Tag Archives: melodic

Album review: URIAH HEEP – Raging Through The Silence

Posted on October 2, 2017 by jason
URIAH HEEP - Raging Through The Silence

Uriah Heep Records [Release date 08.09.17] One for hard rock and prog fans – you really can’t beat a bit of Uriah Heep. Really. Especially when it’s a well recorded live show. Even more so when it plugs a nice … Continue reading →

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Album review: PETER KNIGHT’S GIGSPANNER – The Wife Of Urban Law

Posted on October 2, 2017 by jason
PETER KNIGHT

[Release date 31.10.17] Folk rock icon, fiddle supremo and former Steeleye Span-er, Peter Knight, along with the rest of his trio Gigspanner have been busy lately. This is their second new album of the year. First, in the summer came … Continue reading →

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Gig review: INGLORIOUS – Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, 30 September 2017

Posted on October 1, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
INGLORIOUS - Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, 30 September 2017

A rainy South Wales valley in autumn can be a bleak miserable place but today a special double bill rolled into town and brightened up the weekend, the first date of a national tour. The venue – Pontypridd Muni(cipal) Arts … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: DIRTY THRILLS, STEELHEART, SHAKRA

Posted on September 29, 2017 by jason
DIRTY THRILLS - Heavy Living

DIRTY THRILLS Heavy Living Frontiers [Release date 15.09.17] Despite their name Dirty Thrills are not a sleaze rock band, instead they draw from the musical well of 60′s/70′s rock giants Led Zep and Bad Company, to produce a big, hard … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE RADIO SUN – Unstoppable

Posted on September 26, 2017 by jason
THE RADIO SUN - Unstoppable

Pride and Joy Music [Release date 20.10.17] Vocalist Jase Old and guitarist Stevie Janevski are back with a new Radio Sun album, a follow-up to last year’s ‘Outside Looking In’. Once again Paul Laine handles production duties and the band are … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (May-August 2017)

Posted on September 25, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
The Best of 2017

Albums of the Month May 2017 COCO MONTOYA Hard Truth (Ruf Records) “It’s rare for an artist in the middle of his career to push himself up to another level, but ‘Hard Truth’ does precisely that … an album that … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: FRIGG, PALE HONEY, HELL IN THE CLUB, CATHEDRALE

Posted on September 20, 2017 by jason
FRIGG - Frost On Fiddles

FRIGG Frost On Fiddles Frigg [Release date 06.10.17] Frigg (be careful how you spell that on a Google search!) hail from Finland and feature the talents of four fiddle players, plus a guitarist, bassist and cittern/mandolin players. All instrumentals and … Continue reading →

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Album review: MOONLIGHT DESIRES – Just The Hits 1981-1985

Posted on September 16, 2017 by jason
MOONLIGHT DESIRES - Just The Hits 1981-1985

Infamous Butcher Records [Release date 15.09.17] Moonlight Desires hail from Canada and have produced a set of very enjoyable covers, and not the usual suspects either as they have gone for 80′s synth led pop rockers. The band’s name comes from … Continue reading →

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Album review: COLDSPELL – A New World Arise

Posted on September 14, 2017 by jason
Coldspell - A New World Arise

Escape Music [Release date 22.09.17] ColdSpell have been around since 2005 and this is the band’s fourth album, with what is quite a gap for them since 2013′s ‘Frozen Paradise’. However, that extra time in between albums has allowed the … Continue reading →

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Album review: PHIL VINCENT – XX

Posted on September 12, 2017 by jason
PHIL VINCENT - XX

Phil Vincent Music Phil Vincent is very prolific, this being his twentieth solo album, plus he has been in various bands/projects through the years including D’Ercole, Legion and Tragik. Although Phil plays and produces all of the music on here, he … Continue reading →

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Album review: SCHERER/BATTEN – BattleZone

Posted on September 4, 2017 by jason

MelodicRock Records [Release date 22.09.17] Scherer/Batten is vocalist Marc Scherer (who released an album with Jim Peterik in 2015) and guitarist Jennifer Batten, who has worked with Jeff Beck and Michael Jackson amongst others. Former Survivor member Jim Peterik wrote … Continue reading →

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Album review: EDEN’S CURSE – Eden’s Curse (Revisited)

Posted on September 1, 2017 by GRTR! HQ
EDEN

AFM Records [Release date 24.08.17] Is it really 10 years?  Phew!  The timeline of EC has pretty much followed that of GRTR!  and we have been enthusiastic supporters throughout.  But a revisiting of the debut album in 2007?  Well I … Continue reading →

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EP review: BELLA McKENDREE – Waiting

