Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, Pennies By The Pound is a band which has just released Heat Death of the Universe; a debut album which confirms that the first half of 2021 has seen one fertile release of imagination, sounds, and… Read More ›
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Redshift – Cataclysm
With influences to its breeding ranging from “70’s/80’s Rush and Genesis to more modern prog like Dream Theatre and Between the Buried and Me” it was hard to exactly imagine what the debut album from UK metallers Redshift was going… Read More ›
Circling conflicts and distractions: talking Die So Fluid with Mr Drew
It was a decade ago when the release of their second album, Not Everybody Gets A Happy Ending had us at The RR enthralled and hooked on the inimitable musical adventure that is Die So Fluid. A greedy backward look… Read More ›
Whirling hearts and joyous uprisings: exploring the world of Swirl
There is an increasingly mighty roar coming out of California and it goes by the name of Swirl. This is a band really beginning to make a vocal name for themselves with their multi-flavoured, hard rock fuelled fusion of rock… Read More ›
Shades and glories; talking Different Light with Trevor Tabone
The history of progressive rock band Different Light comes in two parts, each seeing the band finding greater attention and plaudits to match their relentless growth in sound. Following their acclaim clad last album, the band is preparing to record… Read More ›
Suicidal Tendencies – World Gone Mad
Many elements make up the success of legendary punk/thrashers Suicidal Tendencies, an array of qualities which has gripped and thrilled across three and a half decades and eleven previous studio albums. One potent trait is, within a sound which… Read More ›
Tyrannosaurus Nebulous – TLK/Straight Jacket
Tyrannosaurus Nebulous is a British hard rock roar which ahead of a highly anticipated new EP, have just uncaged a highly irresistible stomp in the shape of double A-sided single Straight Jacket/TLK. Two slices of multi-flavoured irresistible rock ‘n’ roll;… Read More ›
Symphonies in sound and imagination: exploring Sahona with Charly Sahona
2016 received one of its early treats just a few weeks back with the release of the self-titled Sahona album. It was the debut release from the new melodic rock project of vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Charly Sahona of progressive metallers Venturia. It… Read More ›
Blackwitch Pudding – Covered In Pudding Vol. 1
A year ago Oregon metallers Blackwitch Pudding released debut album Taste The Pudding, a collection of tracks which the trio of Wizards ‘took back stole and diluted their invention’. The story goes for newcomers to the Portland band, is that… Read More ›
Dearly Beloved – Enduro
Hazily immersive and virulently seductive, not forgetting mouth-wateringly compelling, Enduro the new album from Canadian rock band Dearly Beloved is another unexpected treat for the year. You sense the dramatic presence and striking sounds of the release is not something… Read More ›
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