Joe Satriani – Big Distortion (single) Joe Satriani, the guitar maestro dazzles us again with Big Distortion, the latest single taken from his forthcoming studio album Shapeshifting, released on April 20th 2020 via Sony Music/Legacy Recordings. Even by his high standards, this song definitely whets the appetite for the …
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Bonfire – The Devil Made Me Do It (new single/video) Bonfire, a band who have slipped passed my radar since I saw them give Judas Priest a very hard act to follow on tour in 1988 have just released a brand new single/video ‘The Devil Made Me Do It’ from …
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Four Dio albums are being re-released in a newly remastered form. The albums are the studio albums from 1996 to 2004 – Angry Machines (1996), Magica (2000), Killing The Dragon (2002), and Master Of The Moon (2004). The albums have been out of print for a long time so for …
Read More »One thing I love about being asked to review a “Blues” album is the wide range that the blues genre covers meaning that I’m never sure what to expect from the album unless it’s from an artist I listen to regularly. This is the debut solo album from 24 year …
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This is the third album from German/Italian band The unity. The band features former members of Firewind and Gamma Ray – former Gamma Ray members Henjo Richter (guitars) and Michael Ehré (drums) along with Gianbattista Manenti (vocals), Jogi Sweers (bass) and Sascha Onnen (keyboards). It’s a great blend of sounds. …
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Louisiana slide-guitarist Sonny Landreth has a new album, just released via Provogue/Mascot label group. Entitled “Blacktop run” it’s a mix of songs and instrumentals with a wide level of diversity. “Don’t ask me” is primarily accordion and percussion and while acoustic it’s got a more intricate sound than a typical …
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Disconnected Souls – Warring Elements In their biography, Chester/Manchester-based Disconnected Souls aim to achieve three great pillars of music. Electronic, classical and metal but not only have they created the pillars they have built a whole temple to with their very impressive debut EP Warring Elements. Seven tracks astound with …
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Having had this EP land on my lap at the very same time as Kringer’s big friends Eye licker‘s album, I feel ashamed and gutted that I have not picked it up until now. A lot has happened in five months, and I mean, an awful lot. I finally met …
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Still thrashing away since 1984, Canadian based metallers Annihilator show no signs of slowing down with their seventeenth studio album Ballistic, Sadistic. One of the two founding members, Jeff Waters is still putting his heart and soul into delivering old school thrash metal and the ten tracks on here show …
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Proprietors of the coolest band name in music since Congratulations On Your Decision To Become A Pilot, Las Vegas finest Five Finger Death Punch return to the ring with album number eight, and one that comes on the back of a tough personal journey. In 2017 when performing in Tilburg, …
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Not many bands reach 50 years together as a band, and even fewer are still making and releasing new albums regularly after 50 years, but that’s exactly what Wishbone Ash are doing – releasing their new album as they celebrate their 50th anniversary. They’ve had plenty of lineup changes over …
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Last year Ayreon played their second set of shows. The first was their first live shows in the existence of the band, and they played several sold out shows in Tilburg entitled “Ayreon universe”. This time it was “Electric castle live and other tales”. As the title suggests, it was …
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Sky Valley Mistress, one of the most exciting bands I’ve seen live over the last few years have finally finished their debut album Faithless Rituals which will be released on March 20th, 2020 via New Heavy Sounds/Cargo Records. The Blackburn based quartet have managed to create their live vibe …
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Noctu bring the darkest of Blackened Doom offerings to the altar, with this incredible album ‘Gelidae Mortis Imago’ One man projects such as this always fascinate me, giving a view of the composers mindset and thought process. A process that can sometimes become lost and cluttered in a band scenario, …
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Ross The Boss, founder member of Manowar back in 1980 shows he still has the riffs in his metal arsenal with Born Of Fire, his fourth solo album released on AFM Records. These twelve monster songs are blazed out by his backing band of Marc Lopes on vocals, Mike …
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When the likes of Iron Maiden, Saxon and Judas Priest eventually decide to hang up their leathers, the position of being one of the superpower’s of British Heavy Metal will be up for grabs. Enter Absolva, a bruising fourpiece from Manchester who are armed with all the credentials potent enough …
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Idolos – Ahi Cab EP Review Idolos offer up Ahi Cab, a 4 track EP of old school black metal for the new generation. Hailing from a Pulsar in the outermost reaches of the Milky Way via France; Idolos is a 2 piece black metal band. If one is to …
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Kent based quartet Collateral came to be in late November 2016. A well received EP ‘4 Shots!’ paved the way for two singles, ‘Lullaby’ and most recently ‘Merry Go Round’, both of which feature on their stunning self titled debut album, recently released by Roulette Media Records. They have been …
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JANUS STARK Angel In The Flames album review There’s a lot to be said on Angel In The Flames. Each track has its own story to tell and to the listener, they could be interpreted in many ways. Janus Stark has included a fabulous lyric sheet to describe the meaning …
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Not get enough foreplay on Valentines day? Well fear not as Glasgow hard rockers Heavy Pettin are here to the rescue courtesy of their just released 4 Play EP. Self produced by guitarist Gordon Bonnar, it bristles with pride throughout like a strutting peacock. Forming in 1981, they caused a …
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