Category: 2016
Tempt are a very good young band in the vein of fellow Americans Station, and from a pure hard rock…
If you had any concerns about Treat following up the excellent ‘Coup de Grace’, those notions can be safely dispelled….
No stranger to the world of redundant live albums are Judas Priest and in another stopgap move they’ve unveiled a…
Nearly thirty years later, the 1985 Billy Satellite demos finally get an official release from AOR Heaven, but truth be…
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…
I recently reacquainted myself with this album. It's much better than I remembered it by. Good to hear 'Can't Stop…
I like the storyline but not much else. ๐
Have added a new video into the review. 'Breaking Me Up'. These gals look and sound great. ๐
Carmine Appice is also involved with the band Ruffyunz, and appears on their 2023 album 'III'. https://raritetno.com/hard-rock/210584-ruffyunz-iii-2023.html
30 years on, the song 'Foreclosure Of A Dream' can be directly aimed at former Dutch PM Mark Rutte and…
There is one unofficial release on YouTube Music from around 2008/2009 with a load of Unreleased tracks. It's called Post…
I would agree this isn't one of Queen's best. Jazz which followed after this wasn't much better. Live Killers from…
I have this need to revisit the first two Argent albums for review. Argent and Ring Of Hands. Watch this…
I recall buying this in 98 and foolishly expecting another Midnight Madness. It doesnโt sound like Night Ranger at all,…
Billy Joel should have revisited this type of sound years later and added some guitars. What a classic.