Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)

Album review: JAPAETI – Abacus

Posted on June 5, 2013 by david.wilson

Self Release (Release date – out now) Technical, progressive metal is a genre inhabited by musicians of undoubted talent and quite possibly a history of insanity within their family. Quite how a group of musos can sit … Continue reading →

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Album review: METHOD TO MADNESS – Guilty As Sin

Posted on June 4, 2013 by petefeenstra

Method To Madness [Release date 04.13] Method To Madness is an American prog metal band that proudly sticks to its task of producing a concept album with a preface, three acts and 15 tracks. The concept is about a policeman … Continue reading →

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Album Review: COLOSSUS – Wake

Posted on June 4, 2013 by jason

Perennity Records/Sound Pollution Colossus are a classic power trio delivering stoner/doom metal spliced with melodic colour and progressive elements running through many of their arrangements. The band hail from Sweden and ‘Wake’ is their first full album following a debut … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROGER PEDERSEN – More Is More

Posted on June 3, 2013 by petefeenstra

West Audio production [Release date 05.04.13] Norwegian guitarist Roger Pederson is a jaw dropping technician who solo’s at breathtaking speed. He frequently applies a two handed tapping technique to some impossible shreds, while exploring scintillating dynamics and a multitude of … Continue reading →

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Album review: SLAID CLEAVES – Still Fighting The War

Posted on June 3, 2013 by petefeenstra

Music Road Records [Release date 01.07.13] Slaid Cleaves is an Americana singer-songwriter who pens insightful story telling and relationship songs of which there are several. You may wonder if there’s still an audience for the troubadour in these post modern … Continue reading →

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Album review: BURNING RAIN – Epic Obsession

Posted on June 2, 2013 by andynathan

Frontiers Records [Release date 20.5.13] It may be his role as David Coverdale’s guitar slinger in Whitesnake that has brought him to wider attention, but Doug Aldrich has not forgotten his old band mates, as one of his former acts … Continue reading →

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Album review: VINDICTIV – Cage Of Infinity

Posted on June 2, 2013 by jason

Escape Music www.escape-music.com Vindictiv return after a few years gap with a new album, line-up and most noticeably sound. Previously I have not been overly keen on the band’s previous two albums, which despite featuring Goran Edman on vocals came … Continue reading →

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Album Review: CORVUS STONE – Corvus Stone

Posted on June 1, 2013 by alanjones

Melodic Revolution Records: Released November 2012 I do a radio show for Get Ready To Rock Radio (third Sunday of the month at 5pm -you should check it out!) that goes by the name of ‘The … Continue reading →

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Album review: MR AVERELL – Gridlock

Posted on June 1, 2013 by petefeenstra

Gonzo Multi Media [Release date 06.05.13] René van Commenée is Dutch visual sound artist. He trained as a graphical designer and is a self taught musician who studied Indian classical music as a tabla player. Never one to take the … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: DIANA JONES, KRISTOFFER GILDENLOW, PJP BAND, BE LIKE PABLO,LUCKY BONES

Posted on June 1, 2013 by jason

DIANA JONES Museum of Appalachia Recordings Proper Records [Release date 08.07.13] Diana Jones made a break through with her 2006 album ‘My Remembrance Of You’, although she had been singing and recording since the mid-90′s. This album is as basic … Continue reading →

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Album review: KERAVEL – Voltz

Posted on June 1, 2013 by petefeenstra

At his best Canadian composer, arranger, multi instrumentalist and producer Serge Keravel immerses you in his moods, emotions and instrumental landscapes with infinite possibilities. At worst, he’s a pop synth dabbler like Jean Michel Jarre, all too happy to work … Continue reading →

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Album Review: ROME PRO(G)JECT – Rome Pro(g)ject

Posted on May 31, 2013 by alanjones

Self-released [7 December 2012] There’s a line in the classic film ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ where John Candy and Steve Martin are being driven round and round in a taxi in this hick town in the American mid-west where Candy … Continue reading →

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Album review: MANILLA ROAD – Mysterium

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Yiannis

ZYX Music – Out Now. Good promotion, or lack of it, can make the difference between life and death for most bands, especially at times like these when the music market has become over-saturated with hundreds, if not thousands, of … Continue reading →

