10.06.22] Sixth album from Swedish Prog Metal band Seventh Wonder, for whom life began at the turn of the century. The band is full of virtuoso musicians. Guitarist Johan Liefvendal and bassist, Andreas Blomqvist are the driving … Continue reading
Album review: CHUCK WRIGHT – Chuck Wright’s Sheltering Sky
On Sunday 5 June, David Randall chatted to Chuck Wright about the new album. On Sunday 12 June – as part of ‘The Eclectic Mix’ – there was a more in-depth look at Chuck’s career based on the recent interview … Continue reading
Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Diamond Star Halos
UMC {Release date 27.05.22] Def Leppard are back after a seven year gap (pretty fast by their standards!) since 2015′s self-titled album, which was rather good. ‘Take What You Want’ starts the album off with all the things you love … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alison Krauss, classic rock, Def Leppard, Diamond Star Halos, glam rock, hard rock, Joe Elliott, melodic, review, rock
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Album review: BROOKS WILLIAMS & AARON CATLOW – Ready For The Times
Red Guitar Blue Music [Release date 24.06.22] A chance meeting a few years ago while on tour in The Netherlands led to collaboration of acoustic guitarist Brooks Williams (Boo Hewerdine, Rab Noakes) and violinist Aaron Catlow (Hawes and Catlow, Mad … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Catlow, album, blues, Brooks Williams, folk, Ready For The Times, review, traditional
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Album review: BRAVE RIVAL – Life’s Machine
www.braverival.com [Release date 06.05.22] The debut album from Portsmouth rockers Brave Rival places them in a trajectory from Abba via Heart and Fleetwood Mac to Zeppelin. This should mean at least that the band will appeal to a wide age … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, Brave Rival, classic rock, Life's Machine, review
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