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Album review: EUPHORIA AUDIO
www.euphoria-audio.com [Released 08.09.14] Euphoria Audio hail from Wakefield in Yorkshire although listening to their debut album you’d be mistaken for thinking they were a US band used to playing arenas. This is in part no doubt due to having producer … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 Seconds, album, arena rock, Euphoria Audio, melodic rock, review
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Quick plays: DEADAUDIOSAINTS, SYREN CITY, APHERIUM
DEADAUDIOSAINTS The Purge EP Self Release [Release date 01.09.14] DeadAudioSaints are a brand new band from Yorkshire who formed in 2013. They consist of two brothers, Danny and Corey Jones and Tyla-Joe Connett, they use a floating live drummer for … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative rock, Apherium, DeadAudioSaints, EP, Escape, metal, Neoteric, review, rock, Syren City, The Purge
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Album review: OVERKILL – White Devil Armory
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Few bands have a work ethic and determination that is even remotely comparable to that of the New Jersey based Thrash/Speed Metal outfit Overkill. Even during the mid 90s, the time when Grunge’s dominance led … Continue reading
Album review: SEPTICFLESH – Titan
Season Of Mist – Out Now. When the members of the Symphonic Death Metal outfit Septicflesh (originally Septic Flesh) decided to call it a day back in 2003, there were quite a few of their fans, myself included, who truly … Continue reading
DVD review: LIVE AT WACKEN 2013 – 24 Years Louder Than Hell
UDR [Release date 04.08.14] For the last 24 years a small village in Northern Germany has become the centre of the heavy metal universe for one weekend of drunken antics, sloppy mud and loud music. Welcome to Wacken Open Air! … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Alestorm, Alice Cooper, Anthrax, Black Messiah, Chrome Molly, Corvus Corax, Deep Purple, Die Kassierer, DVD, Hardcore, Heavens Basement, heavy metal, Lingua Mortis Orchestra featuring Rage, live, Motorhead, Nightwish, Northern Germany, punk, review, rock, Sabaton, Sonata Arctica, Thunder, UGLY KID JOE, Wacken, Wacken Open Air
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Album review: OTIS GIBBS – Souvenirs of A Misspent Youth
Wanamaker Recording Company [Release date 17.02.14] Otis Gibbs is a socio-politico story teller who infuses his blue collar characters with enough real urban grit for you to care about their trials and tribulations. He’s also recalls autobiographical stories and his … Continue reading
Album review: TEN YEARS AFTER – The Friday Rock Show Sessions Live At Reading 1983
Talking Elephant [Release date 21.07.14] 6 March 2013 was a sad day for British rock, when it was announced that Alvin Lee had died suddenly. He was 68 but had seemed to be invincible. However, with Ten Years After and … Continue reading
Quick plays: POLLY BARRETT, CATHERINE MACLELLAN, JANE KRAMER
POLLY BARRETT Probably Me [Release date 22.09.14] We had the release of Irish singer songwriter Polly Barrett’s 2011 debut Mr Bookshop down as the folk/pop album Andrea Corr should have made if she wanted to sustain her popular profile. Barrett … Continue reading
Quick plays: AMERICAN DOG, ALONE WITH WOLVES
AMERICAN DOG – Neanderthal Bad Reputation (Release date 19.07.14) American Dog are from Ohio and formed in 1999. They have released many albums, nine to be exact, three of them live albums, and an EP. Neanderthal is their latest and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alone With Wolves, American Dog, Bloodstock Festival, CD, Danilo Fiocco, EP, Killswitch Engage, Lewis Watson, metal, Michael Hannon, Neanderthal, Ohio, review, rock, Saxon, Scorpions, Tesla, The End Of Nothing
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Quick plays: NEOPERA, GRAMERCY ARMS, KNIFEWORLD
NEOPERA – Destined Ways earMusic www.neopera.com [Released 21.07.14] Neopera were formed by guitarist Jorn Schubert (Dark Age) in 2010 and the line-up includes Gamma Ray’s Dirk Schlächter, along with two operatic styled vocalist Nina Jiers (soprano) and Thorsten Schuck (baritone) … Continue reading
Album review: TOUCHSTONE – Live Inside Outside
www.touchstonemusic.co.uk 2-DVD/CD [Release date 28.07.14] The history of Touchstone almost parallels that of GRTR!. They are a band we’ve watched develop from small beginnings in 2003, via their debut album in 2007, and since that time they have consolidated their … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, 2013, album, DVD, High Voltage, Live Inside Outside, Oceans Of Time, review, Robin 2, Touchstone
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Album review: CARL VERHEYEN – Mustang Run
Cranktone Entertainment [Release date 17.03.14] Carl Verheyen is perhaps most familiar as the latter-day-Supertramp guitarist. He’s also had a parallel session and instructional career and ‘Mustang Run’ is an excellent introduction to this quality musician. He’s also enlisted the help … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bill Evans, blues, Carl Verheyen, fusion, Gregg Bissonette, guitar, guitarist, jazz, Jerry Goodman, John Helliwell, Mustang Run, review, Simon Phillips, Stu Hamm, Supertramp
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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Live In Graz 1975
The Official Deep Purple (Overseas) Live Series earMUSIC [Release date 15.09.14] If you didn’t know the story you may be surprised that less than three months after this recording the Mark III version of Purple split, Blackmore continuing with Rainbow … Continue reading
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Tagged album, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, Glenn Hughes, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Live In Graz 1975, Mk III, review, Ritchie Blackmore
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Book review: NIRVANA FAQ by John D Luerssen
