Friday, May 17, 2024
Sweat

Sweat ask (and answer) Who Do They Think They Are?

I’m always up to listening to a debut album and when I saw that the influences were 70s rock and prog, I was even...
Ivy Gold

Ivy Gold make some noise on Broken Silence

For a new band to release three albums in as many years is some achievement, and all three are high-quality blues-based rock makes it...
DevilDriver

Devildriver continue Dealing with Demons

A double album divided across several years is a highly ambitious project that some bands genuinely can't deliver. California groove metal outfit Devildriver however...
YES

YES – Mirror To The Sky

One of the crosses Yes have to bear is the continual comparison of the current incarnation with the band when in their imperious phase...
Alcatrazz - Take No Prisoners

Alcatrazz – No holds barred on Take No Prisoners

Arguments abound on the validity of band names when members of the original lineup(s) are thin on the ground… I ignore the history and...
Mercies and Curses

Waste Down Rebels – Mercies and Curses

Waste Down Rebels are a modern hard rock band, out of Frederick, Maryland, seemingly a one-man outfit who present a hard-hitting front to the...
Chris Duarte

Chris Duarte proves he Ain’t Giving Up

Anyone who has mastered the rhythmic style of blues rock seems to be compared to the genius that was Stevie Ray Vaughan… one such...
HAWKWIND - The Future Never Waits

Hawkwind – The Future Never Waits

Eponymous title track 'The Future Never Waits' opens and reaffirms the fact the starship Hawkwind has long lurked outside the realms of mainstream acceptance....
Imperial Demonic

Imperial Demonic peer Beneath the Crimson Eclipse

From the dark and eerie underground scene of Belfast comes the melodic black metal outfit Imperial Demonic and this scorching, well-produced EP of theirs...
Vermilion Whiskey

Vermilion Whiskey call the shots on Crimson and Stone

Louisiana-based band Vermilion Whiskey released their first album, 10 South, back in 2013 which heralded their blend of nearly every kind of rock you...