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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)
Album review: MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL – Keep Coming Back
The Pete Feenstra Feature – Mike Zito (1 November 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Ruf [Release date 06.11.15] And so after three albums with the award winning Royal Southern Brotherhood super group, Mike Zito returns to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anders Osborne, blues, Bruce Springsteen, funk, interview, Jimmy carpenter, John Fogerty, Mike Zito, Mike Zito & The Wheel, review, rock, roots, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sheryl Crow, soul, Suzi Simms, The Wheel, Trina Shoemaker
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Album review: MAGNUS KARLSSON’S FREE FALL – Kingdom Of Rock
Frontiers [Release date 06.11.15] Primal Fear guitarist Magnus Karlsson returns with the second album under the Free Fall banner. Magnus handles all the instruments, bar the drums provided by Jamie Salazar and again, like the debut, he has some top … Continue reading
Album review: CLOSE QUARTERS – Always A Lot, Never Little
Fassberg & Osterlind Music “Always A Lot, Never Little” is the second album from Sweden’s Close Quarters, a band who slot in nicely somewhere between the Backyard Babies, Hardcore Superstar and Michael Monroe- all of which have recently released new … Continue reading
Album review: THIRSTY – Thirsty
Thirsty is the product of a writing collaboration between ex-Quireboy Guy Bailey and Russian poet Irina D, who wrote the words that he has set to music with stunning results. Produced by legendary Rolling Stones producer Chris Kimsey and featuring … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Kimsey, Guy Bailey, Irina D, Lynne Jackaman, poet, Quireboys, review, rock, Saint Jude, Thirsty
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Album review: PAGAN’S MIND – Full Circle Live at Center Stage
SPV [Released 16.10.15] I have come quite late to the Pagan’s Mind party having first heard them on their 2011 release, ‘Heavenly Ecstasy’. Hailing from Norway, they play progressive metal or space metal as some have dubbed it. This show … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, Full Circle Live at Center Stage, metal, Pagan's Mind, progressive, review
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Quick plays: FOREVER STILL, KARI RUESLATTEN, CELIA ROSE
FOREVER STILL Tied Down [Release date 15.01.16] Danish female fronted heavy rockers Forever Still’s debut release is typically ‘in your face’ mixing some bludgeoning riffs from the fret board of Mikkel Haastrup, with melodic lead vocals from Maja Schoenning. While … Continue reading
Album review: BAD COMPANY – Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy – The Very Best Of
Rhino [Release date 02.10.15] Do we really need another Bad Company anthology? They were a great band that paved the way for so-called arena rock in the 1980s but haven’t we got all we need on our iPods and memory … Continue reading
Quick plays: ISRAEL NASH, IMAGINARY PEOPLE, FERRIS & THE WHEELS
ISRAEL NASH’S SILVER SEASON Loose/Thirty Tigers [Release date 09.10.15] www.israelnash.com Israel Nash has already earned some plaudits for his previous album, 2013′s ‘Israel Nash’s Rain Plans’. The one thing that instantly comes to mind upon hearing this album for the … Continue reading
Album review: LIFELINE – Scream
Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Release date 23.10.15] Lifeline have an interesting line-up on this one with two vocalists, namely Nigel Bailey (Three Lions/Bailey) and Lee Small (Shy/Phenomena), who are joined by guitarist Paul Hulme (Demon and Lawless, where he is the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, DEMON, hard rock, LAWLESS, Lee Small, Lifeline, Nigel Bailey, Paul Hulme, Phenomena, review, Scream, Shy
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Album review: CHAMPLIN, WILLIAMS, FRIESTEDT – CWF
AOR Heaven [Release date 26.10.15] CWF is a West Coast AOR supergroup teaming up Toto’s Joseph Williams with former Chicago vocalist Bill Champlin and guitarist/producer Peter Friestedt. The trio have released a live DVD already and Williams & Friestedt released … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Bill Champlin, Champlin, Chicago, CWF, Friestedt, Joseph Williams, melodic rock, Peter Friestedt, review, Toto, West Coast, Williams
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Album review: EXPENZER – Kill The Conductor
Czar Of Crickets [Release date 06.07.15] In the mid-Eighties thrash metal was king. Early Metallica and Anthrax releases were hailed as future classics but for me it was the first two albums by Slayer which defined the genre. ‘Show No … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Expenzer, Hell Awaits, Kill The Conductor, metal, review, rock thrash, Show No Mercy, Slayer, Tom Araya
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Album review: TRIVIUM – Silence In The Snow
Roadrunner Records [Release date 02.10.15] This album sees a number of firsts for Trivium, the main ones being that this is the first album to feature new drummer Mat Madiro and, more notably, it is the first album to feature … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Corey Beaulieu, Killswitch Engage, Mat Madiro, Matt Heafy, metal, review, rock, Silence In The Snow, Trivium, Vengeance Falls
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Quick plays: THE EVENING SHADES, CLAUS HASSING, SOVEREIGN COUNCIL
THE EVENING SHADES Alright www.theeveningshades.com [Release date 28.08.15] The Evening Shades are a US four piece consisting of Mark Thales (vocals/acoustic guitar), Matthew Tayvis (bass/keys), Sam Kovic (guitars) and Justen Nielsen (drums). This band have an ear for a decent … Continue reading
