Get Ready to ROCK! » melodic metal https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:40:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: PAUL DI’ANNO’S BATTLEZONE – Children Of Madness https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-paul-diannos-battlezone-children-of-madness/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-paul-diannos-battlezone-children-of-madness/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:51:12 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=110241 BattleZoneCargo/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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-tarja-frisson-noir/feed/ 0 Album review: ELEGANT WEAPONS – Evolution https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-elegant-weapons-evolution/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-elegant-weapons-evolution/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:13:58 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108313 ELEGANT WEAPONS - EvolutionExciter Records [Release date 24.04.26] Album number two from Elegant Weapons, the band formed around Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner and vocalist Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, MSG), with bassist Dave Rimmer (Uriah Heep), and drummer Christopher Williams (Accept) making their recording … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-elegant-weapons-evolution/feed/ 0 Album review : PRAYING MANTIS – The Official Bootleg Boxset Vol 1 – Live In Japan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-praying-mantis-the-official-bootleg-boxset-vol-1-live-in-japan/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-praying-mantis-the-official-bootleg-boxset-vol-1-live-in-japan/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:46:22 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108247 praying 150 mantis boxsetCherry Red [Release date : 24.04.26] CD1 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1993 Part One. CD2 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1993 Part Two CD3 : Live From The Bottom Line, Nagoya Japan, 1998 … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-praying-mantis-the-official-bootleg-boxset-vol-1-live-in-japan/feed/ 0 Album review : VENUS 5 – The March Of The Venus 5 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-the-venus-5-the-march-of-the-venus-5/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-the-venus-5-the-march-of-the-venus-5/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:45:00 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107570 THE VENUS 5 – The March Of The Venus 5Frontiers Music [Release date: 20.03.26] What’s so attractive about Venus 5’s second album is its refusal to choose one discrete genre, sub-genre, whatever. It dances around the fringes of pop metal, heavy metal and symphonic metal, all laced with tight … Continue reading →

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