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Album review: SEVENTH CRYSTAL – Entity

Posted on November 3, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 08.11.24] It’s hard to pin Seventh Crystal down. Is that a good thing? Yes and no. Vocalist and songwriter, Kristian Fyhr leads the band with assurance and direction. Entity is the band’s third album, a progression … Continue reading →

Album review: THE QUIREBOYS – Wardour Street

Posted on November 1, 2024 by jason

Cadiz Music [Release date 01.11.24] When I heard Spike had been ousted by his own band but had drafted in original Quireboys guitarist and co-founder the late, great, Guy Bailey to help resurrect the true Quireboys, rejoined by most of … Continue reading →

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Album review: FATAL VISION – Three Times Lucky

Posted on October 30, 2024 by jason

Art of Melody [Release date 22.11.24] Fatal Vision originated in Ottawa, Canada during the late 1980s, carving out a niche in the Melodic Rock scene with influences from iconic bands like Asia, Bad English, Journey, Survivor, and Van Halen. After … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEVIN TOWNSEND – PowerNerd

Posted on October 29, 2024 by david.wilson

InsideOut Music [Release date 25.10.24] PowerNerd is the latest musical instalment from the over-active mind of Devin Townsend. With Devin you are never 100% sure what you are going to get, however, you know it won’t be boring! Over the … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) 2024

Posted on October 29, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Updated 28.10.24 To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on the keyboard. The “F” stands for “Find,” and it works … Continue reading →

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Album review: TRUCKER DIABLO – Social Hand Grenade

Posted on October 27, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Big Unit Records [Release date 25.10.24] It’s a sad fact that many of the NWOCR bands doing the rounds at the moment started out at least 10 years ago. The likes of Doomsday Outlaw and Sons Of Liberty come to … Continue reading →

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Album review : BROTHERS OF METAL – Fimbulvinter

Posted on October 26, 2024 by brianmc

AFM Records [Release date : 01.11.24] Fimbulvinter (the great winter) is the third album from Swedish eight man band, Brothers Of Metal, arriving hot on the heels of the very well received Emblas Saga. The Nordic countries have their own, … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAYLA ZOE – Into The Blue, Live In Concert

Posted on October 15, 2024 by petefeenstra

Layla Zoe Music [Release date: 13.09.24] To say Layla Zoe warms to the notion of being an independent artist, is to understate her willingness to both dig deep for her emotions in a concert situation, and fly in the face … Continue reading →

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Album review: ARIES DESCENDANT – The Ashes Of Deceit

Posted on October 14, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date 18.10.24] An amazing sense of musical ambition can often be found among European Rock and Metal bands. Often that ambition is rooted in the classics, or at least how the classics have been interpreted by contemporary musicians. … Continue reading →

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Album review : STEVE HOWE – Guitarscape

Posted on October 14, 2024 by jason

HoweSound [Release date: 27.09.24] With more than one hundred albums featuring his name in the recording credits, to offer guitarist Steve Howe the title of a truly accomplished musician should come as no surprise to anyone – still, it does … Continue reading →

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Album review: WILLIE DOWLING – The Simpleton

Posted on October 13, 2024 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 01.11.24] A new Willie Dowling album, whether it be under his own name or as part of one of his many fine groups like the Grip, Honeycrack, the Dowling Poole et al, is always a treat. On … Continue reading →

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Album review: BOBBY ‘BORIS’ PICKETT – The Monster Mash

Posted on October 13, 2024 by jason

Decca [Release date 11.10.24] Bobby Pickett, a comedian and singer/songwriter, recorded this track after fronting a band called the Cordials by night, while attending auditions by day. Part of his act would include a monologue imitating Boris Karloff (probably best … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE KNIGHTLEY – The Winter Yards

Posted on October 12, 2024 by jason

Website [Release date 04.10.24] With Show of Hands on ‘an indefinite break’, Steve Knightley releases this, his first solo studio album in 17 years. Guest artists on the album include his Show of Hands partner-in-crime Phil Beer, Phillip Henry (Edgelarks), Madrid-based Track … Continue reading →