Posted on August 27, 2017 by jason
BELLA McKENDREE - Waiting

Trellis Records [Release date 18.08.17] The debut EP by Bella McKendree is produced Grammy Award-winning Producer Brett Shaw (Florence & The Machine, Daughter, Mark Ronson). The backing is sparse, a little piano and gentle loops/drums, to allow Bella’s singing to take … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: WHITEWOODS ROCK, SYTERIA, THE NIGHTS

Posted on August 22, 2017 by jason

WHITEWOODS ROCK Whitewoods Rock hail from Denmark and are a four piece consisting of Michael Torp (bass), Jonas Abildgaard (guitar/vocal), Mikkel S. Petersen (guitar) and Jacob Abildgaard (drums). They have a sound reminiscent of R.E.M. circa their ‘Green’ album, particularly … Continue reading →

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Album review: ACE FREHLEY – Anomaly (Deluxe Edition)

Posted on August 22, 2017 by jason
ACE FREHLEY - Anomaly (Deluxe Edition)

Steamhammer/SPV [Release date 08.09.17] Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has always fared better than the band’s other members when it comes to solo efforts and 2009’s “Anomaly” was a big hit with fans- and it’s not hard to see why … Continue reading →

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Album review: BOULEVARD – IV Luminescence

Posted on August 19, 2017 by jason
BOULEVARD - IV Luminescence

MelodicRock Records [Release date 22.09.17] Here’s a band I thought I’d never hear new music from and I am very glad to be proved wrong. Boulevard are a Canadian band who released two albums – 1988′s self-titled debut and 1990′s ‘Into … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEVILFIRE – Dark Manoeuvres

Posted on August 17, 2017 by jason
DEVILFIRE - Dark Manoeuvres

Escape The Fire Records [Release date 07.10.07] What the fudge is in the water in Birmingham? Could it really still be that yearning to escape working class, chained-to-the-factory drudgery? Seemingly Britain’s hard-rock Austin, Texas equivalent, Brum has produced some of … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: DA VINCI, LEPROUS

Posted on August 3, 2017 by jason
DA VINCI Ambition Rocks

DA VINCI Ambition Rocks AOR Heaven [Release date 25.08.17] It has been a mere 25 years since Da Vinci last released an album, the rather good ‘Back In Business’. The 2017 version of the band appears to only feature guitarist … Continue reading →

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Album review: TIM ARNOLD – I Am For You

Posted on July 26, 2017 by jason

TA Music [Release date 01.09.17] Tim Arnold has had a busy year to date with the ‘Sounds To Pictures’ album earlier this year, a re-issue of the ‘No Coincidence’ album by indie rockers Jocasta, who Arnold was a member of, … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALL 4 1 – The World’s Best Hope

Posted on July 18, 2017 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 07.07.17] All 4 1 are another Frontiers project, with this one overseen by Alessandro Del Vecchio, who produced the album as well as playing keys and co-writing a few songs. The band consists of half of Alliance (about time … Continue reading →

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Album review: CATS IN SPACE – Scarecrow

Posted on July 17, 2017 by jason
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www.catsinspaceband.com [Release date 25.08.17] Cats In Space’s debut album ‘Too Many Gods’ was released in 2015 and rightly won the band many rave reviews. Since then they have toured supporting Thunder, done a joint headline tour with Space Elevator, appeared … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEN – Gothica

Posted on July 16, 2017 by jason
TEN - Gothica

Frontiers [Release date 07.07.17] Album number thirteen from the enduring melodic rockers Ten, which also sees them back on Frontiers in a multi-album deal. They have hit a purple patch these past few years, helped no doubt by the same line-up … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIONHEART – Second Nature

Posted on July 8, 2017 by jason
LIONHEART - Second Nature

AOR Heaven [25.08.17] Blimey, it has been a few years since Lionheart last released an album – over thirty to be precise! Their sole studio album to date was 1984′s ‘Hot Tonight’, rightly revered among many rock fans. They split-up in 1986 with Dennis … Continue reading →

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Album review: DON BARNES – Ride The Storm

Posted on June 29, 2017 by jason

MelodicRock Records [Release date 20.06.17] Hats off to MelodicRock Record’s Andrew McNeice who finally got this long lost album released. Don Barnes, of southern rockers .38 Special fame, recorded this album back in 1989, however due the time honoured label … Continue reading →

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Single and EP reviews: JOSH TAERK, SLYDIGS, PETER DONEGAN

Posted on June 29, 2017 by jason
JOSH TAERK Rock N Roll On

  JOSH TAERK Rock N Roll On Josh Taerk has released a new single digitally and it has been a little while since we heard anything new from him. ‘Rock N Roll On’ is a classy upbeat rocker, complete with … Continue reading →

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