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Album review: THE ALARM – Strength (30th anniversary)

Posted on August 24, 2015 by jason

The Twenty First Century Recording Company [Released 02.10.15] For the thirtieth anniversary of this classic Alarm album Mike Peters has gone and re-recorded the whole album. Not only that, the lyrics have been updated in many cases and he has … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBURN – Canvas Of Silence

Posted on August 23, 2015 by alanjones

Self released [Release Date: 31.10.14] Progressive rock music has rarely been in ruder health than it is at present, with exceptional music arriving from all corners of the globe – both to rattle the cage of complacency of western Europe’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: THORNE – At The Edge

Posted on August 23, 2015 by petefeenstra

CD Baby [Release date 20.06.15] Thorne is an international combo spanning three continents, whose members have never met. They are a prog and classic rock band with psychedelic edges, who met on line via the music collaboration site http://www.kompoz.com and … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAN DOIRON – Stand Back I Don’t Know How Loud This Thing Gets

Posted on August 23, 2015 by petefeenstra

Dan Doiron [Release Date 14.05.15] Every once in a while you stumble across a blues album that makes you wonder why you hadn’t come across the artist before. And with a title like ‘Stand Back I Don’t Know How Loud … Continue reading →

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Album review: FUSONIC – Fields Of No Man’s Land

Posted on August 22, 2015 by petefeenstra

DMI Records [Release Date 22.06.15] Fusonic is a Dutch symphonic prog rock band whose second album draws on the prog rock giants of the past and reaches for a new musical vocabulary for the present. The fact they don’t quite … Continue reading →

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Album review: LYNCH MOB – Rebel

Posted on August 21, 2015 by andynathan

Frontiers Records [Release Date 21.08.15] Former Dokken guitarist George Lynch is in extremely prolific form after an up and down career. Less than a year ago came a mini album under the Lynch Mob banner, ‘Sun Red Sun’, then his … Continue reading →

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Album review: W ANGEL’S CONQUEST – Taste Of Life

Posted on August 21, 2015 by david.wilson

Ferrum [Release date 08.06.15] This is the 5th album release from W Angel’s Conquest, Ukraine’s oldest power metal outfit apparently, I will take their word for that. Formed back in 1996 by guitarist W Angel this album is being hailed … Continue reading →

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Album review: GHOST – Meliora

Posted on August 21, 2015 by david.wilson

Spinefarm [Release date 21.08.15] Ghost have always been a bit of a Marmite band, people tend to love or hate them. I first encountered the band a few years ago supporting Trivium and having seen the pictures and the image, … Continue reading →

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Album review: MOTORHEAD – Bad Magic

Posted on August 21, 2015 by david.wilson

UDR [Release date 28.08.15] When I reviewed the last Motorhead album ‘Aftershock’ a couple of years back I did think that it was going to be the band’s swansong due to Lemmy’s ongoing health issues. Lemmy though has stuck two … Continue reading →

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Album review: CONSTANCIA – Final Curtain

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Phil Berisford

MelodicRock Records [Release date 10.07.15] Swedish melodic rock band Constancia are back with their sophomore album ‘Final Curtain’ a full 6 years after their debut ‘Lost and Gone’ was released back in 2009. The band was formed back in 2007 … Continue reading →

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Album review: PALACE OF THE KING – White Bird/Burn the Sky

Posted on August 20, 2015 by jason

http://www.palaceofthekingmusic.com/ Let’s just cut to the chase – this is indeed yet another darn good album from down under – Aussie rockers, Palace of the King’s’ debut full album “White Bird/Burn The Sky” gets a very strong 4 out of … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE DELTA SAINTS – Bones

Posted on August 20, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

earMUSIC/Loud And Proud Records [Release date 04.09.15] Nashville-based The Delta Saints’ new album Bones, strips the band’s roots/blues sound down to its essence, blending rock ‘n’ roll, country, R&B, soul and gospel, exploring territory not unfamiliar with that trodden by … Continue reading →

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DVD review: STEVE HACKETT – The Man, The Music

