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Album review: ASIA – Gravitas
Frontiers [Release date 24.03.14] Crop rotation is something those of us of a certain age will recall from O level geography – leaving land fallow and rotating crops leading to bigger and better harvests. Certainly over the years there’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Asia, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes, Gravitas, John Wetton, melodic, review, rock
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News: Ex-Nightwish singer ANETTE OLZON chats to Get Ready to ROCK! Radio
Sunday 9 March, 22:00 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio In this week’s ‘Assume The Position’, David Randall chats to Anette Olzon about her new album, and plays tracks from ‘Shine’. GRTR! Reviewer Pete Whalley described the album as a contender … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alyson Avenue, Anette Olzon, interview, March 2014, Nightwish, pop, rock, Shine, singer, Sweden, Swedish, symphonic metal
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Album review: 10cc – Live In Concert (Clever Clogs)
Wienerworld [Release date 10.03.14] For the past few years Graham Gouldman has been touring “with friends” and keeping alive his 10cc legacy, bolstered with his own early history as tunesmith to The Yardbirds and The Hollies amongst others. This 2007 … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, album, Clever Clogs, Graham Gouldman, Live In Concert, March 2007, pop, review, rock, Shepherd's Bush Empire
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Album review: W.E.T. – Live In Stockholm
Frontiers Records [Release date 21.02.14] The nearest to a supergroup in the current melodic rock world, W.E.T. have within a short space of time become one of the darlings of the genre. So hot on the heels of last year’s excellent … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Eclipse, Erik Martensson, Jeff Scott Soto, Live In Stockholm, review, Robert Sall, Talisman, W.E.T., Work Of Art
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Album Review: STRAY – Live in Japan 2013
Angel Air www.angelair.co.uk [Release date 10.03.14] Stray hail from the golden age of classic rock in the 1970’s, but somehow missed out on the mainstream recognition and rewards hoovered up by the likes of Humble Pie, Quo and Thin Lizzy. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, DEL BROMHAM, Live in Japan 2013, review, rock, Stray
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Album Review: ALISTER ATKIN AND THE GHOST LINE CARNIVAL – To Evangeline
[Release date 03.04.14] The second album from singer/songwriter Alister Atkin is inspired by the coast and maritime life of Nova Scotia. Overall, it’s a pleasant, almost beautiful offering, and plays to the strength of Atkin’s smooth, honeyed voice. Sometimes layered … Continue reading
Album review: WISHBONE ASH – Blue Horizon
Solid Rockhouse Records [Release date 04.03.14] If you can set aside the bitter dispute over the trading name, there is no doubt that Andy Powell has worked tirelessly to produce albums that are completely befitting the Wishbone Ash heritage. He’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Powell, Blue Horizon, Bob Skeat, Joe Crabtree, Muddy Manninen, Pat McManus, review, rock, Wishbone Ash
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Album review: ADAM SWEET – Small Town Thinking
NEO Music Adam Sweet’s full debut was released at the end of 2013 to favourable reactions. It is easy to see why. This is a sublime, often laid back album of confidence, competence and genuine talent. Only in his mid-twenties, … Continue reading
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Tagged ADAM SWEET, album, blues rock, review, rock, Small Town Thinking
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Album review: HOUSE OF LORDS – Precious Metal
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Released 21.03.14] The ninth album from veteran Melodic/Arena rock band House of Lords finds the band playing with the attitude and energy of a band half their age. With “Precious Metal” the band are mixing their classic sound … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, House of Lords, James Christian, melodic, Precious Metal, review
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Album review: CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX – White Light Generator
Cool Green Recordings ( Release date 17.03.14) Crippled Black Phoenix are a difficult band to review. This is mainly because they refuse to conform and are, therefore, hard to pigeon hole. Perhaps this is something that should be celebrated in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Crippled Black Phoenix, indie, Live In Poznan, prog, review, rock, White Light Generator
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Album review: ROCK CANDY FUNK PARTY – Takes New York, Live At The Iridium
Provogue [Release date 24.02.14] A few years ago a few stellar musicians got together to explore some funky vibes. This stellar cast included, latterly, none other than Joe Bonamassa and this side-project was to some extent overlooked as Joe wore … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, funk, jazz fusion, Joe Bonamassa, review, rock, Rock Candy Funk Party, Takes New York Live At The Iridium
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Album Review: PSYCLON NINE: [Order of the Shadow: Act I]
Metropolis Records [Released 23.12.13] Picking up all the best reference points from Al Jourgensen’s demonic Ministry creation and shredded together in a moulinex with the sweeping drama of Rammstein, Psyclon Nine have produced an album of surprisingly good industrial metal … Continue reading
