Dragonfly is a power metal band that formed in Argentina in 2000 and then re-located to Spain in 2001 so they have plenty of experience behind them and they also have the confidence to back their sound by singing in Spanish - and I always find it refreshing when a band offers their music in..
H.E.A.T. LINE UP UK SHOWS FOR MAY – THREE GUEST BANDS
Swedish rock band H.E.A.T will play three exclusive UK shows in May 2020. The band will tour with British rock band VEGA, award winning band Mason Hill and 4-piece Collateral. The four bands will play Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill (May 28), the London Garage (May 29) and Swansea Patti Pavilion (May 30). H.E.A.T will release..
Plague – Portraits Of Mind (Nuclear Winter Records)
Well, this is a nice surprise. Plague is an old school death metal band from Athens, Greece, which has been active since 2011, with one single released as far back as 2014. Now, almost 6 years later, they are releasing their full-length debut on Valentine’s Day. This is actually a quite suitable release date, if..
ALI THOMSON – RETURNING TO THE PLAYROOM
It's been forty years since his solo debut. Since then, Thomson has worked with musicians all over the world. He finally decided to head back to the studio to record his own music again, with Songs From the Playroom. The album is comprised of nine tracks, all written (or co-written) by Thomson. He plays piano..
Vision Divine – When All The Heroes Are Dead (Scarlet Records)
Vision Divine is a rather superior Italian progressive/power metal rock band that easily straddles the ground between Stratovarius and Dream Theater and, due to the singer, has a feel of Muse about it too. Formed back in the '90s as a solo project by Olaf Thörsen aka Carlo Andrea Magnani, it was only when the..
Wednesday 13 debuts lyric video for ‘Monster’ (featuring Cristina Scabbia)
Just days away from kicking off their North American tour, Wednesday 13 and his boo crew have debuted a new lyric video for the latest single, Monster (Feat. Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil) from their recently released album, Necrophaze that is available now from Nuclear Blast Records. Check out the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_m7Ya9c6s&feature=youtu.be Monster is..
Tygers Of Pan Tang – Ritual (Mighty Music)
It is always nice to see the old NWOBHM bands still recording and performing great music after some 40 years. The Tygers Of Pan Tang were one of the bigger bands of the movement who had all the right pieces of the jigsaw and really should have gone on to have some of the fame..
Jorn – Hard Rock Radio II – Executing The Classics (Frontiers)
Singer extraordinaire Jorn Lande released the first Hard Rock Radio compilation in 2016 and this was a very pleasing album on which Jorn could have a bit of fun and play some of the songs that he has enjoyed and found inspirational in his career. Never an artist allow the dust to settle, he is..
The Drippers
Anyone out there remember Power Pop? It’s the closest tag I could think of for a lot of music coming out of Sweden from the nineties onwards that’s collectively badged as Swedish Action Rock. Among the early leaders of this movement were bands such as The Hellacopters, H.E.A.T. and Entombed, but there’s plenty more where..
BE BOP DELUXE – Modern Music 2CD Set (Esoteric)
Like Sunburst Finish before it, it's a meticulously arranged album, with not a note out of place and everything in the service of the song Be Bop Deluxe, led by the closest thing the '70s had to a second Bryan Ferry in the shape of the dapper and stylish Bill Nelson, were always a square..