Where has the time gone, album number 15 for the Canadian outfit, let's get stuck in and see what we are dealing with!

It's been a shattering time for Sydney Metalcore outfit Polaris. With the recent, sudden passing of lead guitarist Ryan Siew in June, their world has been turned upside down and just having finished recording their third album everything was suddenly thrown into unexpected territory.

Bright and fierce, Seraina Telli's new album rips up a storm and continues the straight forward, hard rocking 'Simple Talk' of her previous album with some additional light and shade.

Grace and Aaron Bond are two wonderfully talented human beings. When they come together as one as the band WHEN RIVERS MEET the energy and passion for music and life in general floods out in abundance and overwhelms the listener like a tsunami equivalent to the meeting of the world's greatest rivers.

After what seems like an eternity, with lineup changes, Guitarist Craig Joiner suffering a heart attack and the pandemic getting in the way, Romeos Daughter return with their follow up to 2015’s `Spin’.

Nothing Left To Lose is AOR vocalist Kent Hilli’s second solo album following on from 2021’s The Rumble and his work with Perfect Plan and the latest incarnation of AOR supergroup Giant.

Rian is a new band to me although Wings is apparently their third album, released on Frontiers Music s.r.l. Musically, they inhabit the Melodic Hard Rock world, although keyboard player extraordinaire Eric Ragno joins them for this album to add a rather lovely AOR sheen to their tunes.

Coinciding with the 15th anniversary of All Hope is Gone, Slipknot make available for the first time their 2009 performance which has become the stuff of legend with “Live at MSG”.

It may have taken seven years to get album number four but I can assure you it is worth the wait. It has been a long time for a few things with Albany Down, 2016 since last album “The Outer Reach” and 2017 since the last live gig in Glasgow...a gig that was a highlight of that year.

10 new tracks by one of my favourites? Go on then! What a way to spend a few days in the sunshine. I love Lowdrive and am constantly trying to get people to have a listen to their debut album. This is band which blends hard rock, alt, grunge, 60s, 70s, psychedelic, stoner and metal into their own distinctive and quite addictive sound.

Motley Crue - the band synonymous with sex, drugs and rock and roll - 'Shout A The Devil' album gets a remaster and deluxe package release as part of a 'Year Of The Devil' campaign.

Good morning blues!!! Laurence Jones has been purveying his trade from a very early age as a British guitarist devoted to the blues field.

The master of nightmares is back with studio album number 29 and there is no resting on his laurels as this album harks back to the man at his absolute best. The band are on fire, the production is precise and the lyrics are Mr Furnier’s tongue in cheek best as always.

The ongoing reissues of the Uriah Heep catalogue in limited edition picture discs has been the perfect excuse to re-explore their story, seeing how they cut their own individual swathe across the music world to become the titans they now are.

London Stoner Doom/Sludge trio Urne have long been one of my go to's for this realm of genre. Armed with former drummer James Cook back at the helm of the kit, I was intrigued to see what would come from newly announced full length album A Feast On Sorrow. It drops on 11th August!

Coming off a huge tour announcement for next year, Newport’s Skindred celebrate their 25th anniversary with eighth album “Smile”.