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Album review: MAGNUS KARLSSON’S FREE FALL
Frontiers Records [Release Date 14.6.13] He may not be a household name, but Magnus Karlsson has been one of European hard rock’s go-to people for some time, assembling critically acclaimed projects like Starbreaker and Allen-Lande, writing prolifically, and for the … Continue reading
Album review: STORMZONE – Three Kings
Metal Nation Ltd (Release date 22.07.13] The band have been around since 2004 and been building a name for themselves as they reach, their fourth album. They play classic metal with tips of the musical hat to Iron Maiden and … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Harv' Harbinson, album, hard rock, review, Stormzone, Three Kings
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Album review: ANVIL – Hope In Hell
The End Records – Out Now. Canadian Speed/Heavy Metal trio Anvil are, to put it simply, on fire! Since the release of the highly acclaimed documentary/movie ‘The Story Of Anvil’ back in 2009, long time friends and colleagues Steve “Lips” … Continue reading
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Tagged album, anvil, heavy metal, Hope In Hell, review, rock
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Album review: TONY HARNELL & THE WILDFLOWERS
[Release date 30.04.13] One of the greatest things about music is when it can transport you to a different world. Much like reading a great book, an album can remind you of days gone by, memories that bring a smile … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bumblefoot, review, rock, TNT, Tony Harnell & the Wildflowers
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Album review: RHAPSODY OF FIRE – Live From Chaos To Eternity
AFM www.afmrecords.de Filmscore Metal (or Melodic Operatic Power / Symphonic Metal) at its best and from the opening track a fantastic live set. Following the departure of founded guitarist Luca Turilli, who has since formed his own version of Rhapsody, … Continue reading
Album review: UFO – At The BBC 1974-1985
EMI [Release date 25.03.13] UFO have been well served by EMI in recent years with the Official Bootleg Box giving fans the chance to sample the band’s live delights in various forms and quality – but at least officially – … Continue reading
DVD Review: AEROSMITH – Rock For The Rising Sun
Eagle Rock [Release date 22.06.13] Much like the Stones who are 10 years their senior, Aerosmith pop up on this DVD like cartoon characters come to life. They rock and roll and charm their way round the post-tsunami Japan on … Continue reading
Quick plays: JAMES YOUNGER, THE CAPSULES, APESKULL
JAMES YOUNGER – Feelin’ American This may sound like a classy piece of US heartland rock, yet James Younger comes from Manchester! He nails that classic US rock sound with the lead single ‘Monday Morning’ and the other album stand … Continue reading
Album Review: POOR GENETIC MATERIAL – One Day In June
QuiXote Music [Release date 31.05.13] In the last couple of years or so the number of progressive rock concept albums released has been going through the roof. Always known as a genre that spawned over-indulgence on an epic scale – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, One Day In June, Poor Genetic Material, Progressive Rock, review
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Album review: NIGHTGLOW – We Rise
Logic(il)logic records (Release date – Out now) Nightglow formed back in 2003 in Italy and have been rocking hard ever since. The band are unashamedly metal to the core and at one point were the official Manowar … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, metal, Nightglow, review, rock, Thrash, We Rise
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Album review: STONE ORANGE – The Dreamcatcher
Street Symphonies Records (Release date – out now) Stone Orange are the first band I have encountered from Slovenia and if this is the standard of rock in Ljubljana it may be worth further exploration. The four … Continue reading
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Album review: THE SUPER HAPPY FUN CLUB – All Funned Up
Throop Records (released August 5th) www.thesuperhappyfunclub.com This is the band’s second album and made after some difficult personal times for the band members. The album is full of mostly upbeat guitars and seriously addictive choruses and harmony vocals. ‘Move On’ … Continue reading
Album review: LUNA ROSSA – Sleeping Pills & Lullabies
Firefly Music [Release date 10.06.13] www.lunarossa.co.uk Panic Room have been one of my favourite bands to emerge over recent years, and Anne-Marie Helder one of the finest vocalists on the circuit. So I was looking forward to this ‘side project’ … Continue reading
