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...
Imaginaerum by Nightwish – RAMzine Classics
November 30th 2011 saw Finnish power metal legends, Nightwish, release their 7th studio album, Imaginaerum. A less traditional concept album that is more held together...
Mo’s Barbecue by Bowes and Morely – RAMzine Classic
When is a Thunder album not a Thunder album?
The answer is to be found in the first of two excellent releases from Bowes and...
Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love – RAMzine Classic Album
Kate Bush is arguably the most gifted songwriter that the UK has produced in the last 50 years and Hounds of Love is the...
RAMzine Classic: Tramline – Moves Of Vegetable Centuries
If you’re sitting comfortably, let me tell you a story of a band of musicians back in 1967, who were based in and around...
RAMZine Classic – Vanilla Fudge
If a band had such a significant influence on bands such as The Nice, Deep Purple, Yes, Styx, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep and more,...
Through still waters and Unholy Fires – A brief note on the brilliance of...
For those of you out there who treasure deeply atmospheric black metal, there is a record from 2015 entitled The Wiccan by the Greek...
RAMzine Classic: Strawberry Path – When The Raven Has Come To Earth
Take Black Sabbath, Free, Jimi Hendrix, Procol Harum, ’68 vintage Purple and a soupçon of Barclay James Harvest - put them into an...
RAMzine Classic: The Byron Band – On The Rocks
David Garrick was born on 29th January 1947 and sadly died from alcohol related issues on 28th February 1985. He did leave a considerable...