Having impressed with their new tracks within the EP, The Abyss Vol. 1, last year, it the first of a planned trilogy of releases building towards their new album, UK metallers Hamerex was put on hold by its members. From… Read More ›
NWOBHM
Nightblade – Crisis has no Prejudice
Formed in 2010, it is fair to say that UK‘s Nightblade has been a pungent force of muscular hard rock and NWOBHM inspired tenacity which with its increasingly potent evolution in sound, has been a presence locally and increasingly further… Read More ›
Tracings of time and reflections: an interview with Black Space Riders
German heavy rockers Black Space Riders is a band which has persistently drawn acclaim and attention with their unique and ravenously adventurous sounds but it is fair to say that new album D:REI is their finest moment. A journey of… Read More ›
Night Demon – Self Titled EP
Hailing from California and breathing the sounds of NWOBHM, Night Demon is a trio beginning to make a ripple across the world of metal. Well beginning is not quite right as not long after formation in 2011 the band was… Read More ›
Satan – Life Sentence
We must come clean and say that heavy metallers Satan escaped our attention when they came around the first time in the early eighties. They were a less noticeable entrant at the time when the explosion of New Wave Of… Read More ›
Monument: Rock The Night EP
Heavy metal especially the old school classic kind and The RR has never really seen eye to eye, the likes of Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, and Saxon igniting more discontent than pleasure. It is personal taste of course and as… Read More ›
The Morning After – Legacy
Before second and new album Legacy, UK Rock band The Morning After had already excited and drawn enthused acclaim and a fervent following from fans to the media, but with this release they will surely take classic rock/AOR to new… Read More ›
Firebrand Super Rock – Firebrand Super Rock
As this album came through to be reviewed the feeling and inner groan was not the most positive one has to be honest, nothing against the band who were completely new to these ears and awareness, but the fact this… Read More ›
Careless – Coalition
To all extent and purposes Coalition the debut album from US rock band Careless has been 25 years in the making. With half of the tracks that make up the album written and recorded in the 80’s and the… Read More ›
Hammers of Misfortune – 17th Street
The new album from San Francisco’s Hammers of Misfortune is not just a fine listen it goes even deeper to give a full experience that lights up the senses. The sounds within 17th Street coax, caress, and pleasure the ears… Read More ›
