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		<title>Album review : VANDEN PLAS &#8211; AcCult II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-vanden-plas-accult-ii/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/VANDENPLAS-150-Accult-2-image.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="VANDENPLAS 150 Accult 2 image" title="VANDENPLAS 150 Accult 2 image" /></a>Frontiers Music [Release date 12.06.26] Some 30 years after the band’s Accult album, Vanden Plas follow through with their long promised second all acoustic effort. Stating the obvious perhaps, but the real test of a band is its ability to &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-vanden-plas-accult-ii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/06/album-review-vanden-plas-accult-ii/">Album review : VANDEN PLAS &#8211; AcCult II</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>News: JACK J HUTCHINSON, KAMELOT, SALIVA (June 2026)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 07:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/news-june-2026/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/grtr_news1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="GRTR! News" title="GRTR! News" /></a>Audrey Horne release their latest album &#8216;Achilles&#8217; through Napalm Records on September 4, with &#8216;Insanity&#8217; released as the first single on June 11. The Bites release their new, self-titled, album on September 18 through Earache Records. Metalville is reissuing of &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/news-june-2026/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/news-june-2026/">News: JACK J HUTCHINSON, KAMELOT, SALIVA (June 2026)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: TARJA – Frisson Noir</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 10:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=108882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-tarja-frisson-noir/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Tarja-Frisson-Noir-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Tarja Frisson Noir" title="Tarja Frisson Noir" /></a>earMUSIC [Release date 12.06.26] Tarja Turunen releases her tenth studio album and one she calls the &#8220;heaviest record of her career&#8221;. There are a few notable guest appearances including fellow ex-Nightwish member Marko Hietala, Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth), Apocalyptica, and Chad Smith (Red &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-tarja-frisson-noir/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-tarja-frisson-noir/">Album review: TARJA – Frisson Noir</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: W.A.S.P. &#8211; s/t</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 14:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-w-a-s-p-st/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="140" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wasp-e1778450303896.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="WASP" title="WASP" /></a>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 &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-w-a-s-p-st/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-w-a-s-p-st/">Album review: W.A.S.P. &#8211; s/t</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : VON GROOVE &#8211; Born To Rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/VON-GROOVE-150-Born-image1.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="VON GROOVE 150 Born image" title="VON GROOVE 150 Born image" /></a>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, &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/">Album review : VON GROOVE &#8211; Born To Rock</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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