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		<title>EP review: SPREADING THE DISEASE – Purgatory Carnival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/ep-review-spreading-the-disease-purgatory-carnival/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SPREADING-THE-DISEASE-–-Purgatory-Carnival-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="SPREADING THE DISEASE – Purgatory Carnival" title="SPREADING THE DISEASE – Purgatory Carnival" /></a>Facebook [Release date 28.02.26] Kent based Spreading the Disease are back and heavy as ever! The band’s current line-up consists of Steve Saunders (bass), Thorsten Giertsch (guitar), Donal McGee (drums), Daniel Stevenson (guitar) and Jonny P (vocals). Spreading the Disease &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/ep-review-spreading-the-disease-purgatory-carnival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/ep-review-spreading-the-disease-purgatory-carnival/">EP review: SPREADING THE DISEASE – Purgatory Carnival</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>EP review: LEAVES’ EYES – Song of Darkness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/ep-review-leaves-eyes-song-of-darkness/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/le-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="LEAVES&#039; EYES - Songs Of Darkness" title="LEAVES&#039; EYES - Songs Of Darkness" /></a>Reigning Pheonix Music [Release date 06.03.26] Leaves&#8217; Eyes have been around since 2003 and still feature vocalist (growls), keyboards player and producer Alexander Krull, with Finnish soprano Elina Siirala fronting the band since 2016. The EP also marks the recording &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/ep-review-leaves-eyes-song-of-darkness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/ep-review-leaves-eyes-song-of-darkness/">EP review: LEAVES’ EYES – Song of Darkness</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: BEYOND THE BLACK – Break The Silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-beyond-the-black-break-the-silence/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/btb-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="btb" title="btb" /></a>Nuclear Blast [Release date 09.01.26] Amazingly Beyond The Black have been around since 2014 and this is their sixth album, although to this recent convert it seems like they only started out a few years ago! Beyond The Black’s line-up &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-beyond-the-black-break-the-silence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/album-review-beyond-the-black-break-the-silence/">Album review: BEYOND THE BLACK – Break The Silence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: GHOST &#8211; Skeleta</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-ghost-skeleta/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GHOST-Skeleta-150x150.png" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="GHOST - Skeleta" title="GHOST - Skeleta" /></a>Loma Vista Recordings [Release date 25.04.25] Album number six from Ghost, produced by Gene Walker, who is actually Ghost main man Tobias Forge, as said Gene Walker name is a pun on the Swedish word gengångare i.e ghost, zombie. Interesting variety &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-ghost-skeleta/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-ghost-skeleta/">Album review: GHOST &#8211; Skeleta</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : TOKYO BLADE &#8211; Beware The Blade &#8211; Classic, Rare and Unreleased, 4 CD Boxset</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-tokyo-blade-beware-the-blade-classic-rare-and-unreleased-4-cd-boxset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-tokyo-blade-beware-the-blade-classic-rare-and-unreleased-4-cd-boxset/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="128" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TOKYO-BLADE-150-Beware-image2.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="TOKYO BLADE 150 Beware image" title="TOKYO BLADE 150 Beware image" /></a>Cherry Red [Release date : 21.11.25] A 4CD boxset of the best of Tokyo Blade’s 14 albums (and more). It’s not called a “Best Of”, but that’s what it is. CD1 : selections from Midnight Rendezvous (1984) and Night Of &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-tokyo-blade-beware-the-blade-classic-rare-and-unreleased-4-cd-boxset/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-tokyo-blade-beware-the-blade-classic-rare-and-unreleased-4-cd-boxset/">Album review : TOKYO BLADE &#8211; Beware The Blade &#8211; Classic, Rare and Unreleased, 4 CD Boxset</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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