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Album Review: TROISI – The Front

Posted on May 31, 2013 by petefeenstra

Troisi Blue Music [Release date 12.13] ‘The Front’ by TROiSi, (Mike Troisi the person and band are interchangeable) is a conceptual and musical triumph in the face of cliché. It’s a concept album that rises above the genre to make a … Continue reading →

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Album review: N.O.W. – Bohemian Kingdom

Posted on May 30, 2013 by andynathan

Frontiers Records (Release Date 03.13) In 2010, one of the year’s most pleasant surprises came from Brazil, hardly a rock n roll hotbed. The brainchild of bassist and songwriter Alec Mendocna, N.O.W. provided a thoughtful and at times original twist … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE WORLD IS YOURS – Volume 3

Posted on May 29, 2013 by petefeenstra

Floating World [Release date 05:13] ‘The World Is Yours’ is a double compilation album that might have been subtitled: ‘if you want it’. Such is the musical diversity and stark juxtaposition of genres that it’s not difficult to spot the … Continue reading →

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Album review: DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ – The Dark and the Light

Posted on May 29, 2013 by jason

Metal Mind Productions www.metalmind.com.pl Doogie White (Rainbow/Malmsteen/Cornerstone) and La Paz are back for their second album, a follow-up to last year’s ‘Granite’. That album wasn’t too bad as it saw the band revisit songs from their original incarnation back in … Continue reading →

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Album review: NILS LOFGREN – Keith Don’t Go’ Live in London 1990

Posted on May 29, 2013 by petefeenstra

Floating World [Release date 04.03.13] Given his high profile status as a pianist and guitarist for both Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, it’s sometime forgotten that Nils Lofgren enjoyed a 4 year span with Grin, before embarking on his on-going … Continue reading →

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Album review: BURNING RAIN – Reissues

Posted on May 28, 2013 by andynathan

Frontiers Records [Release date: 17.05.13] This is a real ‘before they were famous moment’. Burning Rain was the last in a series of bands (Lion, Bad Moon Rising) that brought guitarist Doug Aldrich critical acclaim if not commercial success, before … Continue reading →

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Album review: EVEN NINE – The Lights Are Too Bright To See

Posted on May 27, 2013 by david.wilson

Self Release (Release date – out now) This is the latest album by Cornish three piece Even Nine and it is a bouncy, uplifting affair. The band consists of brothers Jody and Rick Martin who along with … Continue reading →

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Album review: HAMMERFORCE – Access Denied

Posted on May 27, 2013 by david.wilson

Metalism Records ( Release date – Out now ) A bit of synth driven power metal from St Petersburg this time. Hammerforce formed back in 2006 and this is the band’s second album, the first being ‘Dice’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH – Lay My Soul To Waste

Posted on May 27, 2013 by david.wilson

SPV Steamhammer [Release date – 27th May 2013 ] A Pale Horse Named Death were founded by ex Life Of Agony and co-founder of Type O Negative Sal Abruscato. This album is dedicated to the memory of … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: GAVIN ROSSDALE – Wanderlust, INSTITUTE – Distort Yourself

Posted on May 27, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

GAVIN ROSSDALE – Wanderlust earMUSIC [Release date: 01.07.13] English-born Gavin Rossdale is perhaps best known now for fronting Bush, but back in 2008 he released his debut solo album Wanderlust. Highly accessible, it produced some chart success in the States … Continue reading →

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Album review: SOUND OF CONTACT – Dimensionaut

Posted on May 26, 2013 by jason

Inside Out www.insideout.de A new band on the block, although they have generated extra interest for the vocalist and drummer in the band is Simon Collins, son of Phil, which instantly puts pressure and expectations on the band. Good on … Continue reading →

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Album review: TANGERINE DREAM with BRIAN MAY – Starmus – Sonic Universe

Posted on May 24, 2013 by jason

www.tangerinedream-music.com A double CD recorded at the Starmus festival on the island of Tenerife back in June 2011. The Starmus festival was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Juri Gagarin’s first spaceflight and guests on the night included Neil Armstrong … Continue reading →