This month in 1971 saw the release of Ram, the second solo album from Paul McCartney and the first to be released after the dissolution of The Beatles. And now, fifty years on, the album has been re-recorded, or rather ‘reimagined’, by a group of different artists, and has been given the blessing of McCartney..

Ram – The Throne Within (Metal Blade Records)
Swedish old-school metallers Ram have not only been carrying the torch of trad metal for two decades, but can be safely pointed as one of the several young bands that initiated the so-called New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal at the start of the new millennium, with their 2003 EP Sudden Impact. The Throne Within..