Tag Archives: melodic rock

News: THE DAMNED, SAMMY HAGAR, MAID OF STONE (November 2025)

Posted on October 29, 2025 by jason
Whitesnake - DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, Donington Park, Leicestershire, 14-15 June 2019

Black Swan release their new album ‘Paralyzed’ on February 13 on Frontiers. Blackwater Drowning will release their new album ‘Obscure Sorrows’ on February 27. Brother Cane will release its first new album in 27 years, ‘Magnolia Medicine’, on April 17 on … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (July – September 2025)

Posted on October 24, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Albums of the Month (July-September 2025)

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 : LEAH MARTIN-BROWN – Love & Other Crimes

Posted on October 24, 2025 by brianmc
LEAH MARTIN-BROWN - Love & Other Crimes

Frontiers Music [Release date 24.10.25] Australian born, but now resident in Europe via the USA, amazingly gifted singer Leah Martin-Brown releases her debut album on Frontiers Music this month. She’s got a lot going for her before we hear a … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL- 100 Club, London, 15 October 2025

Posted on October 20, 2025 by andynathan
BRAVE RIVAL- 100 Club, London, 15 October 2025

There is no harder working touring band than Brave Rival, but of their many shows this was a special one, a well attended Central London showcase for their new (and excellent) ‘5 to 4’ EP which marks a new chapter … Continue reading →

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EP Review: BRAVE RIVAL – 5 to 4

Posted on October 13, 2025 by andynathan
BRAVE RIVAL- 5 TO 4

Independent (Release Date: 17.10.25) Its been a year of change in the Brave Rival camp with the departure of Chloe Josephine, one of the twin lead singers that helped make their sound so distinctive. Given their incessant touring activity, there … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAVLOV’S DOG – Essential Recordings 1974-2018 (5-CD box set)

Posted on October 10, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
PAVLOV'S DOG - Essential Recordings 1974-2018 (5-CD box set)

Ruf Records [Release date 27.09.24] What are we to make of a fairly basic box set from a band that have been described as “legendary” but who – this side of the pond – have largely gone unnoticed? ‘Essential Recordings’ … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE NEW ROSES- Downstairs at the Dome, London, 27 September 2025

Posted on October 4, 2025 by andynathan
THE NEW ROSES- Downstairs at the Dome, London, 27 September 2025

The New Roses have become a fixture on the UK circuit, this being their fourth autumn jaunt in a row, and yet the success they have had in Germany still eludes them here despite all that roadwork. I did wonder … Continue reading →

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News: KING KING, ACCEPT, JULIAN LENNON (October 2025)

Posted on September 29, 2025 by jason
IAN ANDERSON (JETHRO TULL) - The Lowry, Salford, 14 September 2015

Jan Akkerman releases ‘My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow’ on December 12 via Artone/Music Theories Recordings. Black Label Society plan to release their new album early next year via MNRK Heavy/Spinefarm Records. Buzzcocks release their latest album ‘Attitude Adjustment’ through Cherry Red … Continue reading →

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Singles review : TREAT – ’1985′ and ‘Adam and Evil’

Posted on September 29, 2025 by brianmc
Treat 150-TheWildCard-cover-2025

Frontiers Music [Release date : 26.09.25] Arena Rock experts and more, Treat recently released ‘Adam and Evil’ and ‘1985’ as teaser trailers for their forthcoming long player, The Wild Card, due out in November. The band’s high-sheen recording craft is … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LUKE MORLEY – Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 19 September 2025

Posted on September 24, 2025 by andynathan
P1220019 - Copy

With Thunder on indefinite hiatus for some while during Danny Bowes’ long road to recovery, their guitarist and songwriter Luke Morley has been keeping himself extremely busy. In between touring with the Quireboys he has now trebled his solo output … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FM – Islington Academy, London, 18 September 2025

Posted on September 24, 2025 by andynathan
FM_London_pic by Adrian Hextall (48) - Copy

FM are on the road so constantly that it is hard to divine where one tour begins and another ends. However the release of their excellent latest album ‘Brotherhood’ marks the start of a long tour, with the set list … Continue reading →

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Album review : MIKE TRAMP – The Songs Of White Lion Vol III

Posted on September 22, 2025 by brianmc
WHITE 150 LION Songs Vol III

Frontiers Music [Release date : 19.09.25] Few musical artists get the chance to rerecord their old material. Still fewer improve upon the originals. Mike Tramp continues to claim – clearly very sincerely – that he is surprised to have got … Continue reading →

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Album review: LITTLE KING – Lente Viviente

Posted on September 20, 2025 by jason
Little King

Facebook [Release date 26.09.25] Little King was formed in November of 1996 by guitarist/singer/songwriter Ryan Rosoff in El Paso, Texas. Ryan is joined in the current Little King line-up by David Hamilton (bass, cello) and Tony Bojorquez (drums), and this … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE SWITCH – No Way Out

Posted on September 6, 2025 by brianmc
THE S153 WITCH No way cover

Frontiers [Release date 12.08.25] It’s in some way inspiring to hear a band embracing the past wholeheartedly. Pretty well everywhere you scratch the paint on No Way Out, you’ll find the 1980s underneath. The Switch was formed by identical twin … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Cherry Red Records - win six featured albums!

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: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
BLACK STONE CHERRY AND THE DARKNESS- Wembley Arena, London, 4 February 2023

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Upcoming: UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson

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Upcoming: Festivals UK & Europe (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
STONEDEAD 2026

Please check artist and festival websites for latest information. Your festival not listed? Contact us!   Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio David Randall … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2025)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
HEART - O2 Apollo, Manchester, 30 June 2016

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 29.12.2025 To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, or Linux system), or Command+F (on a Mac) on … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026)

Posted on September 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
Livestream review: METALLICA, AT&T Arena, Arlington, Texas, 18 & 20 August 2023

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 22.06.2026 UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2026) To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD/Bluray) 2025

Posted on September 4, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
FM-Brotherhood

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Single reviews: ROXY AND THE LOCKHEARTS, BIG TALL SHADOWS

Posted on September 2, 2025 by jason
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Now there’s a bit of a backstory here…  whilst both bands will be judged as single entities, these guys have in fact worked together before as the mighty King Voodoo whilst they disbanded and have gone their separate ways musically. … Continue reading →

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News: BON JOVI, AVATAR, THE HARA (September 2025)

Posted on August 29, 2025 by jason
Rick Wakeman - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 9 May 2014

Aerosmith and Yungblud have teamed up for a new song entitled ‘My Only Angel’. It is the band’s first music in over a decade. They release an five song EP ‘One More Time’ on November 21 which features ‘My Only Angel’, … Continue reading →

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Album review: FM- Brotherhood

Posted on August 20, 2025 by andynathan
FM-Brotherhood

Frontiers Records (Release Date 05.09.25) You can set your watch by the fact that FM will release a new album every other year since 2018, no mean feat considering they seem to be perpetually on tour. Given that the live … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROULETTE – Go!

Posted on August 17, 2025 by andynathan
ROULETTE- Go!

Black Lodge Records [Release Date 25.07.25] Swedish melodic rockers Roulette have had a chequered history- around since the eighties, they never got as far as releasing an album till 2008. It was another eleven years before a very well received … Continue reading →

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