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Edge Of The Blade - Trick Of The Light

Edge Of The Blade – Trick Of The Light 4 (2)

📌 Here we are with the fourth album from the British hard rock trio Edge Of the Blade. The longstanding…

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Care Of Night - Reconnected

Care Of Night – Reconnected 4 (2)

📌 Swedish band Care Of Night gets a lot love from this website. All of their previously released albums (plus…

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The Paradigm Shift - For You

The Paradigm Shift – For You 4 (1)

📌 Musically, The Paradigm Shift describe themselves as an Alt rock outfit. From my initial hearing, this much is true….

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Rockett Love - Galactic Circus

Rockett Love – Galactic Circus 3 (1)

📌 Swedish melodic rockers Rockett Love have been around since the mid 2010’s. They are like the Swedish equivalent of…

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Y&T - Earthshaker

Y&T – Earthshaker 5 (1)

A name change and a bit of a shake-up for Y&T. This is in terms of image and musical delivery…

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Mother's Finest - Iron Age

Mother’s Finest – Iron Age 4 (1)

Atlanta’s Mothers Finest are another popular outfit among the GDM brethren. Who would’ve thought their hard rock breakthrough album from…

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Henry Paul Band - Anytime

Henry Paul Band – Anytime 4 (1)

‘Anytime’ was perhaps the best known of the Henry Paul Band four album run from 1979 to 1982. It was…

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Lake - Hot Day

Lake – Hot Day 4 (1)

All in all this is a somewhat uneven album from Lake. However, the best tracks are REAL standouts! Figure out…

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Foghat - Girls To Chat Boys To Bounce

Foghat – Girls To Chat, Boys To Bounce 2 (1)

If you were a hardcore Foghat fan at the time I could understand your plight. Aside from the first two…

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Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies

Praying Mantis – Time Tells No Lies 3 (1)

When one thinks about the early days of the NWOBHM, a couple of bands spring to mind. Iron Maiden, Saxon,…

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Def Leppard - High N Dry

Def Leppard – High N Dry 4 (1)

Produced by ‘Mutt’ Lange, Def Leppard’s ‘High N Dry’ was a fairly successful follow up to the heavy but crude…

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Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

Ozzy Osbourne – Diary Of A Madman 0 (0)

‘Dairy Of A Madman’ only contained nine tracks, but the material is some of the best from that early Ozzy…

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Fake ID - Dreaming Ezekiel

Fake ID – Dreaming Ezekiel 4 (1)

Fake ID are birthed from the songwriting team that bought you the first Alien album. The team are in fact…

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Blackfoot - Tomcattin'

Blackfoot – Tomcattin’ 4 (1)

Blackfoot were a southern rock band that flew the Confederate flag during the 70’s and 80’s.

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Argent - Ring Of Hands

Argent – Ring Of Hands 2 (1)

‘Ring Of Hands’ is Argent’s second album. Released in late 1970 in the UK and Europe, it would eventually be…

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Argent - Argent

Argent – Argent 3 (1)

Today we’re looking at the debut Argent album. From 1969, its been considered one of the significant jigsaw pieces of…

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Q5 - When The Mirror Cracks

Q5 – When The Mirror Cracks 2 (1)

It’s not quite clear who suggested that Q5 should drop the hard as nails approach and move to a keyboard…

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Q5 - Steel The Light

Q5 – Steel The Light 4 (1)

Q5 was another band from the booming metal scene of Seattle during the early 80’s. The band was formed in…

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John Hunter - Famous At Night

John Hunter – Famous At Night 0 (0)

Keyboardist/singer John Hunter is the member who went on to further his career beyond the Hounds, picking up a solo…

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Hounds - Unleashed

Hounds – Unlesshed 0 (0)

The Chicago band Hounds are a hard rockin’ equivalent of The Rolling Stones. Mostly it’s quite raucous, the vocals and…

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1994 - Please Stand By

1994 – Please Stand By 3 (1)

1994 were one of a handful of Los Angeles based bands that followed in the lacetails of Heart., Where their…

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Aviary - Aviary

Aviary – Aviary 4 (1)

Aviary were a great 70’s era band with a style all of their own. But one thing is distinctly clear,…

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Henry Paul Band - Grey Ghost

Henry Paul Band – Grey Ghost 0 (0)

Finally getting a write-up is the debut Henry Paul Band LP ‘Grey Ghost’. This was recorded in 1979, a year…

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Desmond Child And Rouge - st

Desmond Child And Rouge – Desmond Child And Roug 3 (1)

‘Desmond Child And Rouge’ despite the disco flash has stood the test of time as a solid pop album.

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