Month: July 2023

Atlas have certainly embraced their melodic rock as if born to it. The sound third time around is slightly heavier.

This is the second release from UK pairing Neil Fraser and vocalist Jason Morgan under the name Trishula.

Here’s a new band called Hellsmoke coming out of Sweden who absolutely live up to their band name! This is…

Hittman return to a new label (Greek label No Remorse) plus a new rhythm section. However, the main three: Dirk…

I still enjoy the ‘Virtual X’ album and play it and ‘X Factor’ far more than I ever would some…

Iron Maiden are another band from the great 80’s back with famed vocalist Bruce Dickinson and a third guitarist Janick…

There’s a nagging thought even at this relatively late stage of their career, that Iron Maiden could still pull another…

Iron Maiden’s ongoing foray into the world of progressive metal has spanned over a decade. Here the theme is pitched…

Canadian artist Paul Janz was prominent between 1985 and 1993. All his albums during this period are worth obtaining.

Gino Vannelli’s ‘Inconsolable Man’ has long been considered one of my favourite ‘wimpster’ type albums. Just think, the album title,…

It’s a pretty weird album title huh? Not the easiest to recite. REO Speedwagon are in a new decade, a…

ELO Part II was the spin off band from the original ELO formed by Bev Bevan, their debut landed in…

Deep Rainbow? To the horror of Deep Purple fans worldwide this became a reality in 1989 when Ian Gillan was…

‘Sahara’ was the second album from Los Angeles combo House Of Lords. It was also the third out of the…

Sensational slice of melodic hard rock from these New York residents known as Valentine.

Vicious Rumors output during the late 80’s through to the early 90’s and into the new century comes recommended.

‘Detonator’ continued Ratt’s run of success, going gold and cracking the Billboard top twenty but the writing was on the…

The mid to late 80’s were admittedly not the greatest time for AC/DC, despite some excellent albums which fell under…

With a catalogue of classic album after classic album, deciding which one to review from the legendary Japanese metal act…

After the release of Fate’s 1986 classic ‘A Matter Of Attitude’, many punters wondered whether the band could reproduce another…