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Album review : DAN SEALS – 4 albums on 2 CDs – Stones/Harbinger/Walking The Wire/All Fired Up
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Album review: SCARLET REBELS – Flawed By Design
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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Suit of Armour
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Album review: HANOI ROCKS – The Complete Collection 1981-1984
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Album review : IRON SAVIOR – Death Bringer
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Album review: MASON HILL – World So Wonderful
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Tag Archives: hard rock
Album review: SCARLET REBELS – Flawed By Design
Earache Records [Release date 13.11.26] No pressure on the lads in Scarlet Rebels as their previous album, 2024′s ‘Where Colours Meet’ made the Albums of the Year selections for myself and fellow scribes, Karen Clayton and Andy Nathan. Amazingly this … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Flawed By Design, hard rock, modern rock, review, rock, Scarlet Rebels
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Album review: HANOI ROCKS – The Complete Collection 1981-1984
UMR [Release date 13.11.26] Helsinki, 1979. A band forms itself that would go on to have a massive impact on some of the biggest bands of the eighties and nineties. They are also, hands down, my favourite band. Vastly underrated … Continue reading
Album review: MASON HILL – World So Wonderful
7Hz Productions [Release date 23.10.26] The latest Mason Hill album is a significant departure for the band, following the loss of original vocalist Scott Taylor and the arrival of Tom Ward. They seem to have toughened up for a more … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, Mason Hill, metal, nu-metal, review, World So Wonderful
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Feature: GRTR! Greats – DANNY VAUGHN
Photo: Andy Nathan (Malmo Melodic, July 2026) For every artist who makes it big, there are several equally talented musicians who for whatever reason are destined to enjoy more modest success to a narrower audience. New Yorker Danny Vaughn is … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Danny Vaughn, feature, gigs, hard rock, melodic rock, retrospective, reviews, Tyketto
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Album review: BLACK WATER REDEMPTION – Black Water Redemption
Facebook [Release date 02.10.26] God bless the 90′s. Grunge. Groove. ’70′s rock throwbacks. Rock reborn from hair metal. And bands with names like Black Water Redemption… Now THIS band know how to bring all that together, the swagger, the riffs, the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Water Redemption, grunge, hard rock, review, rock, self-titled
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Album review: RAINBOW – Rarities
Demon/Edsel [Release date 27.11.26] Earlier this year Demon did a wonderful job with the Rainbow box Temple Of The King, taking in Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow’s first two album from 1975 and 1976, bonus tracks, and the three live in Germany … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Cozy Powell, hard rock, Limited Edition, Rainbow, rarities, Record Store Day, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock, Ronnie Dio, Vinyl
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Album review: TAL RASHA – Luminology
Bandcamp [Release date 20.11.26] In these crazy days of AI-generated slop, isn’t it gratifying to know that some things, done in their most authentic and feral form, remain without equal. A four-piece comprised of drums, guitar, bass and lungs is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bad Company, classic rock, Free, hard rock, Led Zeppelin, Luminology, review, rock, Tal Rasha
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Gig review: CHANTEL McGREGOR – The Louisiana, Bristol, 20 October 2026
Chantel didn’t let a temperamental TENS machine upset tonight’s gig although she claimed it buzzed over the PA during quiet bits. If it was part of the act it didn’t detract and merely contributed to the easy repartee from a … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 October 2026, blues rock, Bristol, Chantel McGregor, classic rock, gig, guitar, guitarist, hard rock, pop rock, progressive, review, The Louisiana
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Album review: NAZARETH – The UK A’s & B’s 1972-1980
BGO [Release date 16.10.26] Legendary Scottish rockers Nazareth, who are still touring, formed from the ashes of 60s ballroom cover band The Shadettes, and released their debut album through Pegasus in 1971. Although it took them an album or two … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Dan McCafferty, hard rock, Nazareth, Pete Agnew, review, rock, The UK A’s & B’s 1972-1980
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Album review: SHOGUN MOJO
Frontiers [Release date: 30.10.26] Here’s an unlikely coupling. Tommy Thayer KISS guitarist since 2002 and Dan Reed from Dan Reed Network. The common denominator seems to be their geographic origins: Portland, Oregon. To these ears it’s like another Dan Reed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, funk, funk rock, hard rock, Kiss, review, Shogun Mojo, Tommy Thayer
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News: Albums of the Month (July-September 2026)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
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Tagged 2026, albums of the month, ambient, August, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, July, melodic rock, September
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Album review: PHIL VINCENT – Passive/Aggressive
