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Gig review: HAMMERFEST – Pwllheli, Wales, 10-13 March 2016
Hammerfest is hard, it’s loud, and it’s brutal and yet again it threatens apocalyptic damage on the peaceful site in Pwllheli. Now in its 8th reign yet again it is being hosted under the HRH United umbrella along with HRH … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-13 March 2016, Cradle Of Filth, Evile, Exodus, Extreme, festival, gig, Hammerfest, heavy rock, metal, Pwllheli, Quemists, review, Thrash, Turisas, Wales
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Gig review: RECKLESS LOVE – Scala, London, 31 March 2016
Unlikely though it may seem, Finland is a country with one of the biggest associations with glam rock past and present. It was Hanoi Rocks who arguably blazed the trail in seminal fashion for the LA scene that was to … Continue reading
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Tagged 31 March 2016, AOR, gig, glam, London, metal, Reckless Love, review, rock, Santa Cruz, Scala
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Album review: CIRCUS MAXIMUS – Havok
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 18.03.16] Circus Maximus have been around since 2000 and this is album number four from them. Previously they have been more into straight ahead prog metal recalling bands like Kamelot and Symphony X, this time though … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Circus Maximus, Havok, melodic, metal, prog, progressive metal, review, rock
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Quick plays: ALMANAC, MOULETTES, BREAK THE SENSES
ALMANAC Tsar Nuclear Blast [Release date 18.03.16] Rage had a major line-up change last year, one of which saw guitarist Victor Smolski leave the band and he wasted little time in assembling Almanac. This album is a concept piece based … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Almanac, Break The Senses, David Readman, folk, metal, Moulettes, Perfect Nature, Pink Cream 69, power metal, Preternatural, prog, Rage, review, Tsar, Victor Smolski
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Album review: ADRIAN WEISS – Easy Game
CD Baby [Release date 06.07.14] Just in case you dozed off listening to too much AOR, or you’ve have been concussed by too much metal, you may have missed the emergence of a whole new school of prog-metal instrumentalists including … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Weiss, album, Christian Muenzner, Demian Heuke, Easy Game, Forces At Work, fusion, Gloryful, guitar, instrumental, Jason Becker, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Lars Zehner, Manuel Korsakow, Marcel Willnat, metal, Paul Gilbert, prog, review, rock, Steve Vai, Thought Sphere, Tony McAlpine, Vinnie Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen
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News: BANG – U.S. 1970s Power Trio – European Tour incl. London date and Interview
Pete Feenstra chatted to Frank Gilcken, Frank Ferrara and Jake Leger for his Feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. In this interview edit Pete finds out more about the band’s 40 year live hiatus… (4:12) More information (and … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged April 2016, Bang!, Borderline, European tour, feature, heavy rock, interview, London, metal, radio
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EP review: IMPAVIDUS – s/t
www.impavidus.bandcamp.com/releases [Release date 27.1.16] Manchester born Impavidus are currently tearing venues all around the UK apart and their newly released EP is the damning evidence. Formed from members of both My Wooden Pillow and Driven Apart, Impavidus provide a cutting … Continue reading
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Tagged Arch Enemy, debut, EP, Gojira, Impavidus, Machine Head, metal, review
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News: 7 Bands to Watch – Download 2016
Here GRTR!’s Dillon Grant casts his expert eyes and ears over seven of the ‘must see’ bands at this year’s Download Festival. You can read the full article here including some who just missed the cut. Download 2015 reviews 7. … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Festivals & Large Events, NEWS
Tagged alternative, Atreyu, Breaking Benjamin, Download, festival, Ghost, Gojira, Hardcore, Havoc, metal, Neck Deep, rock, The Amity Affliction
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Album review: FORBIDDEN PLANET – From Bedroom To Oblivion
CD Baby [Release date 11.10.15] Not to be confused with anything pertaining to science fiction, save for some obtuse voice-over snippets, Forbidden Planet is a Singapore based instrumental prog rock outfit with an open ended style that finds them truly … Continue reading
Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL AOR – Pwllheli, Wales, 10-11 March 2016 (Joe Lynn Turner, Tyketto)
Thursday 10 March With a mass of indoor festivals throughout the year mainly at holiday camps out of season, Hard Rock Hell and it’s offshoots – AOR, Hammerfest, Prog and Blues – are fast becoming favourites, selling out in ridiculously … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-11 March 2016, festival, gig, Hard Rock Hell AOR, HRH, Joe Lynn Turner, Knock Out Kaine, melodic rock, metal, Pwllheli, Quireboys, review, rock, Russ Ballard, Tyketto, Wales
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Album review: METAL CHURCH – XI
Nuclear Blast [Release date 25.03.16] Metal Church are back and they bring the incredibly impressive XI. This is your typical thrash release from Metal Church, and that’s not a bad thing. Formed in what is known as Thrash’s golden era … Continue reading
Gig review: TYKETTO/DAN REED NETWORK – Manchester Academy, 13 March 2016
It seems that we all gain from an event like HRH AOR: it means that some of the bands tag a few gigs either side. In this case, Tyketto and Dan Reed Network teamed up together for a unique pairing, … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 March 2016, AOR, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, Danny Vaughn, funk, gig, Manchester Academy, melodic rock, metal, review, Tyketto
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Gig review: SABATON – Glasgow Barrowlands, 3 March 2016