Backbeat Books [Publication date 22.05.14] Written by award winning author John D Luerssen, who has written for the likes of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Spinner, “Nirvana FAQ-All that’s left to know about the most important band of the 1990′s” is … Continue reading
Album review: ALESTORM – Sunset On The Golden Age
Napalm Records [Release date – 04.08.14] A new Alestorm album is always a highly anticipated event with those hungry for more piratical nonsense on the high seas and with ‘Sunset On The Golden Age’ the band don’t disappoint. Anyone familiar … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alestorm, Christopher Bowes, Dani Evans, metal, Napalm Records, pirate metal, review, rock, Sunset On The Golden Age
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Album review: DARKEST ERA – Severance
Cruz Del Sur Music [Release date – out now] I caught Darkest Era live last year as support to Gloryhammer in Glasgow and, whilst they put on a good show, I did mark them down for playing quite a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Ade Mulgrew, album, Celtic, Cruz Del Sur music, Darkest Era, Ireland, Iron Maiden, Krum, metal, review, rock, Sarah Weighell, Severance, Thin Lizzy
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Gig review: ONSLAUGHT – O2 Islington Academy, London, 20 July 2014
Support Act: Artillery, Nightlord, One Machine Review and photos by Yiannis (John) Stefanis July is not the best of months to arrange a gig in London. This is the time of the year when most people are either counting their … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 July 2014, gig, London, metal, O2 Islington Academy, onslaught, review, Thrash
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Album review: ALL MY FRIENDS – Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Rounder [Release Date 14.06.14] ‘All My Friends – Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman’ is the sort of all star 26 track double album that the Americans do so well. It’s a multi-generational and all inclusive musical family … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All My Friends, Brantley Gilbert, Crosby Still Nash & Young, Derek Trucks, Devon Allman, Dr John, Eric Church, Gregg Allman, Jackson Brown, Jimmy Hall, John Hiatt, Keb Mo, Martina McBride, Muddy Waters, Pat Monahan, review, Robert Randolph, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Taj Mahall, The Allman Brothers, Trace Adkins, Train, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Zac Brown
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Album review: THE BEAT – The Complete Studio Recordings
Edsel [Release date 12.05.14] Formed in Birmingham in 1979, The Beat had a string of hit singles and released 3 studio albums- 1980’s “I Just Can’t Stop It”, followed by 1981’s “Wha’ppen” and 1982’s “Special Beat Service”. I’d like to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, box set, review, ska, The Beat, The Complete Studio Recordings
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Album review: THE QUIREBOYS – Black Eyed Sons
Off Yer Rocka Recordings [Release date 16.06.14] 2-CD/DVD The Quireboys are currently celebrating 30 years as a band – 30 years, where did that go, it seems like only yesterday that the band were being heralded as the next big … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-CD, album, Black Eyed Sons, DVD, review, rock, Spike, The Quireboys
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Book reviews: KILLERS – THE ORIGINS OF IRON MAIDEN 1975-1983 by Neil Daniels
Soundcheck Books [Publication date 10.04.14] Prolific music writer Neil Daniels has done it again. We all know the Iron Maiden story, or do we? From their inception on Christmas Day in 1975, bass player Steve Harris has steered England’s best … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Killers - The Origins Of Iron Maiden 1973-1985, Neil Daniels, review
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Album review: AOR – LA Connection
Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Released 21.07.14] Frederic Slama is back with album number thirteen under the AOR handle and a new label after the last couple of releases were on the aptly named AOR Heaven label. On this album he is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Bill Champlin, Frederic Slama, Jeff Paris, LA Connection, Paul Sabu, review, Tommy Denander
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Album review: JOHN LUTTRELL – The Dream Exchange
www.johnluttrell.com [Release date 15.05.14] In the mid-late 1980s there was a fad for what was termed ‘new age’ music which produced ambient albums in their abundance and presaged the “chill-out” genre a decade later. Some nasty critics likened the genre … Continue reading
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Tagged album, ambient, guitar, guitarist, instrumental, John Luttrell, new age, review, The Dream Exchange
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Gig review: MR B THE GENTLEMAN RHYMER – Guilfest, 19 July 2014
Now you may be wondering what Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer is doing on GRTR! Well he name checked Slayer and he did an indie rock medley accompanied by his trusty banjolele. Plus he’s damn fine and talented chap. He … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 July 2014, gig, Guilfest, Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, review
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Gig review: GUILFEST – 19-20 July 2014
Saturday saw the weather again being kind to Guilfest and a bigger crowd too. Arrived to The Farm doing their hit ‘All Together Now’ on the main stage and they seemed to have gone down well with the crowd. Next … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 July 2014, 20 July 2014, gig, Guilfest, Kool and the Gang, Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, review, The Buzzcocks
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