Robbie LaBlanc is an incredibly talented vocalist who has recorded albums with Fury, Blanc Faces and Find Me across a lengthy career.

Austin Walkin' Cane - a name many will not have heard before. A brief introduction for those like myself previously unacquainted with the 53 year-old Cleveland, Ohio native is in order.

UK AOR/Melodic Rockers Nitrate are a new name to me, but apparently, they have released three albums ahead of this new one recently released on Frontiers Music s.r.l.

Hugo’s Voyage are a Journey tribute band that has been touring the US since 2005, featuring ex-Valentine and Open Skyz vocalist and Steve Perry clone Hugo Valenti.

It's been a while - four long years - since Kenny Wayne Shepherd released an all-new studio album, 2019's glorious The Traveler album.

Remastered, Remixed and Revisited, the 'Purple' album gets a new skin and bares its fangs. Back in 1973, the relatively unknown David Coverdale became the frontman for Deep Purple, at the time, one of the biggest rock bands around.

L.A Titan’s In This Moment have long been favourites of the collective of Artists that shape the way for alternative metal over the last 18 years.

We are six years since the last Lynch Mob album, and yet again it's all change, drummer Jimmy D’Anda has played on and off with the band, however vocalist Gabriel Colon and bass player Jaron Gulino are brand new on this album with the only permanent member, of course that’s guitarist George Lynch! So, let's get stuck into this one and see what the new Lynch Mob has to offer!

The number 13, unlucky for some, lucky for others, well that’s what we have here from Dokken, crazy to think that this band has been about in one form or another since 1978, that’s 45 years since inception, and there have been changes and line up comings and goings

Essential, pounding full on metal from the USA based 5 piece. Mosaic is Theocracy's fifth album. I hadn't heard of them before and what a titanic surprise. Theocracy is an interesting name for a band.

Instrumental intergalactic travellers Ozric Tentacles return with 6 new tracks constructed in their very own blue bubble for new album Lotus Unfolding

There is a bittersweet twist with Cirith Ungol’s newest album Dark Parade as it was announced very recently that would in fact the final time, we hear from this 5 piece in a live capacity as they have announced they will no longer be touring from 2024.

One of the hottest up coming bands on the planet release album number two and the bands boogie momentum continues with aplomb.

I’ll admit that AOR tinged Melodic Hard Rock wouldn’t be on my radar apart from a few usual suspects like Journey, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Toto, and long running UK specialists FM. Atlas, from Manchester England is a nice find that completely took me by surprise.

Arena filling giants of Symphonic Rock, Within Temptation have few peers and their co-headlining tour with Evanescence last year saw packed houses all over the globe being dazzled by retina scorching and ear shattering shows.

With a name like Bad Wolves I guess we’d not expect a band playing pink and fluffy pop music, right? Well we’d be correct! With Die About It, their soon to be released album (3.11.23),