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Singles review : TREAT – ’1985′ and ‘Adam and Evil’

Frontiers Music [Release date : 26.09.25] Arena Rock experts and more, Treat recently released ‘Adam and Evil’ and ‘1985’ as teaser trailers for their forthcoming long player, The Wild Card, due out in November. The band’s high-sheen recording craft is … Continue reading
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Tagged arena rock, Frontiers, melodic rock, review, singles, Treat, Wild Card
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Album review: LOVERBOY – Wildside (Remaster)

Rock Candy Records [release date: 25.03.22] Loverboy’s fifth studio album, again produced by the maestro, Bruce Fairbairn (RIP), has been remastered and reissued recently by Rock Candy Records. When Fairbairn, Bob Rock and Mike Fraser are handling production, engineering and … Continue reading
Album review: ERIC CHURCH – The Outsiders

Snakefarm Records [Release date 12.06.20] Church’s edgy, non conformist image smacks of authenticity, and when you hear songs like ‘The Outsider’ and ‘Devil Devil’ you wonder how long his love affair with the genre’s conventions will last. These are songs … Continue reading
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Tagged album, arena rock, country, country rock, Eric Church, hard rock, review, rock, The Outsiders
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Gig review: QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT, Wembley Arena, London, 15 December 2017

Arguably what we now think of as stadium or arena rock – big anthems designed for crowds to sing and sway along to and spectacular stage shows to match – can be dated back to 1977. After being overwhelmed by … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Lambert, arena rock, Brian May, classic rock, gig, News of the World, pomp rock, Queen, review, Roger Taylor
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Album review: EUPHORIA AUDIO

www.euphoria-audio.com [Released 08.09.14] Euphoria Audio hail from Wakefield in Yorkshire although listening to their debut album you’d be mistaken for thinking they were a US band used to playing arenas. This is in part no doubt due to having producer … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 Seconds, album, arena rock, Euphoria Audio, melodic rock, review
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