Album review: GROUNDHOGS – United Artists Years 1972-1976
EMI [Release date 20.05.13] ‘Split’ with its black and white glossy gatefold sleeve was a staple in the knowing rock fan’s early-1970s collection. The Groundhogs, led by one-time John Lee Hooker sideman Tony ‘TS’ McPhee, were also a staple on … Continue reading
Album review: MARILLION – The Singles Vol.2, 89-95
EMI [Release date 22.04.13] This collection is a reissue of the now deleted 12-CD box set (2002) when all the singles had a nice repro card sleeve. The album charts the band’s more commercial Hogarth era from 1989 (and ‘Season’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 89-95, album, collection, compilation, Marillion, review, rock, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, The Singles Vol 2
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Album Review: SPLIT SOFA – Coloured Dream
Self-released – 3rd April 2013 Good news folks – dig out the kaftans, it’s 1967 all over again. If the so-called ‘Summer Of Love’ did it for you way back in the day when The Fabs, … Continue reading
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Album review: TICKET TO THE MOON – Dilemma On Earth
Brennus Music – Released November 2012 The tidal wave of superlative progressive rock emanating from continental Europe shows no sign of dissipating anytime soon and, for all aficionados of the genre, surfboards should be waxed-up and this … Continue reading
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Tagged Dilemma On Earth, Progressive Rock, review, Swiss, Ticket To The Moon
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Album review: MOCKINGBIRD – Live Cuts! Wizzfest, Belgium 2013
Self Release (Release date – 20th July 2013) All too often new bands try too hard to conform to the latest trends and jump on whatever bandwagon is doing the rounds at that point. It’s refreshing then … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, album, Belgium, CD, classic rock, Irish, Live Cuts!, Mockingbird, review, rock, Wizzfest
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Album review: OLIVA – Raise the Curtain
AFM Records Oliva is of course Jon Oliva of Jon Oliva’s Pain, Savatage and Trans Siberian-Orchestra (TSO) fame and this is his solo album. It differs from his JO Pain albums in that he handles most of the instruments himself, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Jon Oliva, Oliva, Raise the Curtain, review, rock, Savatage, Trans Siberian Orchestra, TSO
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Album review: EMILY MAGUIRE – Bird Inside A Cage
GRTR! only ‘discovered’ British born singer songwriter Emily Maguire with the release of her third album – ‘Believer’ – in 2009. As a calling card it was a sufficiently strong hand to make me browse her back catalogue and the … Continue reading
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Album review: THE DOOBIE BROTHERS – Live At Wolf Trap
Eagle Records/ Eagle Vision [Release date 25.05. 12] Somebody once said that despite having sold over 40 million records The Doobie Brothers could probably walk into your local pub and nobody would recognise them. And while that is stretching a point … Continue reading
Album Review: MILLENIUM – Ego
Lynx Music [Release date 25 May 2013] Despite the wave of fabulous progressive rock emanating from Eastern Europe at the moment, don’t get the idea that Millenium are just another new Polish band riding on the coat-tails of the likes … Continue reading
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Tagged Ego, Millenium, Poland, Progressive Rock, review
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Quick plays: UGLY GUYS, JOEL SARAKULA, NOEGA, MAD CHICKENS
UGLY GUYS – Lost in the Badlands Angel Air www.angelair.co.uk The Ugly Guys feature Paul Shuttleworth and Vic Collins from the legendary 70’s pub rock band the Kursaal Flyers and the band take their name from a Kursaal Flyers song. … Continue reading
Album review: X CONTRACT – Territory:Hours
Phillipa Records [Release date 19.08.13] Given the Brits love affair with all things Danish after the great success of ‘The Killing’ TV crime series, X Contract should clean up. We really liked their debut in 2012 – ‘Dearest Dream’ – … Continue reading
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Album review: TARJA – Colours In The Dark
Ear Music [Release date 02.09.13] Tarja Turunen is back with her eagerly anticipated new solo album, her first album of new material since 2010’s ‘What Lies Beneath’. The musicians featured on the album include some notable names – Doug Wimbish … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Colours in the Dark, Nightwish, review, rock, symphonic metal, Tarja Turunen
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