Month: February 2023
Antwerp based trio Killer were the first real Belgian band to make waves in the early 80’s European metal scene.
In recent times I’ve given Trapeze some overdue attention, here’s another one.
Fantastic French heavy metal, that’s all I will say, Existance may be the epitome of today’s modern metal, even if…
A fair bit of time was required to absorb this Kansas effort ‘The Prelude Implicit’, as a Kansas fan you…
Much of Lee Aaron’s ‘Fire And Gasoline’ is uptempo quirky pop rock. A good comparison would be Swedish babe Erika…
The Order are on to a winning formula, there’s not much more to add other than what’s been written here…
Rob Moratti has created another super slice of hard rock, may we be thankful for small mercies!
Without doubt, of the handful of bands that are GDM favourites over the years, Face Dancer are right up there,…
This is another winner by Rick Springfield and has been a unanimous success both critically and commercially.
There are many bands working this genre in recent times, but Maverick are able to keep things short and sweet…
This new Magnum album is on a par with their prior two albums from 2007 and 2014, returning to a…
With the recent passing of the great David Bowie, writing this review has, inevitably taken on a different perspective for…
Both official Mayday albums should be part of your AOR Konnesieur’s kollektion.
‘Mayday’ is worth the hype and an easy classic. The following year’s ‘Revenge’ was equally as accomplished.
Patty Smyth’s new album is short on running time for sure, but not on quality.
Merryweather Stark are the duo of elder statesman Neil Merryweather and guitarist and one man Wikipedia of all things Swedish…
Silvera from Denmark, are post-grunge melodic hard rock, with downtuned riffs, syncopated drum parts, a deeper vocal style and less…
‘Four’ is not quite the comeback I was hoping for from Coney Hatch, it disappointed me in the same way…
Here’s a great little independent release from New York band Station.
King Kobra have this down to a fine art and for 80’s holdouts this album is a blessing.
I follow this bloke on YouTube called Dan McClellan who is a religious scholar. He's very good, calm and to…
Based on the legendary album cover I’d been trying to track this down for years. I can see why Eric…
A mixed bag, but ‘One Good Reason’ has to be one of the best songs the band ever produced.
This is a seriousky underrated album. 'Don't Accuse Her' is simply breathtaking.
This album now has a YTM link. 31 tracks in total. 18 extras on top of the original 13. Upon…
Just listened to this via the YTM link. Pretty damn good. Some quirky synth reminded me of Donnie Iris. Will…
This is the pick of the HPB albums for me. Though I do occasionally drag the others out for a…
The original review from Geir might come across as indifferent. But much of this album is really good. 'Escape' and…
Terrific, obscure Hi-Tech AOR in my book.
Great to see this album getting some love. 💜