In The Dark The Dancers Shout – A Short Essay On Rainbow’s Difficult To...
When former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore launched Rainbow in 1975 (the self-titled debut LP released that same year sported the moniker Ritchie Blackmore’s...
On Strange Highways: A Short Essay On Dio’s Doom-laden 1993 Masterpiece
All the way back in 1993, the DIO band, which was spearheaded by legendary and much-missed vocalist Ronnie James Dio, released an utterly raw,...
Trouble On The Horizon – A short essay on Whitesnake’s glorious debut album
The legendary purveyors of bluesy hard rock known as Whitesnake surely need no introduction as this awe-inspiring collective of musicians have crafted some of...
RAMzine Classic: Miller Anderson – Bluesheart
Born in Houston (in Renfrewshire, Scotland, not the Texas upstart!) is the guitarist who has graced the studio and stage (including the genuine Woodstock...
RAMzine Classics: Melvins – Houdini
Not only are Melvins a criminally overlooked band in most senses but they also have some of the most underrated albums that have not only helped...
RAMzine Classic: Sacramentum – Far Away From The Sun
The Swedish black/death metal phenomenon Sacramentum, which was resurrected last year after lying dormant for almost two decades, released an underground milestone back in...
RAMzine Classic: Kyuss – Welcome To Sky Valley
RAMzine presents a review of classic album Welcome To Sky Valley by pioneering desert dwellers, Kyuss.
Forming in Plam Desert, California in 1987, the four-piece...
RAMzine Classic: Deep Purple – Purpendicular
They said in 1975 when Tommy Bolin replaced Ritchie Blackmore and again in 1994 when Steve Morse was announced: "there is no Deep Purple without...
Why Keith Richards’ solo album ‘Talk Is Cheap’ is still a classic 30 years on
There’s an interesting story about the gestation period of this album. Talk Is Cheap was put together by Keith Richards and his side band,...
RAMzine Classic: Beggars Opera – Pathfinder
I’m sure we have all bought a vinyl album on the strength of the cover alone, some were absolute rubbish (I own up to...
