It looks like the time has come for West Midlands based rockers White Tyger to sharpen their claws and tear away their leanings from playing covers to be leaders of the pack with their overwhelming debut studio album This Is The Life released on Skum Town Records. Their style is …
Read More »
Now there are live albums and there are LIVE albums. The Starlite Campbell Band on July 22nd 2022 release their LIVE album Starlite Campbell Band Live on Supertone Records. Following on from their first two studio releases Blueberry Pie and The Language Of Curiosity this live album recorded at the …
Read More »
Marc Valentine best known as being the enigmatic and engaging frontman of Last Great Dreamers has just released his debut solo album Future Obscure ahead of a UK tour starting with a launch party at the Nags Head in Macclesfield on 10 July and ending at the Star and Garter in Manchester on 23rd July.
Read More »
As Ted Nugent once said, “You can’t keep a good dog off your leg”, point proven by the welcome return of NWOBHM band Prowler who show they still have pedigree to reactivate themselves with the long awaited release of Reactivate via Cherry Red Records. Formed in Basildon, Essex in 1975 …
Read More »
It’s been a helluva long wait for the brand new album For The Fallen by Vice, five years to be exact since unleashing their debut The First Chapter by the Bury based trio but it’s definitely worth waiting for as it’s on a par to be the heaviest I’ve heard …
Read More »
Welcome back to one of my favourite genres of music, the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) or as metal guru Geoff Barton recently quoted NENWOBHM (North East New Wave Of British Heavy Metal), such was the plethora of talent coming from that era that include Teeside based band …
Read More »
As Ted Nugent once said, “You can’t keep a good dog off your leg”, so welcome back Newcastle Upon Tyne metalheads Tysondog who prove they are best of breed with new studio album Midnight out now via From The Vaults and you would be barking mad not to buy it! …
Read More »
Welcome back Kreator with brand new studio album Hate Uber Alles (Hate Above All) released today on Nuclear Blast Records. Their fifteenth release sees them firmly cement their rightful place in The Big Four Of German Thrash Metal. Formed in Essen, Germany 1982, two members of the original line up …
Read More »
Debut studio album Bad Habit and the follow up Show Me Your Teeth were two very impressive starts to the recorded career of Beth Blade And The Beautiful Disasters so fast forward to July 8th 2022 as they release the tongue twistingly titled Mythos, Confession, Tragedies And Love album via …
Read More »
Welcome back Quartz! Starting off as Bandy Legs when forming in Birmingham 1974, changing to Quartz in 1977 and releasing their debut album of the same name produced by Tony Iommi and they supported Black Sabbath on tour the same year. They have returned with a brand new album On …
Read More »
Every once in a while whilst reviewing, a band comes along and completely knocks you off your feet and the latest addition to the list is the wonderful Orange County, California based Beaux Gris Gris And The Apocalypse who have just released their sophomore album Good Times End Times via …
Read More »
A quote from Ted Nugent of “You can’t keep a good dog off your leg” perfectly sums up the dogged determination of Anvil, formed in 1978 in Ontario, Canada. Original members Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow on guitar/lead vocals and Robb Reiner on drums are now a much tighter band due to …
Read More »
Purchase links to the album and other band info are here :- https://www.xanderandthepeacepirates.com/shoppeacepirates I https://twitter.com/thepeacepirates I https://www.youtube.com/user/thepeacepirates I https://www.instagram.com/thepeacepirates/ I https://www.xanderandthepeacepirates.com/https://www.facebook.com/xanderandthepeacepirates Never mind all that May the 4th be with you rubbish, May 6th is far more important as Liverpool based band the tongue twistingly titled Xander And The Peace …
Read More »
Purchase links to The Soul Food Store album and other band info are here :- https://www.mattpearceandthemutiny.com/ I https://www.facebook.com/mattpearceguitar I https://twitter.com/mattpearceuk I https://www.instagram.com/mattpearceuk/ I https://www.youtube.com/mattpearceguitar I Matt Pearce And The Mutiny release their self produced second studio album The Soul Food Store. These eleven songs feature a variety of moods to …
Read More »
Purchase links to Earth Infernal and other band links are here :- http://www.satanmusic.com/ I https://satanuk.bandcamp.com/merch/satan-earth-infernal-12-dark-goldenrod-marbled-vinyl-pre-order-limited-to-200-copies I https://www.instagram.com/officialsatanpage/ I https://twitter.com/SatanUK I https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSbeKlif3K7LMsVO2M-kAPw I https://amazon.co.uk/Earth-Infernal-Satan/dp/B09RV37J41/?tag=plane09-21 Newcastle Upon Tyne NWOBHM stalwarts Satan return to melt our ears with their recently released sixth studio album Earth Infernal via Metal Blade Records. Formed in 1979, …
Read More »
Purchase links to the album and other band info are here :- https://linktr.ee/thehellacopters?fbclid=IwAR3m50C2BFTYN3rjdQTgSbrICatKelyYXMCk0Spf3aQnAfU7ANO8xSe26nE I https://www.facebook.com/thehellacopters I https://www.instagram.com/thehellacopters/ I https://thehellacopters.bandcamp.com/ I https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCXYfoQipr6Unnyb-WKbkjw April 1st 2022 was no April Fools Joke day for Swedish rockers The Hellacopters as they unleashed their eighth studio album Eyes Of Oblivion via Nuclear Blast Records. Formed …
Read More »
Not even an ensuing Covid pandemic could stop London based The Karma Effect from forming and writing eight songs in solitary bedrooms and zoom calls for their self titled debut album, now recently released via TMR Rock Records. The album is brimming with self confidence and quite rightly so due …
Read More »
Purchase links to Lights On and other band links are here :- http://www.metalblade.com/sanhedrin I http://sanhedrin.nyc I https://www.facebook.com/sanhedrinband I https://www.instagram.com/sanhedrin_official/ I https://open.spotify.com/artist/2p4bCEJL6k03ErhdPTPEbu I https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzfdpRNQTqbQiyFkVCHIqw I https://thesanhedrin.bandcamp.com/album/lights-on New York based Sanhedrin certainly put the power in power trio with their latest studio album Lights On recently released by Metal Blade Records. These …
Read More »
Purchase links to Torpedo and other band info are here :- http://slinky.to/torpedoalbum I http://feederweb.com I https://www.instagram.com/feederofficial/ I https://twitter.com/FeederHQ I https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ZZr6Y49NZWRJc0uCwqpMR?si=dizN216OR4yuL4GVhEnp1w&dl_branch=1&nd=1 I https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaDchqawTnvunOPA6kmzm5w It’s strange sometimes how you discover a band and lose track of them as there is so much music out there. So roll back to 1996 when I …
Read More »
Formed in 1984, FM are still flying the flag high for AOR music, point proven by the release of their latest studio album Thirteen, coincidentally their thirteenth. Self produced by the band and released via Frontiers Music S.r.l these eleven tracks bristle with confidence, it opens up with ‘Shaking The …
Read More »
PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal