Let's rewind to August 26th, 2003 shall we. It was on that date at the tender young age of 26 Joe Bonamassa released what was to become a seminal album going by the name of BLUES DELUXE.

Together for the first time, the four final Dio studio albums are collated together for new bustling boxset.

Whilst the falling out of old friends is never to be celebrated, when KK Downing found himself out of the band he'd helped make legendary he was never going to turn his back on the music.

Florida’s genre defining Cannibal Corpse need no introduction – they return to bludgeon eardrums once more with album number sixteen ‘Chaos Horrific’.

Hold onto your hats, people, for Black Stone Cherry, purveyors of some of the best and most thunderous Post-Grunge modern Hard Rock come storming back into action with their new masterwork, Screamin’ At The Sky, their eighth album and what a corker of an album it is too!

The London based five piece serve up a huge slice of awesomeness for album number two. They take the debut and build on it with all the grafted hours from the huge amount of touring since the first release.

Released on the legendary Sun Records label, 'Midnight Rose' is Paul Rodgers first solo album of original material since 2000, the singer finding the perfect home for his honeyed tones.

Extreme metal’s most notorious antiheroes Brujeria materialise with their newest albumEsto Es Brujeria

Stunning, pounding and imaginative new album from the Atlanta quartet.  Formed back around 2013 by guitarist and vocalist Kimi Shelter and bassist Aaron Lecesne, Starbenders have so far released a couple of albums (including Love Potions) and a bunch of singles.

Back in May 2021 I had the very real pleasure of reviewing JR Harbidge’s Long Black River album, a wonderful Americana/Country Rock album with fabulous songs and excellent production.

BURIED IN THE HAIL is a work of art - a genuine masterpiece from a talent the likes of which you rarely encounter in a lifetime.

Album number 11 is exactly as you expect, a balls out pure Rock’n’Roll album that slithers with that incredible Danko Jones sound and attitude.

Death metal juggernaut Cryptopsy return with new album As Gomorrah Burns

Ready for a reintroduction into the modern metal sphere, Readings Sylosis come armed with sixth full length A Sign Of Things To Come

Born at the tail end of the decade he's so in thrall with, Brian Setzer has always brought the feel of 1950's to adrenaline-fuelled life.

Back in 2020 Corey Taylor released one of the best albums in CMFT. It was diverse, eclectic and a long way from the Slipknot Brutality and I fuckin loved it. Fast forward three years and he has only gone and done it again with the follow up CMFT2.