Whenever you see the name Voodoo Circle then you know that you are going to get a really hard rocking album of the finest quality heavy metal available. They are yet another wonderful German rock band and was put together by the guitarist Alex Beyrodt (Silent Force/Primal Fear) in 2008 to allow him to indulge..
CULPEPER’S ORCHARD – Mountain Music: The Polydor Years 1971-73 (Esoteric)
Looking back through the annals of recorded rock music, there are quite a number of things which, when put together, manage to complete the phrase 'an unlikely union of...' with some accuracy. Some with more successful results than others. Bing Crosby and David Bowie springs to mind as an example. Aerosmith and Run DMC as..
Pothamus – Raya (Consouling Agency)
Remember the old epithet "The Boring Belgians"? It's certainly not the case any more (if it was ever true), either in the football field or in the recording studio! Post-metal trio Pothamus are the latest in a wave of very talented young post-rock bands based in Belgium. They've been together since 2015, releasing some lauded..
John Diva & The Rockets Of Love – American Amadeus (Steamhammer/SPV)
Some music is designed to put a smile on your face and the glam/sleaze rock musings of John Diva & The Rockets Of Love is one such band that definitely causes the sun to shine and lets you completely forget your troubles as you are swept away on a bump and grind rock and funk..
Magnum – Dream Of The Black Tattoo (Steamhammer/SPV)
A band that definitely needs no introduction is Birmingham's masters of rock, the one and only Magnum, purveyors of quality music since 1972. If you remember, it is now around three years since the band released the compilation album The Valley Of Tears – The Ballads, a record designed to show the quieter and more..
Steve Hackett – Under A Mediterranean Sky (InsideOut)
Hackett is easily swept up in the romance of these cities and their vast histories... A dozen years have cruelly stampeded by since Steve Hackett's last full album of acoustic-based compositions (and that last year was the cruelest of all). In that time he has proven himself a tireless stalwart of the rock world with..
Edenbridge – The Chronicles Of Eden Part 2 (Steamhammer/SPV)
Edenbridge is a female-fronted symphonic metal band from Austria that formed in 1998 with a total of ten studio albums behind them so far with The Chronicles Of Eden Part 2 being the band's second compilation following on from their first, The Chronicles Of Eden, which was released in 2007. Always a band of the..
Be The Wolf – Torino (Scarlet Records)
Be The Wolf is a modern day rock band that was formed in 2011 in Turin, Italy with Torino, named after their home city, being their fourth album to date. The group is a three-piece comprising of singer, guitarist and songwriter Federico Mondelli (Frozen Crown, Volturian), bassist Marco Verdone and drummer Paul Canetti. They deliver an eclectic and..
Accept – Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)
Take a trip through the Accept's discography and there has not only been some pretty special albums but a band that set down a blueprint. Since their return with Mark Tornillo on vocals in 2009 and their storming album Blood Of The Nations, the band has been on something of a roll not only bringing..
Hewolf – Iron Survivor II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
We are living in a crazy world and through some pretty strange times but I'm not quite sure what to make of this latest EP from the American three piece rock outfit Hewolf. Apparently, they have written and recorded this music for the soundtrack of the proposed film Iron Survivor 2 but the film has..