As 2021 draws to a close, it has once again been quite a year for music. With 2020 seeing a cataclysmic change in the landscape 'thanks' to a global pandemic; the world became a different place, live music all but disappeared, albums were delayed and bands that lived in different locations could not travel to..

Sinoptik – The Calling
Despite everything, this has been a Very Good last twelve months for being constantly surprised and wowed by new music, new bands of every description and genre. Whatever your taste, I bet you've unearthed something very tasty and new to help you Keep The Faith! The latest new arrivals to massively impress me are these..

The Tea Party release new single and lyric-video “Summertime”
Canadian Rock trio The Tea Party The Tea Party is kicking off this Summer with their aptly name single "Summertime" - a song about enjoying good weather, good music and good friends while acknowledging all the sacrifices we've had to do in the last year to get this far. To accompany the song, the band is dropping a..

Art and Science collide on National Museum Day in Sinoptik’s new song ‘The Call’
Today, 18 May, is International Museum Day - and in order to celebrate this and underline the importance of Art and Science working together to promote the cultural development in the Ukraine, as well as worldwide, Sinoptik have released a new music video for the song 'The Call', a 9 minute offering taken from the band's new..

Under Attack – Virus Alert (Sliptrick Records)
Under Attack is a heavy metal band from Italy, founded in 2018, in the style of Saxon, Ozzy, Dio or Judas Priest. All fans of the above will thoroughly enjoy this! The core of the band is duo Daniele Sciacca handling vocals, with multi instrumentalist Nando Bonini on guitar, bass and drums. For this album, they're also joined..

Dead Lord – Surrender (Century Media Records)
The whole classic hard rock revivalist movement is an interesting phenomenon. Perhaps it all started with the 1997-98 reunion of Black Sabbath and the interest directed towards bands like Electric Wizard and Spiritual Beggars. Swedes Dead Lord, actually, stepped in this game a decade later, founded in Stockholm in 2012. Surrender is their fourth album..

NEW STATUS QUO ALBUM OUT THIS FRIDAY. LISTEN TO SAMPLES.
British rock veterans Status Quo are releasing their 33rd studio album “Backbone” this Friday, September 6th, through earMUSIC/ EDEL. You can listen to samples of all 11 tracks included in the album via the link below. The 11-track record will be the band’s first without Rick Parfitt, who died on December 24, 2016, with all..