Category: 2016

Tempt - Runaway

Tempt – Runaway 4 (1)

Tempt are a very good young band in the vein of fellow Americans Station, and from a pure hard rock…

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Treat - Ghost Of Graceland

Treat – Ghost Of Graceland 0 (0)

If you had any concerns about Treat following up the excellent ‘Coup de Grace’, those notions can be safely dispelled….

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Judas Priest - Battle Cry

Judas Priest – Battle Cry (Live) 0 (0)

No stranger to the world of redundant live albums are Judas Priest and in another stopgap move they’ve unveiled a…

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Billy Satellite - Billy Satellite Ii

Billy Satellite – Billy Satellite II 2 (1)

Nearly thirty years later, the 1985 Billy Satellite demos finally get an official release from AOR Heaven, but truth be…

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Existance - Breaking The Rock

Existance – Breaking The Rock 5 (1)

Fantastic French heavy metal, that’s all I will say, Existance may be the epitome of today’s modern metal, even if…

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Kansas - The Prelude Implicit

Kansas – The Prelude Implicit 4 (2)

A fair bit of time was required to absorb this Kansas effort ‘The Prelude Implicit’, as a Kansas fan you…

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Lee Aaron - Fire And Gasoline

Lee Aaron – Fire And Gasoline 3 (1)

Much of Lee Aaron’s ‘Fire And Gasoline’ is uptempo quirky pop rock. A good comparison would be Swedish babe Erika…

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The Order - Rock N Rule

The Order – Rock N Rumble 3 (1)

The Order are on to a winning formula, there’s not much more to add other than what’s been written here…

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Rob Moratti - Transcendent

Rob Moratti – Transcendent 4 (1)

Rob Moratti has created another super slice of hard rock, may we be thankful for small mercies!

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Face Dancer - Brand New Faces

Face Dancer – Brand New Faces 4 (2)

Without doubt, of the handful of bands that are GDM favourites over the years, Face Dancer are right up there,…

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Rick Springfield - Rocket Science

Rick Springfield – Rocket Science 4 (1)

This is another winner by Rick Springfield and has been a unanimous success both critically and commercially.

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Maverick - Big Red

Maverick – Big Red 3 (1)

There are many bands working this genre in recent times, but Maverick are able to keep things short and sweet…

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Magnum - Sacred Blood Divine Lies

Magnum – Sacred Blood, Divine Lies 3 (2)

This new Magnum album is on a par with their prior two albums from 2007 and 2014, returning to a…

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David Bowie - Blackstar

David Bowie – Blackstar 0 (0)

With the recent passing of the great David Bowie, writing this review has, inevitably taken on a different perspective for…

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