Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Dream Theater reveal new album, Parasomnia, Night Terror ensues

Ahead of their highly awaited world tour, New York (and a Canadian) prog metal legends Dream Theater have announced their 16th studio album: Parasomnia....

Album Reviews

Blackmore’s Night – Fires at Midnight  (2024 Remix)

Ritchie Blackmore’s name was made in the late sixties and seventies, not just through his legendary incendiary skills on the guitar, but also through...

Live Reviews

Battle Beast bring the Circus of Doom to Britain

Having been postponed in 2023, Battle Beast returned to Manchester for the second leg of their Circus of Doom tour. They admitted that they...

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Modern Classic: Brave Rival – Life’s Machine

With the impending release of their second album in August I have been revisiting the rather excellent 2022 debut of a band from the...

Under The Spell of Old Trees – A Retrospective Glance at Nidingr’s Rehearsal 1996

Today, I figured that it would be interesting to cast a flickering yet hopefully illuminating light on a rather obscure release from that gloriously...

RAMzine Classic: Stevie Salas Colorcode

For an artist that has appeared on over 70 different albums with artists from George Clinton, Justin Timberlake and Buddy Miles to Mick Jagger...

Reflections on Bill Ward’s outstanding solo album

Legendary drummer Bill Ward (ex-Black Sabbath) released an overlooked gem of an album back in 1997 entitled When the Bough Breaks, and I figured...

See The Light by Jeff Healey – RAMzine Classic

There are many ways of finding a new artist, especially in this internet age - it wasn’t always that easy. An example of one...

The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys go well beyond being merely a group of musicians. It wouldn’t be inappropriate to describe them as a cultural, even maybe...

Queensryche by Ross Halfin (Rufus Rock ‘n Roll Publications)

Back in their heyday, Queensryche were blessed (or was it cursed?) with the epithet “the thinking man’s heavy metal band,” a tag they carried...