Rock Company Records [Release date 21.10.26] Seriously, does Phil Vincent ever sleep?! This is Phil’s second solo album of the year, and third overall when Tragik are included. Phil Vincent never skimps on value either, as the CD adds two … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, hard rock, melodic rock, Passive/Aggressive, Phil Vincent, review, rock
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Feature: GRTR! Greats – EUROPE
Photo: David Randall/GRTR! The millennium has seen the revival of one of Sweden’s great melodic rock exports – Europe – and since their reformation in 2003 they have gone from strength to strength, reasserting their credentials and making some consistently … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Europe, feature, gigs, hard rock, history, interview, interviews, Joey Tempest, John Norum, melodic rock, radio, retrospective, reviews
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Album review: DIAMOND RAIN – Chapter One
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 23.10.26] Diamond Rain are a new band led by the silver masked High Priest, who is backed by Arch Lector and The Faithful Disciples. It sounds on paper like a Lidl version of Ghost, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chapter One, Diamond Rain, Ghost, hard rock, melodic rock, review, rock
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Album review : VELVETEEN QUEEN – The Greater Good
Silver Lining Music [Release date 18.09.26] Who said Glamrock is dead? Not me. And certainly not Velveteen Queen. This band from Gothenberg is Glamrock’s second generation European progeny, whose rock’n’roll music has a solid sonic core and always has something interesting … Continue reading
Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2027
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your release not listed? Contact us! To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2027, album, blues rock, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, hard rock, heavy rock, melodic rock, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, reissue, singer songwriter
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2026
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check artist and venue websites for latest information. Your release not listed? Contact us! To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on … Continue reading
News: EUROPE and Danny Vaughn are the latest additions to the GRTR! Greats feature series (September 2026)
The latest additions to our GRTR! Greats series were announced on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 6 September 2026. The latest additions to the GRTR! Greats series from Get Ready to ROCK! are Swedish melodic rockers Europe and … Continue reading
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Tagged Danny Vaughn, Europe, feature, hard rock, melodic rock, news, retrospective, Tyketto
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Album review: EUROPE – Come This Madness
Silver Lining Music [Release date 25.09.26] It’s been seven years since Europe’s last album. Since 2017 the band haven’t been idle (with many a festival event under their collective belts) but the lack of a new studio album has been … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Come This Madness, Europe, hard rock, Joey Tempest, John Norum, melodic rock, review
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Album review: SHA-BOOM – Another Nail in the Coffin
Silver Lining Music [Release date 26.08.26] Sha-Boom appeared in 1988 and disappeared almost as quickly in 1992. Fast forward to 2005 and they released ‘The Race Is On’, then radio silence for a couple of decades until they re-emerge with … Continue reading
Album review: KINDRED NORTH – Kindred North
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 21.08.26] Although melodic rock and AOR is my first musical love (along with folk music), recent albums in this genre have not made much impression. Pride of Lions, Acacia Avenue and Creye come to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andi Kravljaca, Andreas Nergård, debut, hard rock, Kindred North, melodic rock, review, rock
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Album review: PAUL DI’ANNO’S BATTLEZONE – Children Of Madness
Cargo/Deko Entertainment [Release date 23.10.26] Singer Paul Di’Anno found fame as Iron Maiden’s frontman on their first two albums, before recording the more AOR Di’Anno LP, and working with the supergroup Gogmagog. Then in 1986 he returned to a more … Continue reading
Album review: RAINBOW – In Concert 1976 Live In Nurnberg
Demon Records [Release date 28.08.26] Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow’s three German live shows, originally released on CD some years ago and long out of print, were reissued more recently as part of Demon’s Temple Of The King box set. The label … Continue reading
Album review: THE DEVIL WEARS NADA – In Lust We Thrust
Eonian Records [Release date 10.07.26] This album is a throwback to the classic sounds of 1980s melodic rock and even the opening piece is a bit of retro radio, not dissimilar to something you might hear in Grand Theft Auto. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, In Lust We Thrust, melodic rock, review, The Devil Wears Nada
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News: Albums of the Month (April – June 2026)
A quarterly feature highlighting album releases rated highly by the GRTR! review team and worthy of your investigation. We try and pick out a cross-section of albums that reflect the range of genres reviewed at the website. The star rating … Continue reading
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Tagged 2026, albums of the month, April, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, June, May, melodic rock, metal, Progressive Rock
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