The Italian melodic/hard rock band Edge Of Forever is currently working on album number five which will be the follow up to 2019's well received Native Soul and is expected to be out sometime early in 2022. In the meantime, the revised version of the band has been in the studio to record a special..
MC Roads – No Nostalgia (Golden Robot Records)
MC Roads is the new rock vehicle for guitarist Mike Cross out of Detroit, Michigan and you may already know of him as one of the founding members of the American rock band Sponge. He left the group after three albums due to the usual 'creative differences' and had a short period of time out..
AFM – 25 Years Metal Addiction – The Rare & The Unreleased (AFM Records)
Top row: U.D.O. & Herman Frank; middle row: Lordi & Metalite and bottom row Flotsam and Jetsam & Orden Ogan AFM Records has been releasing quality heavy rock music now for 25-years and the label has found an excellent way to celebrate and reflect upon those years and the very many fine metal bands that..
Act Of Denial – Negative (Crusader Records)
If ever there was an oxymoron then it would be the term melodic death metal; they are two genres that really should never be combined but when it works it can be spectacular and when it doesn't then the least said the better. It is not my medium for 'go to' music so I have..
Crossing I’s Dotting T’s – Crossing I’s Dotting T’s EP (Riot Records)
This is the debut EP by the strangely titled Crossing I's Dotting T's which is a punk rock band from the US featuring just the four tracks for 12-minutes with two of the songs already having been released as digital singles. This is very much modern day American punk with very little in common with..
Divine Anger – Guru Of Hate (Independent)
Well, it seems that Divine Anger is not so much a band but more a statement of intent; the publicity states that the band is from another dimension and the and the accompanying PR shot shows a Manga type stylised drawing of the band so these are musicians who like a little mystery and intrigue!..
Hammerhead – Destroyer (Anthology) (High Roller Records)
Hammerhead was a NWOBHM band from Cumbria which was formed in the '70s out of the ashes of several local rock bands but the big break just never managed to come for them. Ignored by the labels championing the movement meant that Hammerhead had to go the independent route and released a couple of records..
Legions Of The Night – Sorrow Is The Cure (Pride & Joy Music)
I pretty much wear my heart on my sleeve when it comes to music and love most genres with progressive rock, metal and jazz being my go to sounds. Get me on about Judas Priest and I am in my happy place and anything Priest or Priest derived will have me in raptures of delight...
Saeko – Holy Are We Alone (Pride & Joy Music)
Saeko is the Japanese singer Saeko Kitamae who moved to Germany in 2003 to begin a career as a heavy rock vocalist and released two albums under the Saeko name with very able support from the likes of Lars Ratz and Michael Ehré (Metalium) and Sven Lüdke (Mob Rules). She achieved some success and no..
Houston – IV (Frontiers Music)
The band is called Houston, the music is super slick, glossy and ultra sophisticated melodic rock and it immediately calls to mind the immaculate melodic rock offerings from the American gods of the '70s and '80s and also has that perfect trans-Atlantic flavour that ensure success both sides of the ocean. So, if you take..