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Album review: SMASH ATOMS

Posted on October 8, 2024 by jason

M-Theory Audio [Release date 11.10.24] This year SMASH ATOMS have been bubbling under, mainly from the overwhelming and surprising response the Swedish quartet have received from commercial/active rock radio. Servicing their first single/video “Down” inspired a dozen stations to immediately … Continue reading →

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Album review: KALANDRA – A Frame Of Mind

Posted on September 30, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

By Norse Music [Release date 13.09.24] What is it with Scandinavia – still enticing and alluring with it’s Scandi Noir blend of melancholy and repressed emotion? If you want an album to soothe the soul as we head out of … Continue reading →

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Album review: FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION – Beautiful Happening

Posted on September 18, 2024 by jason

Absolute [Release date 27.09.24] It seems somewhat odd that Fairground Attraction were only around for three years, such is the lasting power of singles ‘Perfect’ and ‘Find My Love’. With debut ‘First of a Million Kisses’ having won a ‘Brits’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARY MARX – Green Ginger Jive

Posted on September 17, 2024 by jason

Wrecking Ball Sounds [Release date 05.10.24] Guitarist Gary Marx was a founding member of the Sisters of Mercy and on this album he travels back to the 70′s, specifically the glam rock heyday of the likes of Suzi Quatro, Slade … Continue reading →

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Album review: BETH HART – You Still Got Me

Posted on September 16, 2024 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 25.10.24] Beth Hart is back with a powerful restatement of who she is, on an album that digs deep for emotion and is illuminated by her subtle phrasing. ‘You Still Got Me’ is her 11th album, and … Continue reading →

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Album review: BOSTON MANOR – Sundiver

Posted on September 15, 2024 by jason

SharpTone Records [Release date 06.09.24] Sundiver marks Boston Manor’s fifth album. Hailing from the seaside town of Blackpool, the five piece have been busy bashing out bangers since their first EP in 2013. I was first introduced to Boston Manor … Continue reading →

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Album review: SkoR – Mess You Up

Posted on September 14, 2024 by jason

Facebook [Release date 18.09.24] Stockholm based SKoR’s new album is out for streaming, and a very limited hand numbered CD, and what a pleasure it is to listen to. I’ve known singer Emil Gammeltoft for over 30 years, sharing a … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAZARUS HEIGHTS – Papillon

Posted on September 11, 2024 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Dick Grisdale for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from ‘Papillon’. First broadcast 20 October 2024. Self release [Release date: 06.09.24] Lazarus Heights new ‘Papillon’ album is a melodic, song driven 12 … Continue reading →

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Album review: AUSTIN GOLD – Ain’t No Saint

Posted on September 5, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

TMR Rock Records [Release date 18.10.24] Austin Gold have made the Breakthrough Act category in successive years in our reviewer poll, most recently in 2022. That year’s album – ‘Those City Lights’ – saw the Cambridgeshire-based crew providing more distance … Continue reading →

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Album review: GEOFF EVERETT – The Crow Hill Roadsters

Posted on September 4, 2024 by jason

Facebook [Release date 16.07.24] These hallowed GRTR! pages have been crowing about English blues treasure, Geoff Everett, for years and he keeps coming up with the goods, as evidenced by this latest collection of blistering blues rock cuts on newly-released album, … Continue reading →

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Album review: SUSY WALL – The Spaces In Between

Posted on September 1, 2024 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 27.09.24] The Spaces In Between, the debut album from Susy Wall, has been in the pipeline for a couple of years. Although Susy has been singing from an early age, it is only in the past couple … Continue reading →

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Album review: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 2

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Davoski

Provogue [Release date: 20.09.24] Multi-Grammy-winning blues-rock star Kenny Wayne Sheppherd has been busy again. This time with older material. The two Dirt On My Diamonds volumes date back to recording/writing sessions at the famed Muscle Shoals studios in 2019. The … Continue reading →