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		<title>Album review : STRYPER &#8211; The Greatest Gift Of All</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-stryper-the-greatest-gift-of-all/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/STRYPER-150-The-Greatest-cover.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="STRYPER 150 The Greatest cover" title="STRYPER 150 The Greatest cover" /></a>Frontiers Music [Release date : 21.11.25] The Greatest Gift Of All is Stryper’s 16th studio album. The line up remains Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet, Oz Fox and Perry Richardson, solid for 8 years now. When we reviewed their last two &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-stryper-the-greatest-gift-of-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-stryper-the-greatest-gift-of-all/">Album review : STRYPER &#8211; The Greatest Gift Of All</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: DORO &#8211; Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 12:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/new-album-doro-conqueress-forever-strong-and-proud/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DORO-Conqueress-–-Forever-Strong-and-Proud-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="DORO - Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud" title="DORO - Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud" /></a>Nuclear Blast [Release date 27.10.23] Doro Pesch is one of metal&#8217;s most consistent performers, both on stage and in the studio, having lost none of her vocal range and power, as opener &#8216;Children Of The Dawn&#8217; ably illustrates. The Queen &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/new-album-doro-conqueress-forever-strong-and-proud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/10/new-album-doro-conqueress-forever-strong-and-proud/">Album review: DORO &#8211; Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: DIO &#8211; The Studio Albums 1996–2004</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/09/album-review-dio-the-studio-albums-1996-2004/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DIO-The-Studio-Albums-1996–2004-150x150.jpeg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="DIO - The Studio Albums 1996–2004" title="DIO - The Studio Albums 1996–2004" /></a>BMG [Release date 22.09.23] Ronnie James Dio’s eponymous band have quite a legacy, released a long string of solid and well received metal albums, from their formation in 1982 (following Dio’s departure from Black Sabbath) until his death in 2010. &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/09/album-review-dio-the-studio-albums-1996-2004/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/09/album-review-dio-the-studio-albums-1996-2004/">Album review: DIO &#8211; The Studio Albums 1996–2004</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: PROMETHIUM &#8211; Bleeding The Ghost</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-promethium-bleeding-the-ghost/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Promethium-Breathing-The-Ghost-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Promethium - Breathing The Ghost" title="Promethium - Breathing The Ghost" /></a>Load 4 Records [Release date 15.09.23] Post-pandemic has seen a lot of bands undergo line-up changes, and in some cases calling it a day, as musicians re-evaluate what they want to do and achieve musically. Promethium are one such band &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-promethium-bleeding-the-ghost/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-promethium-bleeding-the-ghost/">Album review: PROMETHIUM &#8211; Bleeding The Ghost</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: STRYPER &#8211; The Final Battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-stryper-the-final-battle/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/stryper-final-150x150.jpeg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="stryper final" title="stryper final" /></a>Frontiers [Release date: 21.10.22] Stryper are a talented, durable, outspoken band, and well before their gradual drift from AOR to Hard Rock to Heavy Metal they were strongly influenced by what they observed around them, and accordingly expressed their beliefs &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-stryper-the-final-battle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-stryper-the-final-battle/">Album review: STRYPER &#8211; The Final Battle</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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