SAXON – «Carpe Diem» (2022)
Saxon is probably the biggest remaining torchbearer for bands still associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement which sprung forth in […]
Album Reviews
D’VIRGILIO, MORSE & JENNINGS – «Troika» (2022)
This unexpected project consists of friends old and new. Neal Morse and Nick D’Virgilio are founding members of the 1990s progressive rock outfit Spock’s Beard, […]
ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM – «Two Piece Puzzle» (2022)
Rosalie Cunningham is back with her second album as a solo artist. Some may remember her as the frontwoman, songwriter and musical leader in Purson. […]
BATTLE BEAST – «Circus of Doom» (2022)
Battle Beast is a Finnish power metal band established in Helsinki in 2008. Their big breakthrough came by participating in the international Wacken Metal Battle […]
SCORPIONS – «Rock Believer» (2022)
The very first Scorpions album was released in 1972. It is only apt that 50 years later, they mark the occasion by releasing an anniversary […]
GRAHAM BONNET BAND – «Day Out In Nowhere» (2022)
Graham Bonnet is one of the classic voices of heavy metal, having sung with bands such as Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, and Alcatrazz to name […]
LANA LANE – «Neptune Blue» (2022)
I first became aware of Lana Lane when she provided vocals on the Ayreon album Into the Electric Castle in 1998. This wasn’t too many […]
RONNIE ROMERO – «Raised On Radio» (2022)
Ronnie Romero is a busy gentleman. After forming and finding some success with Lords of Black in 2014, he got his international break-through when Ritchie […]
MAGNUM – «the Monster Roars» (2022)
Magnum keeps up their prolific pace of new releases with The Monster Roars, their 22nd studio album. They have released a new studio album every […]
THE VINTAGE CARAVAN – «Monuments» (2021)
It is probably about time that I stop thinking of the guys in The Vintage Caravan as “those kids from Iceland.” While they’re still very […]
The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2021
Has it really been a year since we did this? At this point 2021 is mercilessly ticking towards its end, and there is a new […]
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – «Immortal» (2021)
Good old MSG – or Michael Schenker Group, if you will. I had not expected them to return with such a gem of an album […]
YES – «The Quest» (2021)
It has not been easy being Yes in recent years. The once world-conquering prog behemoth has struggled with loss of key members, a lacklustre album […]
KK’s PRIEST – «Sermons of the Sinner» (2021)
When guitarist K.K. Downing left Judas Priest in 2011, he initially announced it as a retirement. At the time it wasn’t clear whether he was […]
IRON MAIDEN – «Senjutsu» (2021)
Iron Maiden’s seventeenth studio album Senjutsu arrived six years after their previous one (2015’s The Book of Souls) on 3 September 2021. For the second […]