This German-Swiss black metal entity has been around for ten years and the band has steadily released new material every two years. Fifth album Vurias is not an exception to the rule, following the stellar Dust from 2023. The line-up remains intact since the last album and now we have eight new dark hymns (with..
SOUTHERN ROCK REISSUES – Outlaws / Molly Hatchet (Floating World)
There Goes Another Love Song... An almost perfect piece of songwriting, vocal harmony and ebullient playing which, in a fairer world, would trip off the tongue along with Sweet Home Alabama or Take It Easy. A double helping of Southern Rock goodness reissued here by the Floating World label, in the form of a compilation..
Hollow Souls / Troy Redfern, The Real Time Live, Chesterfield (17 October 2025)
I love going to smaller venues like this little gem, with a capacity of around 300 you get a "real" full-on live experience - and for blues /blues-rock that can make all the difference. A nearly full gathering of folk who clearly knew their blues rock - and anything by Kris Barras in particular -..
West, Bruce & Laing – Out In The Fields – The Albums 1972-1974 (Cherry Red / Esoteric Records)
The musical chairs of the early ‘70s rock scene meant that many of the multitude of short-lived bands have now fallen out of the public memory, including some that had a good deal of success in their day. West, Bruce & Laing were one such case. The very fact that the band name is simply..
Interview with Nathan Sadd (Struck A Nerve)
Struck A Nerve is an up-and-coming thrash band from the UK, featuring some present and ex members of Shrapnel. Their amazing self-titled debut is to be released by Listenable Records on November 28th and is one of the best releases in the genre so far this year. While you’re waiting for our review, here’s what..
DION releases new album The Rock’n’Roll Philosopher on 24th October
Dion has set the release of The Rock ‘n’ Roll Philosopher, an album companion to his book, co-authored with Adam Jablin, of the same title for October 24 through KTBA Records both digitally and on CD. It’s the label, founded by Joe Bonamassa and Roy Weisman that has released his recent string of much lauded collaborative albums..
Siena Root – Made in KuBa (Perception Records)
Someone once coined the term "A Dynamic Root Rock Experience" to describe Swedish quartet Siena Root, quite an apt summary, really. The band hail from the same school of Swedish retro rock as Blues Pills, The Riven and Heavy Feather, it's clearly something in the water up there that produces such fine classic rock musicians!..
Redshark – Sudden Impact (Listenable Records)
Just a quick glance at the cover artwork actually speaks volumes and we get exactly what is expected: oldschool heavy/ speed metal with pronounced influences from the US scene. Barcelona’s Redshark founded in 2012 by Philip Graves (guitar) and after two EPs, their Digital Race debut in 2022 fulfilled the high expectations with some really..
Brazilian American Composer Miguel Kertsman Unveils His New Progressive Rock album
Brazilian American Composer Miguel Kertsman has announced his latest album, the progressive rock odyssey, Paradoxes, a concept album is out now. Kertsman, who Rolling Stone have called his work as “indescribable and defies categorization”, has graced stages and screens for decades, with his work used everywhere from video games to the Olympics. He has collaborated..
Ronnie Romero – Backbone (Frontiers Music)
...with Backbone, Romero has really delivered the goods, or at least goods that will appeal massively to fans of the Rainbow and Dio tradition. I had the good fortune to see Ronnie Romero on his band’s recent UK tour. He’s without doubt an accomplished singer and a great communicator on stage, but if you’d asked..