Norwegian Rock outfit LEPROUS have now released their highly anticipated 7th studio album "Aphelion" worldwide via InsideOutMusic, LEPROUS checked in with the following comment about the release: "Finally, we are happy to see "Aphelion" be released all over the world and share its full content with all of you. It's an album with lots of interesting,..

Trifecta release a short film by Nick Beggs – ‘The Enigma Of Mr Fripp’
In line with their recently released debut album Fragments (out now!) Trifecta have a released a brilliant animated short film in Lego created by Nick Beggs for the track "The Enigma Of Mr Fripp". Nick Beggs explains how the track came about, "It's amazing what you can do with an i-phone and a computer! After I was..

ALAN PARSONS : ‘The NeverEnding Show – Live In The Netherlands ‘, new live album by legendary artist and producer out 05 November 2021 via Frontiers
Legendary artist and studio maestro Alan Parsons has announced a 5th November release date for a new live album entitled The NeverEnding Show - Live In The Netherlands, which was recorded at a performance in Utrecht that the Alan Parsons Live Project played on 5th May 2019 at the Tivoli venue. With his band on its..

Circus Of Rock – Come One, Come All (Frontiers Music)
It's time for another project on the Frontiers label with the latest grandiose epic being Circus Of Rock, a most ambitious affair by the Finnish musician Mirka Rantanen who may be better known to you for his day job as the drummer with King Company plus many other Finnish metal bands as well. Rantanen has..

TOXIC ROSE to release sophomore album ‘In For The Kill’ on 24th Sept, out on Crusader Records
Swedish dark sleaze metallers ToxicRose recently released their latest singles Domination and Outta Time, hitting prominent Spotify and Apple Music Hard Rock playlists. They are set to release their sophomore album In For The Kill via Crusader Records (digitally and CD) on September 24th. A vinyl will be released in November. ToxicRose are indeed back with a vengeance! The long..

Brian Setzer – Gotta Have The Rumble (Surfdog Records)
The American musician Brian Setzer first shot to fame in the early '80s after relocating to the UK having taken the decision that the British scene would be more receptive to his new retro rockabilly band, The Stray Cats, and this was shown to be a wise decision when he teamed up with musician and..

Rory Gallagher – 1971 debut solo album, 50th Anniversary edition (UMC Records)
If ever there was a “musician’s musician”, that accolade belongs to Rory Gallagher. Renowned for his blistering live performances and highly respected for his dedication to his craft, he died in 1995, aged just 47, and we mourn him still. Many of rock’s most seminal figures, from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani to..

Cosmograf – Rattrapante (Gravity Dream Music)
This is another fine prog album from Cosmograf and like most of its predecessors leaves one wondering why the band remains something of a hidden gem. A casual glance at the album title will have most readers scratching their heads, perhaps wondering whether this might be a culinary album about the joys of French food..

Seven Sisters – Shadow Of A Fallen Star Pt. 1 (Cherry Red Records)
Seven Sisters is a band from London, which has been active since 2013. Both their eponymous debut and second album The Cauldron And The Cross were really convincing in mixing US speed metal with NWOBHM. For third full length Shadow Of A Fallen Star Pt. 1,coming out on October 22nd, the band's rhythm section is..

JD SIMO : ‘Know It All’ – first single from new album by acclaimed Nashville based singer, songwriter and guitarist out now / album out 05 November 2021 via Crows Feet
The Chicago-born but Nashville-based singer, songwriter and guitarist JD Simo has garnered tastemaker praise and fan fervour on both sides of the Atlantic since splitting his band SIMO in 2017 and going solo. Issuing two albums and logging hundreds of live shows, he has also collaborated with the likes of Jack White, Tommy Emmanuel, Luther..