LARKIN POE – «Blood Harmony» (2022)
Blood Harmony is the sixth studio album from the guitar-slinging sisters Megan and Rebecca Lowell, collectively known as Larkin Poe. Those familiar with their progression […]
STAR ONE – «Revel In Time» (2022)
Star One is a Dutch progressive metal outfit, probably most correctly referred to as a side-project for Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame. Some of […]
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – «Return of the Dream Canteen» (2022)
When John Frusciante returned to Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2019, new music was high on the agenda. They had planned to enter the studio […]
Hällas – «Isle of Wisdom» (2022)
Set the controls for the heart of the sun! The adventures continue as the retro-progtastic Swedes in Hällas are back with yet another helping of […]
Satin – «Appetition» (2022)
Norwegian multi-instrumentalist artist Satin, a.k.a. Tommy Nilsen, is back with his third album Appetition. It has been a five-year break since his previous album It’s […]
Ghost – «Impera» (2022)
Please be seated. You are about to receive the fifth sermon from our honourable Swedish clergymen Ghost. For they have returned, and this time Papa […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers – «Unlimited Love» (2022)
…and then he was back. This album is all about the return of ‘The Froosh’, or John Frusciante if you will. The mastermind behind the […]
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 […]
When Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins road-tripped across America to visit Pantera’s strip club
In 1998, the music festival Ozzfest was arranged in England at the Milton Keynes. The band Korn had been booked to play, but circumstances forced […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «My Old Friend» by Carl Perkins
It was 1981. Paul McCartney was trying to cope with John Lennon’s recent death the only way he knew how: by making another album. Tug […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Ohio» by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
When David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young joined forces in 1970, they became one of the most successful acts in music. They […]
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 […]