Get Ready to ROCK! » NWOBHM https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 03 May 2026 16:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/04/album-review-raven-screamin-down-the-house-4-cd-set-2/feed/ 0 Album review : TOKYO BLADE – Time Is The Fire https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/album-review-tokyo-blade-time-is-the-fire/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/album-review-tokyo-blade-time-is-the-fire/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:15:56 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=100217 TOKYO BLADE – Time Is The FireCherry Red [Release date : 17.01.25] The Cherry Red reach has increased dramatically in recent years, and Tokyo Blades’ latest album, Time Is The Fire will be getting a considerable PR push around the 17/1/25 release date. True heavy metal … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/album-review-tokyo-blade-time-is-the-fire/feed/ 0 Album review : KRYPTOS – Decimator https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/06/album-review-kryptos-decimator/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/06/album-review-kryptos-decimator/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:29:22 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96283 KRYPTOS Decimator Cover 150AFM Records [Release date : 05.07.24] On their magnificent seventh album now, Indian heavy metal band, Kryptos still have their eyes on the prize. It’s always tantalisingly out of reach for most bands. Few ever get their hands on it. … Continue reading →

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