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Album review : BONFIRE – Higher Ground

Frontiers [Release date : 24.01.25] 18th studio album from Bonfire. First on Frontiers. Nowadays, the band is founder/leader, Hans Ziller, with Dyan Mair on vocals; Ronnie Parks and Fabio Alessandrini form a solid rhythm section and Frank Pane twins up … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bonfire, Claus Lessmann, Der Rauber, Frank Pane, Hans Ziller, Higher Ground, melodic hard rock, review, Ronnie Parks
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Album review: LESSMANN VOSS – Rock Is Our Religion

Atomic Fire Records [Release date: 22.07.22] This Lessmann Voss, Rock Is Our Religion album would be easy to write off because it seems so out of time. Bonfire’s Claus Lessmann and Mad Max’s Michael Voss are clearly not keen to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bonfire, Claus Lessmann, eighties, FM Radio, Mad Max, melodic rock, Michael Voss, review
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Album review: BONFIRE – Roots

AFM Records [Release date 26.02.21] Bonfire‘s continued popularity and success confounds critics, of the genre at least, if not the band. And you could hardly describe each new album as a reinvention. They have constantly returned to their home territory … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, album, Alexx Stahl, Bonfire, Double album, Hans Ziller, melodic hard rock, review, roots, unplugged
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Album review: BONFIRE – Fistful Of Fire

AFM Records (Released 03/04/20) Worried that we’ve grown weary of the ten rock songs and a ballad format, Bonfire throw in a few (3 in fact) short instrumentals to punctuate the band’s well established sonic signature, on this, their 17th … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, album, Bonfire, Fistful Of Fire, hard rock, melodic rock, review
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Gig Review: TYKETTO, Bonfire, Summers – The Garage, Highbury, London, 18 March 2014

Tyketto must be high on the list of ones that got away. The East Coast melodic hard rockers released a debut album of stunning quality in 1991 only to be stymied by lack of record company promotion and the Nirvana-led … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 March 2014, Bonfire, Chris Green, Claus Lessman, Danny Vaughn, Furyon, gig, hard rock, Highbury, London, melodic, melodic rock, Pride, review, Summers, The Garage, Tyketto
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