Album Reviews

2025 gets off to a full on rocking start as Australian glam rock sensations Sisters Doll release their third studio album Scars on January 24th to bring the thunder from down under. They’ve just released ‘Don’t Give Up On Us’, the first single taken from it on January 17th and …

Blues sensation Will Wilde rips up the rulebook with ‘Trouble With That Girl’, third single taken from upcoming studio album ‘Blues Is Still Alive’, released via Vizz Tone Records on February 28th, 2025. It’s a high energy track that takes a bold, contemporary twist on the traditional spiritual song ‘Trouble …

It’s 2025 and time to get wrecked with Robert Jon & The Wreck, as they release ‘Ashes In The Snow’, a single taken from a forthcoming 2025 studio album on Journeyman Records. It brings to mind the beauty of ‘Tired From Drinking Alone’ for a ballad of sheer beauty, a …

2025 is here, with the doors being kicked down by Slovenian skullcrushers SRD,unleashing their third studio album Vragvmesiton. It doesn’t seem like six years since I saw them lay waste to the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock Open Air Festival. Coming onstage to a load of dry ice while lecterns …

The first review of the year is always a good one to say the least, even though i’m not really a fan of AOR, it takes a lot to impress me, but Timson AOR have got me eating lots of humble pie due to the quality of their soon to …

Kent, UK based noisy bastards Spreading The Disease fire out some anti festive furore courtesy of ‘Fissure’, the second single taken from an upcoming album titled Purgatory Carnival. My take on it is that it bodes well for the album as it’s a gruelling romper stomper of seismic proprtions to …

As Paul Baloff (ex Exodus) R.I.P once proclaimed many years ago, “Do you want it heavier? It’s going to get heavier!” Point proven by UK based extreme death metal band, Krysthla who have just not released, but unleashed a second single ‘Limerance’, taken from their recently released album The River …

This has got to be one of my noisiest Xmas Eve’s ever by reviewing Shapeshifter, the debut album from Birmingham based noisemongers Nameless. These seven tracks slaver away for a gruelling but still rewarding listen, point proven by opening track ‘Tempest’.It’s a brief, ethereal instrumental, almost hypnotic and grandiose that …

To say the least, it was a sad day for me when Krokus retired but it didn’t last long when I heard that their lead vocalist Marc Storace had formed his own band Storace at the beginning of 2021, writing and producing Crossfire in 2023/24, a studio album chock full …

Stoke based noisemongers Black Coast, close a very successful 2024 with a local gig tonight at the Underground in Stoke, 21/12/2024 so get your tickets now as five bands will be whipping up a storm by promoting their latest single ‘Motion’. It’s one of their most visceral releases, point proven …

I would never have thought that the blues could be so powerful until I recently heard ‘Wild Man’ by Brighton based Will Wilde, the first single taken from his forthcoming studio album, Blues Is Still Alive who tears up the rule book with ease, released via Vizz Tone Records on …

Stoke based quartet Magic Mary are far from being tragic as they cast a spell over their recently released six track debut EP, Red Lights Beam on the Exit Place, available on all major streaming platforms. Opening track ‘Gaslight’ is an early statement of intent, point proven by riff after …

Not content with just finishing UK dates supporting Robert Jon & The Wreck and his own headline dates, Eddie 9V is about to add more dates for an extensive US tour in 2025, but before this he leaves us with ‘Love Moves Slow’, a track taken from a recently released …

Country Rock? Southern Rock? Whatever you want to call it, Canadian rockers The Sheepdogs have put their own stamp on these genres culminating in their recently released EP Hell Together. To say it caught my attention immediately is an understatement as these six songs are stunning! It follows their Paradise …

Welcome to Juliet’s Not Dead, risen from the ashes of Twister with a new band name and will release a brand new studio album This World Is Ours on Friday 7th of February 2025 via TMR Records/Earache Digital Distribution. A taster of what’s to come is ‘Battle Scarred’, fourth single …

As Ted Nugent once said, “You can’t keep a good dog off your leg”, point proven by the return of 1980’s metallers No Favors, and the Stoke-On-Trent based five piece band have recently released a ten track studio album called The Eleventh Hour, via Pride & Joy Music. The album …

Following on from the success of their third studio album Restless, released on July 5th 2024 via Gypsy Soul Records, Toronto, Canada roots rock and roll band The Commoners release ‘Restless’, a single taken from the album. They also have good news for them that comes from being special guests …

They don’t hang around in Orange County, California, point proven by Robert Jon & The Wreck who have hammered out nine studio albums since 2011 and have just released a new single ‘Point Of View’ via Journeyman Records. Currently in the middle of a successful European tour, so much so, …

Forever In The Making, a new band to me and I’m glad their PR Dan Carter introduced me to their ballistic metal majesty, point proven by their latest single, ‘Above The Snakes’. The Derby UK based band were formed in 2013, were held back during lockdown, but return kicking and …

Atlanta, Georgia based American guitarist extraordinaire Eddie 9V is certainly upping the voltage more than that meagre amount as he plugs in and lets rip to fire out his new studio album Saratoga today on Friday, November 22nd, Via Ruf Records, currently touring the UK supporting Robert Jon & The …