Brisbanes Smoking Martha release their third album which continues in the vein of its predecessors, as an open canvas that’s not limited to one genre of music.

Enter the intro of twirling smoke, fire, skull faced figures and horses to build the anticipation of what Behemoth are about to unleash…

I love a concept Album. In fact, in my ever revolving top 10 albums of all time there are currently 3 of them. Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds will always be there.

The arrival of a new Skillet album is always a major event in my world and with this new album, Dominion, Skillet prove that they have lost none of the power, aggression and melody that has graced their albums since their inception.

The unapologetically ritzy bandits of rock rejuvenation return with their fifth album to date, ‘Floor 13’. An energetic mixture of covers, live versions and behind the scenes coverage,  it comes as a timely release seven months after their well received ‘No-Tell Motel’ record that saw Black Diamonds launch into their 17th year as a band.

2022 begins with an almighty bang as Llanelli's hard-rocking quintet Scarlet Rebels land their highly anticipated sophomore long-player; their first album for the much-regarded Earache label – home to fellow Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows and the flag-flying Massive Wagons.

Few things in life are as reliable as a new Magnum album. You always know that what you’re going to be presented with is a selection of beautifully crafted and epic songs, the lyrics filled with an oblique wonder as the listener paints their own interpretation.

Cornwall’s finest return with their fifth studio album which, like so many other musicians has been born from and inspired by months of lockdown and lack of live work.

Never known as the rock capitol of the world, Moldova has though got its own thriving underground scene and ruling over it all is five-piece Infected Rain.

Roaring across the icy wastelands of Finland, Battle Beast move at the speed of an out-of-control freight train and hit just as hard.

Back in 1985, American Rock band Starship finally abandoned the somewhat progressive and hippy stylings of the original Jefferson Airplane and went full-on corporate AOR with the album Knee Deep In The Hoopla, a move which, although it eventually led to Grace Slick leaving the band, gave them a new era of success that possibly eclipsed their original run of success from the late 1960s/early 1970s.

Best known for his time fronting Black Sabbath on five releases, polymathic musician Tony Martin has always seemed to be unfairly in the shadows of Ozzy and Ronnie James Dio.

The evolution of rock music forms a wild and intricate tree. Since the roots were set, its growth took some amazing twists and turns.

Released last year, Sevendust’s thirteenth album ‘Blood and Stone’ was confirmation that the Atlanta quintet still have the fire and chops some twenty-six years after first forming, the band refining their sound and getting bigger by the year.

I am forever grateful for my opportunities as a music reviewer. I am experiencing one of the best journeys in my life and I get to absorb and appreciate the best metal that bursts out from the scene. Today’s offering is legendary thrash icons, Exodus.

There would be little disagreement amongst Rock fans with the statement that Alice in Chains were one of the best and most influential of all the bands within the short-lived but monumentally huge Grunge period in the 1990s.