Month: April 2023

Ten - Albion
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Ten – Albion 3.5 (2)

Blessed with perhaps the dopiest cover of 2014, British band Ten somehow manage to find treasure in the trash in…

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Brother Firetribe - Diamond In The Firepit
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Brother Firetribe – Diamond In The Firepit 3 (2)

Brother Firetribe have been out of the public eye for six years, and they’ve been surely missed. Finland’s prime AOR…

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2014 , ,
House Of Lords - Precious Metal
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House Of Lords – Precious Metal 3 (2)

This could have been an excellent album on par with the past several House Of Lords albums, but the sound…

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2014 , ,
Quiet Riot - 10
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Quiet Riot – 10 0 (0)

There’s still life in Quiet Riot and Banali has been proven right in the long run to keep the band…

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2014 , ,
The Producers - Run For Your Life
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The Producers – Run For Your Life 4 (1)

The Producers are better known as an early 80’s new wave fused rock band. Soundwise, this album is far more…

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1985 , ,
Saga - Wildest Dreams
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Saga – Wildest Dreams 3.5 (2)

‘Wildest Dreams’ is not as OTT pomp and progressive as some if Saga’s earlier efforts such as ‘Silent Knight’ or…

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1987 , ,
Helix - It's A Business Doing Pleasure
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Helix – It’s A Business Doing Pleasure 3 (1)

This Helix album started life off as a Brian Vollmer solo album, and though the credits would indicate this was…

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1993 , ,
Stone Fury - Let Them Talk
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Stone Fury – Let Them Talk 2 (1)

MCA should’ve had the book thrown at them for letting the Stone Fury partnership of Wolf and Gowdy degenerate to…

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1986 , ,
Stone Fury - Burns Like A Star
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Stone Fury – Burns Like A Star 4 (2)

The Stone Fury debut ‘Burns Like A Star’ has been unfairly compared by critics to Led Zeppelin but mostly this…

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1984 , ,
Breathless - No One Leaves This Song Alive
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Breathless – No One Leaves This Song Alive 4 (1)

In classic two-album-only syndrome, Breathless delivered two LP’s between 1979 and 1980. Here’s the second.

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Breathless - Breathless
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Breathless – Breathless 4 (2)

Breathless, a Cleveland based band were an accident just waiting to happen, that’s how the story goes according to main-man…

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1979 , ,
Rough Cutt - Wants You
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Rough Cutt – Wants You 3 (1)

Here’s the second studio LP from Los Angeles quartet Rough Cutt, typically we are subjected to more of the same…

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1986 , ,
Rough Cutt - Rough Cutt
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Rough Cutt – Rough Cutt 3 (1)

Rough Cutt would eventually sign to Warner Bros, their debut LP released in 1985, produced by Tom Allom who had…

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1985 , ,
Kiss - Monster
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Kiss – Monster 0 (0)

It’s easy to see Kiss were striving to create a gritty hard rock classic, but maybe they tried too hard….

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Kiss - Sonic Boom
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Kiss – Sonic Boom 4 (1)

Simply put this is the best Kiss album since ‘Crazy Nights’, not that there have been many since then.

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2009 , ,
Kiss - MTV Unplugged
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Kiss – MTV Unplugged 0 (0)

The 1996 reunion of Kiss’ original lineup has led to overlooking the actual significance this MTV Unplugged live album has…

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1996 , ,
Kiss - Hot In The Shade
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Kiss – Hot In The Shade 3 (1)

The Kiss momentum was halted with ‘Hot In The Shade’, their eighth studio album of the 80’s and by far…

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1989 , ,
Kiss - Crazy Nights
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Kiss – Crazy Nights 4 (1)

Kiss are often dismissed as just another metal/hard rock band, but in truth there’s plenty of AOR and melodic rock…

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1987 , ,
Kiss - Asylum
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Kiss – Asylum 3 (1)

Kiss were veterans by this point, but still able to hang easily with the likes of Motley Crue, Bon Jovi,…

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1985 , ,
Kiss - Animalize
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Kiss – Animalize 4 (2)

Kiss was undoubtedly at their peak in 1984, indeed from 1982-87 they were the most consistent hard rock/metal outfit in…

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