Category: 2023
Here we are with the fourth album from the British hard rock trio Edge Of the Blade. The longstanding duo…
Swedish band Care Of Night gets a lot love from this website. All of their previously released albums (plus 2013…
Musically, The Paradigm Shift describe themselves as an Alt rock outfit. From my initial hearing, this much is true. I…
Swedish melodic rockers Rockett Love have been around since the mid 2010’s. They are like the Swedish equivalent of Harem…
Belgian band Frozen Rain have been off the public radar since 2012 and return with a new third album in…
Former On The Rise main man Terje Eide returns to the public eye in 2023 after many years out of…
New York band Station have been regular attendees at GDM Towers since their 2013 arrival onto the public stage. Here’s…
There aren’t many AOR/pomp bands out of Peru, let alone South America. The Revlin Project would an exception. Here is…
Trevor Rabin delivers his first vocal solo album ‘Rio’ has a certain allure, but this is an album for afficiendos…
On this latest album, the strangely titled ‘The Fish Who Wanted To Be King’, it became Lalu’s follow up to…
Subsignal is the German band previohusly known as Sieges Even. I fell in love with their 2018 album ‘La Muerta’…
Unbeknown to me, the Downes Braide Association (or DBA as they are known elsewhere) have been around since 2012. Here…
My last look at The Guess Who was 1995’s rather AORish ‘Liberty’, but surely it would be too much of…
Tempt’s new album is self titled, the band still in fine 80’s influenced form, though the direction change toward modern…
In keeping with youthful appearances, Rick Springfield has delivered on this album – a well overdue return to the sound…
Still hammering away in 2023 as if it were still the 80’s are L.A peroxide legends King Kobra.
This is the second effort from Danish combo Boys From Heaven. It’s mostly west coast styled music that will appeal…
American band Hurricane are another outfit back on the reunion path.
Stormwarning could be seen as the vehicle for new talent Santiago Ramonda, a singer from Argentina who has connected with…
Danish band Skagarack have been off the map for decades, but return in 2023 with a sound that’s more nostalgic…
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. 💜