Pirates, tanks and a night to remember! Scotland’s very own Alestorm stopped over in Glasgow and with them came Sweden’s Sabaton and Bloodbound. The Barrowlands was, on the night a venue filled with a mix of Sabaton’s trademark bulletproof vests … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 March 2016, Alestorm, Barrowlands, Bloodbound, gig, Glasgow, metal, pirates, review, Sabaton
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Album review: VAN CANTO – Voices Of Fire
earMusic [Release date 11.03.16] Van Canto are back and this time they have come up with a vocal metal opera. They have teamed up with German author Christoph Hardebusch, who has come up with the story line based on his … Continue reading
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Tagged album, choral, Christoph Hardebusch, EarMusic, metal, review, VAN CANTO, Voices Of Fire
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Interview: EXUMER
Dillon Grant put some questions to Exumer’s founding member singer/bassist Mem V. Stein. The band has just released a new album, ‘The Raging Tides’, on Metal Blade Records. The new album, “The Raging Tides” is your fourth studio album and potentially … Continue reading
Album review: HEAT OF DAMAGE – Open Fire
Self Release (Release date 01.10.15) Heat Of Damage hail from the Johnny Cash-endorsed Folsom in California, although not from the penitentiary as far as I know. The band have been together for a few years and this is their debut … Continue reading
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Tagged album, California, Folsom, Heat Of Damage, heavy rock, Jarad Easter, Jeff Haugh, Machine Head, metal, Open Fire, review, Trivium
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Album review: MYRATH – Legacy
earMUSIC [Release date 29.04.16] As a fan of multi-cultural bands, in particular within the metal world, anything that is even remotely ethnic sounding is going to get a good word from me. So few bands will dare wear their roots … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Legacy, metal, Myarth, progressive, review, rock
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EP review: SPREADING THE DISEASE – Viral
https://www.facebook.com/spreadingthedisease.official Spreading The Disease hail from Kent and the five piece consist of Adam May (vocals), Julien Riquelme (lead guitar), Martin Osborne (vocals/rhytmn guitar), Steve Saunders (bass) and Edd Saunders (drums). This is the band’s debut EP ahead of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthrax, EP, Machine Head, metal, review, screamo, SLIPKNOT, Spreading The Disease, Thrash, Viral
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Gig review: ENTER SHIKARI – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 19 February 2016
Enter Shikari, a band renowned for their live performances, be it in the living room of bassist Chris Batten’s parent’s house (see video for ‘Sorry You’re Not a Winner’), the summer festival fields or in this instance, Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. … Continue reading
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Tagged Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Enter Shikari, gig, Hardcore, metal, punk, review, rock, the King Blues, the Wonder Years
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Quick plays: RAZORBATS, RAGE, SAGA, STAR CRYSTAL
RAZORBATS – Camp Rock www.razorbats.com [Release date 15.09.15] Razorbats hail from Norway and they like their 70′s rock that’s for sure, as you can hear bits of Alice Cooper, Kiss and on ‘Getaway’ you could be listening to a long-lost … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Camp Rock, Follow Me, melodic rock, metal, My Way, punk pop, Rage, review, rock, Saga, Star Crystal, The Pleasure & The Pain, the Razorbats
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Album review: ANTHRAX – For All Kings
Nuclear Blast [Release date 26.02.16] I will admit it has been awhile since I heard an Anthrax album right through, although I was a big fan back in their 80′s period when thrash metal was at its commercial peak. This … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anthrax, classic, For All Kings, metal, review, Thrash
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Album review: SOTO – Divak
earMUSIC [Release date 01.04.16] Soto’s debut album ‘Inside The Vertigo’ came and went early last year, and judging by the critical reaction perhaps splitting some of the core JSS fanbase as it marked a return to the more hard-hitting metal … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Divak, heavy metal, heavy rock, Jeff Scott Soto, Journey, metal, review, Soto, Talisman, Tempestt, Yngwie Malmsteen
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Quick plays: TREETOP FLYERS, SERENITY
TREETOP FLYERS – Palomino [Release date 11.03.16] This is the second album from this London five piece and listening to the album you would think you were back in the 1970′s and the West Coast sound of artists like Crosby, … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s music, album, Codex Atlantus, metal, Palomino, power metal, review, rock, Serenity, symphonic, the Treetop Flyers
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Album review: AVANTASIA – Ghostlights
Nuclear Blast [Release date 29.01.16] Tobias Sammet is back with another instalment of his Avantasia project. This one follows on thematically from ‘The Mystery Of Time’ album, with the lead character, a young scientist, unwittingly drawing the attention of a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AVANTASIA, Bob Catley, Dee Snider, Edguy, GEOFF TATE, Ghostlights, Jorn Lande, metal, Michael Kiske, Nuclear Blast, opera, review, rock, symphonic, Tobias Sammet
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Album review: TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Noises From The Cathouse
Angel Air Records [Release date 05.02.16] Remember the days when any self-respecting rock band had to have a “Y” replacing the “I” in its name, at least one umlaut over a vowel and the kind of curly-locked barnets which would … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angel Air Records, classic rock, metal, Noises From The Cathouse, NWOBHM, re-issue, review, Robb Weir, rock, Tygers Of Pan Tang
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