Tag Archives: hard rock

Feature: GRTR! Greats – EUROPE

Posted on September 21, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

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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Album review: DIAMOND RAIN – Chapter One

Posted on September 20, 2026 by jason

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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Album review : VELVETEEN QUEEN – The Greater Good

Posted on September 11, 2026 by brianmc

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 →

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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2027

Posted on September 8, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

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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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2026

Posted on September 8, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Cherry Red Records - win six featured albums!

Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, NEWS, Pure Metal/News, Re-issues/special editions, Upcoming (Tours & Releases) | Tagged 2026, album, blues rock, Bluray, CD, classic rock, DVD, hard rock, heavy rock, melodic rock, metal, New releases, Progressive Rock, reissue, singer songwriter | Leave a comment

News: EUROPE and Danny Vaughn are the latest additions to the GRTR! Greats feature series (September 2026)

Posted on September 7, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

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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Album review: EUROPE – Come This Madness

Posted on September 6, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

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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Album review: SHA-BOOM – Another Nail in the Coffin

Posted on August 28, 2026 by jason

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 →

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Album review: KINDRED NORTH – Kindred North

Posted on August 23, 2026 by jason

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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Album review: PAUL DI’ANNO’S BATTLEZONE – Children Of Madness

Posted on August 22, 2026 by jason

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 →

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Album review: RAINBOW – In Concert 1976 Live In Nurnberg

Posted on August 22, 2026 by jason

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 →

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Album review: THE DEVIL WEARS NADA – In Lust We Thrust

Posted on August 14, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

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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News: Albums of the Month (April – June 2026)

Posted on July 19, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Get Ready to ROCK! 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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Album review: DAN BYRNE – This Is Where The Show Begins

Posted on July 15, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Frontiers [Release date 22.05.26] Revival Black were a promising band who released their last album in 2022. Frontman Dan Byrne broke away soon after and released an excellent EP ‘Beginnings’ in 2023. As our melodic rock supremo Andy Nathan commented … Continue reading →

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Album review: TRAGIK – Propaganda Elite

Posted on July 5, 2026 by jason

Rock Company [Release date 24.06.26] Album number fourteen from Tragik! Formed around Phil Vincent, a musician who defines the word prolific, he is joined by regular Tragik members drummer Dirk Phillips and bassist Damian D’Ercole, with guitar solos once again … Continue reading →

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Album review: FATAL VISION – Four Sides To Every Story

Posted on July 2, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 22.05.26] Fatal Vision’s fourth album, “Four Sides to Every Story,” is a powerhouse of classic hard rock that truly showcases the band’s artistic growth. From the moment you hit play, you’re hit with a barrage of intricate guitar … Continue reading →

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Single review: PARKER BARROW – Nothin’ Left To Save

Posted on June 25, 2026 by jason

Website I do like music with attitude, and this single earns a big five stars from me, for its attitude, for its grit, for its musicianship, for its utter rock n rollness I’ve said Parker Barrow are going places since … Continue reading →

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Album review: Ritchie Blackmore’s RAINBOW – Live In Dusseldorf (3-LP vinyl)

Posted on June 15, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Demon/Edsel [Release date 26.06.26] The second (after Cologne) of three live albums recorded in Germany 1976, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow were promoting their Rainbow Rising LP to huge acclaim. The three albums were originally issued as double CDs a few years … Continue reading →

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Album review : LYNCH MOB – The Final Ride (Live)

Posted on June 10, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 29.05.26] George Lynch was always known for his incendiary axework in a live setting. Never straying too much from the album the song came from, but adding enough to make it seem fresh and new. … Continue reading →

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Album review : SPREAD EAGLE – The Brutal Divine

Posted on June 6, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 12.06.26] This is US rock band, Spread Eagle’s fourth album in 25 years, and second album on the Frontiers’ label, not very hard on the heels of 2019’s rather good Subway To The Stars. Ray … Continue reading →

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Single review: BLACKLIST UNION – Jackson

Posted on June 6, 2026 by jason

Website/BLU Records This is exactly what you need for the summer, a great punked up reimagination of the Johnny Cash classic “Jackson”, and what a great version this is. With Blacklist Union frontman Tony West and Femme Fatale’s Lorraine Lewis … Continue reading →

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Album review : BRIAN ROBERTSON – Diamonds And Dirt (2 CD Reissue)

Posted on May 26, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 29.05.26] Scottish guitarist/ songwriter Brian Robertson played on what were arguably Thin Lizzy’s top 5 studio albums. Over a four year period, 1974-78, he contributed as guitarist and co-writer with Phil Lynott on Nightlife, Fighting, Jailbreak, … Continue reading →

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Album review: BEGGARS BLISS – S/t

Posted on May 14, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 22.05.26] Derby based Beggars Bliss formed in 2024, with a mantra of – “if it’s not fun, it’s not worth doing.” Their line-up is Henry John (vocals, guitar), Milly Ayesha (keyboards, vocals), Dan Griffiths (bass, vocals) and Chris … Continue reading →

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Album review: W.A.S.P. – s/t

Posted on May 10, 2026 by jason

Madfish [Release date 21.05.26] Record label Madfish have been working some of the early W.A.S.P. catalogue, including The Savage 7 CD boxset. Here is the band’s 1984 debut and in line with all the other Madfish releases I’ve encountered, it … Continue reading →

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Album review : VON GROOVE – Born To Rock

Posted on May 6, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 15.05.26] There can be few more explosive opening tracks than Von Groove’s ‘Once Is Not Enough’ from their self titled debut, 1992. 30 years later : they’ve got the band back together – Michael Shotton, … Continue reading →