Hard to believe, but it's been four decades since stadium fillers Bon Jovi launched this fresh-faced debut on the world and hair metal was just about to conquer the globe.

Mob Rules is a power metal band hailing from Germany, formed in 1994. The band's lineup consists of founder member, lead vocalist Klaus Dirks, with guitarists Sven Lüdke and Florian Dyszballs, bassist Markus Brinkmann, keyboardist Jan Christian Halfbrodt, and drummer Nikolas Fritz.

Who remembers Manic Eden? No? I am sure this album from 1993 passed many people by...I know it did me but with a line up with Adrian Vandenberg, Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge I have to wonder how this got by me and when I heard it thank the gods it has been given a re release now.

Faroe Islands-based acclaimed Viking metal collective TÝR returns with their ninth full-length studio album, Battle Ballads

“Wake Up The Neighbourhood” is bringing the kind of elemental electricity that only The Treatment can summon. Get ready to set your inhibitions alight, and enjoy the true passion and everlasting freedom classic rock has to offer.

I reach for the power switch. With a brief tap the radiogram fizzles into life. In search of inspiration I press the tuner and a channel I have not come across before flashes up on the display.

Letters Sent Home will be releasing their debut album, Forever Undone, on 12th April. The German band has released three EPs, but with Forever Undone comes their first full length album.

Alpha Wolf released their latest album, Half Living Things, on 5th April. The metalcore band is originally from Burnie, Tasmania, and now is located in Melbourne, Australia. Alpha Wolf is a five-piece band composed of Lochie Keogh (vocals), Sabian Lynch (guitar), Scottie Simpson (guitar), Mitchell Fogarty (drums), and John Arnold (bass).

UK band Marisa and the Moths release their second album and it is a cracker. A very deep and emotional release but the sheer talent shines through and no matter the lyrical content this made me very, very happy.

How does this Texan five piece do it? Album after album they produce the goods and Pollen tops the lot and that is no easy feat.

Blaze Bayley’s latest album “Circle Of Stone” could be the soundtrack to the next superhero movie. Fast paced guitars and classic metal vocals fill these 12 vibrant tracks with power and energy, and make this a fun and dynamic album.

GUN are a Scottish hard rock band from Glasgow. Originally called Blind Allez, then for a short time Phobia, GUN were formed in 1987 by Giuliano “Jools” Gizzi (guitar) and Cami Morlotti (bass), with Mark Rankin (vocals), Alan Thornton (drums), David Aitken and Gary Moore (guitar). The ensuing years saw many lineup changes, and at one time GUN included Toby Jepson on vocals.

UFO proved they were still 'too hot to handle' during 1995 - 2002 with this excellent box set from Cherry Red. 

The tattooed vest wearing MMA monster has ripped up the play book on this album and serves up the heaviest slice of Rock and Metal to date.

who would have thought it? The brothers Robinson buried the hatchet and not only went on tour but in Happiness Bastards they have produced the first new music in 15 years and it is deeply embedded in the 90s, the decade where The Black Crowes owned the world.

High on Fire is an American heavy metal band formed in Oakland, California in 1998. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Matt Pike, who had previously been a member of the influential stoner metal band Sleep.