Album review: STRYPER – Fallen
Frontiers Records [Release date 16.10.15] Few bands can have been subject to such misconceptions as Stryper. The overt way they wore their Christian faith on their distinctive yellow and black sleeves divided opinion when they emerged in the eighties and, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Christian rock, hard rock, Michael Sweet, Oz Fox, review, Stryper
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Album review: VOODOO HILL- Waterfall
Frontiers Records [Release date 16.10.15] Something of a blast from the past, the last of two Voodoo Hill albums was way back in 2004. While the brainchild of Italian guitarist Dario Mollo, for most fans however the interest will be … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dario Mollo, Glenn Hughes, hard rock, melodic rock, review, Voodoo Hill
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Album review: SERPENTINE SKY
Melodic Rock Records [Release date 30.10.15] I was on a hat-trick of extremely decent Aussie band discoveries after hearing “One Thousand Years” and “Datura4” recently so when Serpentine Sky’s album landed on my desk, I was hopeful it might complete … Continue reading
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Tagged album, melodic rock, review, Serpentine Sky
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Album review: DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION – (DBA) – Suburban Ghosts (Geoff Downes, Chris Braide)
David Randall chats to Chris Braide about his music, songwriting, and collaboration with Geoff Downes (59:25) In this hour special, Geoff Downes chats about DBA and his career which has included high profile stints in Yes and Asia. He also … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Asia, Chris Braide, DBA, Downes Braide Association, Geoff Downes, interview, pop, review, rock, Suburban Ghosts, The Producers, Trevor Horn, Yes
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Album review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – All Our Yesterdays
Frontiers [Release date 18.09.15] At times on this – the tenth – studio album from “the world’s number one Renaissance act” (not my words) you can a hear a Nightwish-friendly approximation of folk rock. If Blackmore’s Night ramped things up … Continue reading
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Album review: CIRCLE II CIRCLE – Reign Of Darkness
earMUSIC [Release date 16.10.15] Circle II Circle are back with their latest album, which vocalist Zak Stevens says represents a musical reinvention for the band. Mmm, not too sure about that as the album is a typical Circle II Circle … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Circle II Circle, power metal, Reign Of Darkness, review, Savatage, Zak Stevens
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Album review: THE DGB – More Is More
Power Of Three [advance preview 2016] Hard rock isn’t dead; it’s just matured a little and in the hands of The DGB it benefits from strong songs, a booming production and a great band that make the most of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Carlos Santana, Danny Giles, Emerson Quiros, funk, guitar, hard rock, interview, Jon Chase, More is More, Pat Garvey, review, rock, The DGB
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Album review: QUEENSRYCHE – Condition Human
Century Media [Release date 02.10.15] Queensryche release their second studio album featuring former Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre just a couple of weeks after former vocalist Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindchrime released their latest album. Coincidence or deliberate timing? Either … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Condition Human, metal, prog, progressive metal, Queensryche, review
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Album reviews: GAMMA RAY – Sigh No More/Heading For The East
earMUSIC [Release date 25.09.15] Another anniversary edition, Gamma Ray’s second album Sigh No More was originally released back in 1991. It came out just as grunge was starting, although metal bands were never hit as much as the hair metal … Continue reading
Album review: ANDERSON PONTY BAND – Better Late Than Never
earMUSIC [Release date 25.09.15] The album features two legendary musicians, former Yes vocalist Jon Anderson and violinist/jazz composer Jean Luc Ponty. The idea for these two musicians to work together was first mooted back in the 1980′s, it is only … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anderson Ponty Band, Better Late Than Never, jazz, Jazz rock, Jean Luc Ponty, Jon Anderson, prog, review, rock, violin, Yes
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Quick plays: HEYLEL, P.O.D.
HEYLEL – Flesh [Release date 29.09.15] Portuguese three piece who consist of vocalist Ana Batista, Narciso Monteiro (guitars/keys) and Felipe Braga (drums). They released their debut album last year and this EP is a stop gap perhaps until a new … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Flesh, Heylel, metal, P.O.D., review, rock, soundtrack, The Awakening, This Is England '90, TV series
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Album review: GEOFF EVERETT BAND – Cut And Run
www.thegeoffeverettband.co.uk Let’s just put a stake in the ground right from the get-go and call journeyman guitarist Geoff Everett one of Britain’s longest-standing blues/rock treasures. Geoff has been plying his trade since the ‘60s and, for the uninitiated, he can … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Show, album, blues, Cut And Run, Geoff Everett, guitar, guitarist, review, rock, the Geoff Everett Band, the Quick and the Dead
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