Posted on August 20, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Wienerworld [Release date 07.09.15] He may not be the most charismatic of narrators, but this documentary about the life and career of Steve Hackett – running out at a very generous 140 minutes – leaves no stone unturned from his … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: THE GRAHAMS, MAURA KENNEDY, GILLIAN GLOVER

Posted on August 20, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

THE GRAHAMS Glory Bound 12 South Records [Release date 02.10.15] Husband and wife Americana duo Alyssa and Doug Graham follow up their 2013 debut Riverman’s Daughter with the dual release of their studio album Glory Bound, and Rattle The Hocks … Continue reading →

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Album review: GREG LAKE – London ’81

Posted on August 19, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 21.08.15] Now here’s an interesting find from the back pages of Greg Lake’s illustrious career. Recorded in 1981 with Gary Moore on guitar it is more than just a curios. Two years after ELP split, … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MOLTEN TRAIL, FOREST FIELD, MURDER MY SWEET, THIRD LUNG

Posted on August 19, 2015 by jason

MOLTEN TRAIL – Striving For The Sky Defox/Heart Of Steel Circles This is the project of Lithuanian keyboard maestro Vytautas Diskevicius, who has been playing and performing in Lithuania and this includes being part of former Uriah Heep vocalist John … Continue reading →

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EP reviews: EMPIRE OF FOOLS, CITY OF THIEVES, SPARK THE SAIL

Posted on August 19, 2015 by jason

EMPIRE OF FOOLS – Devil Inside (Mini-album) This is a very impressive debut mini-offering from Devon-based Empire of Fools – and I often shudder when I hear the term “melodic rock” because that genre includes Styx and Styx were fodder … Continue reading →

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EP review: VOODOO VEGAS – Hypnotise

Posted on August 19, 2015 by jason

www.voodoovegas.com [Release date 12.10.15] I had all the members of Voodoo Vegas stay at my place once before playing a local festival and after they had drunk all the beer, wine, mosquito cream and a couple of cans of lawnmower … Continue reading →

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Album review: IMMENSION – In Vain

Posted on August 16, 2015 by david.wilson

Self Release (Release date 15.06.15) Hailing from the steeltown of Sheffield seems somewhat apt as Immension are all about the metal. The trio sound as if they have been raised on a diet of Metallica, Trivium and In Flames to … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBERT CRAY – 4 Nights of 40 Years Live

Posted on August 14, 2015 by petefeenstra

Mascot [Release date 04.09.15] In an age where volume, speed and showmanship dominate, Robert Cray is here to remind us of the value of heartfelt lyrics, a resonant tone and a soulful singer’s ability to explore every nuance of the … Continue reading →

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Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – The Oblivion Particle

Posted on August 12, 2015 by jason

Inside Out [Release date 21.08.15] The second studio album to feature vocalist Ted Leonard (Enchant) and drummer Kimmy Keegan, the band’s twelfth studio album overall, and one of their more instantly accessible albums of recent years. There is the lead … Continue reading →

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Album review: STATUS QUO – The Vinyl Collection 1972-1980

Posted on August 12, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Universal [Release date 14.08.15] If classic Status Quo were personified by denim rather than leather, they were also defined by vinyl rather than CD. It may be somewhat bizarre that 40 plus years after the original release of the earliest … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAMN DICE – The Great Unknown

Posted on August 11, 2015 by david.wilson

Self Release ( release date 24.08.15) In a world of screaming tortured vocals and riffs that sound like a rockfall in a quarry it’s good to find a band who are happy to play honest, melodic … Continue reading →

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EP reviews: ELEMENTS, V/VEGA

Posted on August 11, 2015 by david.wilson

EP review: ELEMENTS – Where We Once Begun Self Release [Release date – 16.08.15] This is the second EP release from Southampton rockers Elements and it is a well honed affair. The band owe a lot to the likes of … Continue reading →

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Album review: NEWMAN – The Elegance Machine

Posted on August 11, 2015 by jason

AOR Heaven [Released 31.08.15] Steve Newman is back with his band Newman and joining him are his long term drummer Rob McEwen and on backing vocals Geoff Wootton and Mark Thompson-Smith (who worked with Steve Newman on the criminally underrated … Continue reading →