You sometimes wonder where 35 years has gone, there guys formed in 1990, with the first album “The Karelian Isthmus” coming out in 1992, I first heard them on the next album which came out in 1994, never a band to rest on their laurels and not afraid to try new things, lets dive into this and see what they have instore for us!
Recorded in Brent Cobb’s studio in Georgia, the bands ninth album contains ten tracks that could well be some of the best they’ve produced.
BABYMETAL has returned with Metal Forth, an album that simultaneously validates their enduring relevance while pushing their kawaii-metal formula into uncharted territories
British rock band Thunder’s Songwriter, guitarist and producer, Luke Morley returns with his third solo album which follows up from his 2023 release, ‘Songs From The Blue Room’.
Thats a mouthful of a title, this is a rarity, I have never heard of these guys before and I have no idea what they sound like, so strap in and let's see what we have here!
What started as a childhood dream from siblings Lizzy and Arejay Hale has morphed into something much more - Grammy winners amongst being one also being one the most important rock bands in the world right now as Halestorm return with their sixth album Everest.
Tamworth terrors Wolfsbane hit hard when they first launched themselves onto the world in 1984, the quartet taking off like a rocket.
It has been quite a wait since 2014’s “Far as I Can See” album, so a lot of anticipation for this one, I got to hear two songs from this album the last time Matt played at Ronnie Scotts, so I am buzzing to get stuck into this album!
So, Five Finger Death Punch. In my relatively naive opinion, ‘Wash It All Away’, is one of the greatest hard rock tracks ever written.
Review by Ritchie Birnie for MPM Bruce’s second solo album gets a makeover and it is well worth splashing out the cash for some of these reinventions. Balls to Picasson was Bruce’s first solo album without the safety net of Maiden and it was when he decided lets do something very un Maiden and he really grabbed the Heavy Metal …
Joe Bonamassa - there can't be many music fans out there who haven't heard of the 48 year old American guitarist who never seems to stop recording and releasing material in a swathe of guises be it as a solo artist, alongside other stars of the music world or as part of a supergroup.
Lets get the band back together. I do not think I have been more excited for an album since I heard that this album was turning the clock back 50 years to bring back the original band, it even managed to include the gone too soon Glen Buxton.
To those of us of a certain vintage, Helloween provokes memories of glorious days in the late 1980’s listening to Michael Kiske telling tales of seven keys and their keeper!
The Diamond Head story is well documented, particularly their influence on a young Lars Ulrich back in the early 1980s and what became Metallica, so I won't dwell on it in detail here.
49 years after its recording, the long lost Manticore tape were discovered, dusted off and restored in all its raw glory, to celebrate 50th anniversary of Motorhead.
Originally released as triple cd boxset which contains a wealth of expand artwork and linear notes giving a real insight and snapshot of the inner workings of Warfare and now to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Metal Anarchy the collection is being made available on vinyl for the very first time.