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Album review: BARNEY BENTALL – Flesh & Bone

Posted on March 23, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Three independent and seven studio albums into a career that kicked off in 1978, it’s a wonder that the name Barney Bentall – a Vancouver based singer songwriter – has never registered on the GRTR! radar. Those with an encyclopaedic … Continue reading →

Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House

Posted on March 20, 2013 by petefeenstra

Provogue 2-CD set/2-DVD/Bluray [Monday 25.03.13] ‘An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House’ finds Joe Bonamassa playing to his strengths in an unplugged mode. Together with a carefully chosen multi instrumental quintet, his playing is eloquent, … Continue reading →

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Album review: NO BRAGGING RIGHTS – Cycles

Posted on March 18, 2013 by david.wilson

Good Fight (Release date – 28.03.13) Southern Californian five piece, No Bragging Rights, have been around since 2006 and this is album number two. The band master in hardcore punk with a metal edge coupled with vitriolic … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – If You Leave

Posted on March 17, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Mosco [Release date 15.04.13] I’ve suggested in the past that I’d be happy to listen to Eleanor McEvoy sing the telephone directory – her soft lilting brogue is simply that addictive. Looking for my latest ‘fix’, even I was concerned … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAVEN BLACK NIGHT – Barbarian Winter

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Yiannis

Metal Blade – Out Now. I am sure that most of you would have gathered by now that 70s and 80s Rock/Metal music is definitely back in fashion. I mean, all you really have to do is to have a … Continue reading →

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Album review: ORCHID – Wizard Of War

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Yiannis

Nuclear Blast – Out Now. If, as I really hope, you are frequent visitors of our album reviews page you will remember that back in January, I was quite generous when rating “Heretic” – the four track E.P of the … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALVIN LEE – The Best Of

Posted on March 13, 2013 by petefeenstra

Repertoire Records (2012) This album has been brought into sharp focus by the sad loss of Alvin Lee. The Woodstock guitar hero seemed to be more affected than most by the prevailing sweep of punk and new … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE WONDERSTUFF – Oh No It’s…The Wonderstuff

Posted on March 12, 2013 by jason

IRL (Released 25.03.13) This new album adds a second disc of cover versions, ‘The Midlands With Love’, where the Wonderstuff cover a number of songs from fellow Midlands based artists. Band leader Miles Hunt said this album would be a … Continue reading →

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Gig Review: FM Album launch, 02 Academy, Islington, 6 March 2013

Posted on March 11, 2013 by andynathan

FM have taken took their time to follow up their well received comeback album Metropolis, but after celebrating 25 years of their classic ‘Indiscreet’‘ debut with live shows last year, the finest melodic rock band forged on this side of … Continue reading →

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Album review: WHITESNAKE: Made In Japan

Posted on March 10, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Frontiers Records [Release date: 22.04.13] 2-CD/DVD, DVD and Blu-ray The big question with Whitesnake in recent years is the quality of David Coverdale’s voice or lack of it. In spite of vigorous reassurance that ‘the voice’ is intact – from … Continue reading →

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Album review: FM – Rockville

Posted on March 8, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Membran/Riff City Records [Release date 11.03.13 ] Listening to ‘Rockville’ you can’t help thinking “how on earth did the band remain nearly men” in the late-1980s in spite of a dedicated following and when AOR was “king”? And then you … Continue reading →

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Album review: CATHEDRAL – The Last Spire

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Yiannis

Rise Above – Release Date 29/4/2013. The first time that the possibility of London-based Doomsters Cathedral calling it a day was on the cards was back in 2010, from the very mouth of the band’s legendary frontman Lee Dorian. During … Continue reading →

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Album review: CULT OF LUNA – Vertikal

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Yiannis

Indie Recordings – Out Now. Fifteen years is a long time for any band to make its impact felt and Cult Of Luna are among those outfits which have managed to cause much interested among fans and media since their … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROTTING CHRIST – Κατά τον Δαίμονα Εαυτού

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Yiannis

Season Of Mist – Out Now. Rotting Christ is a band that I have always admired, not only for their musically daring and impressive material but, most importantly, for the honesty and ethos that has accompanied them throughout their twenty … Continue reading →

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Album review: ENFORCER – Death By Fire

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Yiannis

Nuclear Blast – Out Now. As part of the blessed 80s generation that got to enjoy all the classic Heavy Metal albums in their making I am sceptical about young bands that claim they play “True Metal”. I mean, what … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH – Baphometic Chaosium

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Yiannis

Metal Blade – Out Now. When you are a member of a band whose first ever worldwide tour has been in support of Glen Danzig, your subsequent tour experiences involve bands such as Kreator, Behemoth and you enjoy the financial … Continue reading →

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Album review: BEDEMON – Symphony Of Shadows

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Yiannis

Svart Records – Out Now. Bedemon is a name that not many people, however much involved in Heavy Metal music, are expected to know. This has mainly to do with the fact that, even though they have been in existence … Continue reading →

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Quick Plays: JOSH ROUSE, JOHN SMITH, THE LEISURE SOCIETY, JACKIE OATES

Posted on March 3, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

JACKIE OATES Lullabies Jackie Oates is a traditional folk singer songwriter who’s won countless awards since emerging on the scene in 2003. She’s also toured with Seth Lakeman and is a member of the folk ‘super group’ Imagined Village alongside … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANNIE KEATING – For Keeps

Posted on March 3, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

While Bob Harris listeners may be acquainted with the name, New York based Americana singer songwriter Annie Keating will be unfamiliar to most. But her self-released fifth album, For Keeps, should go some way to redressing that balance. For the … Continue reading →

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Album review: FRANKA DE MILLE – Bridge The Roads

Posted on March 3, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

London based singer songwriter Franka De Mille has the distinction of being the only independent artist to be selected for the British Phonographic Industry’s Why Music Matters campaign alongside icons such as Nina Simone, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Louie Armstrong … Continue reading →

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Album review: W.E.T.- Rise Up

Posted on March 3, 2013 by andynathan

Frontiers Records [Release date 22.02.13] In a genre whose natural tendency is to look backwards, few new melodic rock acts have been as eagerly anticipated as W.E.T. Their 2009 debut, fusing the talents of prolific and versatile ex Malmsteen, Talisman … Continue reading →

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Album review: JIMI HENDRIX – People, Hell & Angels

Posted on March 2, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Experience Hendrix/Sony [Release date 04.03.13] Can there be any more Hendrix wine to tease from an ageing vine? It seems that with each new distribution deal (now with Sony Legacy) the opportunity is used to recycle and repackage material for … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAN REED – Signal Fire

Posted on February 18, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Zero One Music [Release date 18.02.13] Let’s get one thing clear. Don’t expect another ‘Tiger In A Dress’ and start thinking semi-acoustically. Dan Reed’s previous album, 2010′s ‘Coming Up For Air’, dispensed with the funk metal of his late-eighties big … Continue reading →

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Album review: REBECCA PRONSKY – Only Daughter

Posted on February 13, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Rebecca Pronsky is a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, New York whose previous outings have combined folk, jazz and country elements. ‘Only Daughter’ signals a slight shift in direction with a more adventurous Americana crossover sound. Produced by her husband and guitarist … Continue reading →

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Album review: TOMMY EMMANUEL & MARTIN TAYLOR – The Colonel And The Governor

Posted on February 10, 2013 by alanjones

Mesa/Bluemoon Records [Release Date 4.3.2013] So, what happens when you put together one of the finest jazz guitarists in the world with one of the greatest finger-style fretmeisters around? Well the answer is…. not quite what you would think. Martin … Continue reading →