Album Review: THE MANIC SHINE – Let Go Or Be Dragged
Animal Farm Records This is a very original and encouraging debut album from Scottish borders-based quartet The Manic Shine. The ten tracks here each have it all going on. The material could broadly be described metal-tickled prog rock, with a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Let Go Or Be Dragged, Orren Karp, Ozzie Rodgers, prog, Progressive Rock, review, rock, The Manic Shine
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Album review: WITHIN TEMPTATION – Hydra
Dramatico [Release date 03.02.14] With their last studio album The Unforgiving (2011), Dutch symphonic rockers Within Temptation looked as if they were about to step into the American mainstream and take it by storm with a set that included radio … Continue reading
Album review: ANETTE OLZON – Shine
Interview edit: Anette Olzon, 26 February 2014 The full interview is featured in ‘Assume The Position’ Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 9 March, 22:00 GMT More information earMUSIC [Release date 31.03.14] For those who don’t pick their fruit from … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alyson Avenue, Anette Olzon, Nightwish, pop, progressive, review, rock, Shine, Sweden, Swedish, symphonic metal
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Album review: BATTLEAXE – Heavy Metal Sanctuary
Steamhammer/SPV [Release date 24.02.14] Originally part of the mid 80s era New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWoBHM), Battleaxe released tracks on several compilations as well as two albums in 1983 and 1984; both have since been reissued on CD, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Battaleaxe, heavy metal, Heavy Metal Sanctuary, NWOBHM, review
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Album review: VANDEN PLAS – Chronicles of the Immortals : Netherworld
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 24.02.14] It has been a while since Vanden Plas released The Seraphic Clockwork back in 2010 but that’s not to say they haven’t been busy…far from it. German best-selling author Wolfgang Hohlbein suggested a collaboration with … Continue reading
Quick Plays: HEAVY METAL NINJAS, TIDE, KATIE COLE
HEAVY METAL NINJAS – Interstellar Abduction Warner Music [Release date – out now] Heavy Metal Ninjas hail not from Japan as you might expect but from New Zealand. Lead by virtuoso guitarist Richie Allan, this instrumental six piece are here … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, country, country pop, Heavy Metal Ninjas, Interstellar Abduction, Katie Cole, metal, New Zealand, No 4, prog, review, Richie Allan, rock, Sheryl Crow, Slovakia, Steve Vai, Tide
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Album review : DOG DAYS REVOLUTION – Overloaded
Turenki Records (Release date – out now) Rock ‘n’ Roll and Finland have long gone hand in hand for some reason, maybe it’s the long dark nights? The latest addition to Finland’s rock heritage are Dog … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, CD, Dog Days Revolution, Finland, Overloaded, review, rock
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Album review: PERC3PTION – Reason And Faith
MS Metal Records (Release date – out now) Perc3ption are a Brazilian outfit who have been together since 2007. This debut album was released back in their native country last year and is only now reaching … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brazil, CD, Luiz Fernando Poleto, metal, Perc3ption, prog, Reason And Faith, review, rock, Wellington Consoli
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Album review: FREEDOM CALL – Beyond
SPV [Release date 24.04.14] Album number eight from Freedom Call and a couple of line-up changes with a new drummer Ramy Ali, along with the return of original bass player Ilker Irsin. I have to admit Freedom Call are one … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beyond, Freedom Call, Gamma Ray, Helloween, metal, power metal, review
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Album review: MAGNUM – Escape From The Shadow Garden
Interview with Tony Clarkin of Magnum, first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 2 March 2014 (12:31) SPV [Release date 24.03.14] It is fair to say that with Magnum you will probably never get a naff album. Tony Clarkin’s … Continue reading
Album review: VANDENBERG’S MOONKINGS – Vandenberg’s Moonkings
Mascot Records [Release Date: 24.02.14] Adrian Vandenberg is back! The man responsible for the sensational guitar solo in Whitesnake’s all time classic “Here I Go Again” and whose collaboration with David Coverdale built the foundations for the amazing “Slip Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Vandenberg, album, David Coverdale, review, rock, Vandenberg's Moonkings, Whitesnake
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Quick plays: ROBBY HECHT, DAVID BERKELEY, PETER MULVEY, DAMIEN DEMPSEY
ROBBY HECHT Robby Hecht (Old Man Henry Records) [Release date 24.03.14] DAVID BERKELEY The Fire In My Head (Straw Man Music) [Release date 17.03.14] I’ve brigaded these two singer songwriter’s releases together, not just because they’ll be touring the UK … Continue reading
Album review: WICKED FAITH – Under No Illusion
Self-released [Release date 18.11.13] It’s always good to hear a young band giving it their all but referencing – perhaps subconsciously – some of those female-fronted bands that you grew up with. Wicked Faith formed in Norwich in late-2011 and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, female fronted, hard rock, Norwich, review, Under No Illusion, Wicked Faith
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