Get Ready to ROCK! » James LaBrie https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: DREAM THEATER – Parasomnia https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-dream-theater-parasomnia/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-dream-theater-parasomnia/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2025 01:25:29 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=100727 DREAM THEATER - ParasomniaInsideOut [Release date 07.02.25] Dream Theater’s sixteenth studio album marks the return of drummer Mike Portnoy after a 15 year hiatus. While the album ambitiously explores themes of sleep disturbances it does lack the innovative spark that once defined the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/02/album-review-dream-theater-parasomnia/feed/ 0 Album review: VARIOUS – Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-various-reimagining-the-court-of-the-crimson-king/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-various-reimagining-the-court-of-the-crimson-king/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:47:34 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95251 VARIOUS - Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson KingPurple Pyramid Records [Release date 19.04.24] King Crimson’s 1969 album is one of the most significant and influential prog albums and here gets a fresh coat of paint courtesy of a stellar gathering of prog and fusion A listers. And, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-various-reimagining-the-court-of-the-crimson-king/feed/ 0 Album review: JAMES LABRIE – Beautiful Shade Of Grey https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/05/album-review-james-labrie-beautiful-shade-of-grey/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/05/album-review-james-labrie-beautiful-shade-of-grey/#comments Sun, 22 May 2022 02:03:14 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=80767 JAMES LABRIE - Beautiful Shade Of GreyInsideOut Music [Release date 20.05.22] The latest solo offering from James LaBrie stems from his involvement on the Eden’s Curse track “No Holy Man’ (a real highlight on their 2011 album ‘Trinity’) and a subsequent support slot for the band … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/05/album-review-james-labrie-beautiful-shade-of-grey/feed/ 0 Album review: TIMO TOLKKI’s AVALON – The Enigma Birth https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-timo-tolkkis-avalon-the-enigma-birth/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-timo-tolkkis-avalon-the-enigma-birth/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:13:30 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=73436 timo tolkki avalon enigmaFrontiers Music [Release date 18.06.21] Living legend of power/symphonic metal, Finland’s Timo Tolkki has again hooked up with fast rising guitarist/ writer/ producer Aldo (Secret Sphere/Sweet Oblivion) Lonobile on this, Avalon’s fourth album. As the memory of Tolkki’s longtime band, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-timo-tolkkis-avalon-the-enigma-birth/feed/ 0 Album review: EVERGREY – Escape Of The Phoenix https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/02/album-review-evergrey-escape-of-the-phoenix/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/02/album-review-evergrey-escape-of-the-phoenix/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:09:32 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=71041 Evergrey-PhoenixAFM Records [Release date 26.02.21] Evergrey, led by the formidably talented writer/producer/guitarist/vocalist, Tom Englund, are now on their 12th album. Escape Of The Phoenix once again revisits the band’s idea of adult contemporary metal. It’s a dark, sinewy sound, braced … Continue reading →

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