Get Ready to ROCK! » NWOBHM https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:40:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : NIGHTWING – Long Hard Road 1980-85 (5 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-night-wing-long-hard-road-1980-85-5-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-night-wing-long-hard-road-1980-85-5-cd-boxset/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:04:07 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=110211 nightwing 150 boxsetCherry Red [Release date : 28.08.26] CD1 : Something In The Air (1980) CD2 : Black Summer (1982) CD3 : Stand Up And Be Counted (1983) CD4 : My Kingdom Come (1894) CD5 : Night Of Mystery – Alive! Alive! … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-night-wing-long-hard-road-1980-85-5-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review : TOKYO BLADE – Hoist The Colours High https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-tokyo-blade-hoist-the-colours-high/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-tokyo-blade-hoist-the-colours-high/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:20:38 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=110021 tokyo 150 hoist imageCherry Red [Release date : 21.08.26] The unquenchable flame that is Tokyo Blade is about to release its 14th studio album in a career lasting the best part of 50 years. Hows that for durability? Hoist The Colours High is … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/08/album-review-tokyo-blade-hoist-the-colours-high/feed/ 0 Gig review: SAXON – Hammersmith (Eventim) Apollo, 15 November 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-saxon-hammersmith-apollo-15-november-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-saxon-hammersmith-apollo-15-november-2025/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:47:07 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105627 SAXON – Hammersmith Apollo, 15 November 2025A wonderful evening of classic rock at Eventim Apollo (that’s the Hammersmith Odeon in English), and well attended it was too, having the aura of a sellout. And after Saxon vocalist Biff Byford’s recent health scare (now clear of cancer), … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-saxon-hammersmith-apollo-15-november-2025/feed/ 0 Album review : TOKYO BLADE – Beware The Blade – Classic, Rare and Unreleased, 4 CD Boxset https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-tokyo-blade-beware-the-blade-classic-rare-and-unreleased-4-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-tokyo-blade-beware-the-blade-classic-rare-and-unreleased-4-cd-boxset/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:55:37 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105527 TOKYO BLADE 150 Beware imageCherry Red [Release date : 21.11.25] A 4CD boxset of the best of Tokyo Blade’s 14 albums (and more). It’s not called a “Best Of”, but that’s what it is. CD1 : selections from Midnight Rendezvous (1984) and Night Of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-tokyo-blade-beware-the-blade-classic-rare-and-unreleased-4-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review : RAVEN – Screamin’ Down The House (4 CD set) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-raven-screamin-down-the-house-4-cd-set-2/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-raven-screamin-down-the-house-4-cd-set-2/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:13:35 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102094 RAVEN 150 Screamin imageCherry Red [Release date : 25.04.25] Formed in the north of England by brothers John and Mark Gallagher, during a time of social upheaval in the UK, Raven forged their own reflective version of NWOBHM, a proto-thrash metal that found … Continue reading →

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