Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2015, Streaming Amazon Prime Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP SOARING HIGHS AND BRUTAL LOWS the documentary about female singers in Metal has been out for five years now and is STILL not available on DVD. When it came out I thought to myself, “I can’t stream it…
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Quick Jabs for January 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Trident – North October 2nd, 2020 – Non…
Adam, Whitney (Dir.) – Ozzy Osbourne: Throne Of Darkness (Documentary)
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2020 Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: JP As time goes on more and digital technology makes it easier and faster to create content, we are seeing more and more low-budget documentaries about Hard Rock and Heavy Metal hitting the market. THRONE OF DARKNESS falls into that category. This is…
Popoff, Martin-Van Halen: A Visual Biography (Book review)
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Wymer Publishing Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Let’s get one thing out the way, right now. VAN HALEN: A VISUAL BIOGRAPHY was written, and just about to roll off the press before the unexpected death of Eddie Van Halen. Things came to a screeching…
Interview with SATAN’S FALL
Interview by Jack Merry www.facebook.com/SatansFall satansfall.bandcamp.com www.hrrecords.de www.facebook.com/hrrecords We were lucky enough to have a chat with Miika Kokko and Tomi Mäenpää of Finnish heavy metal band SATAN’S FALL about their brand new debut album ‘Final Day,’ the ongoing global pandemic, what TV they’ve been enjoying, and everything else in-between!
Interview – Hearts and Hand Grenades
Interview with Stephanie Wlosinski (Lead vocals and bass) Interview by: Rebecca Bush Hearts and Hand Grenades: Website / Facebook Hearts and Hand Grenades are a new hard rock band from Buffalo, New York. We talk to singer Stephanie Wlosinski about the band’s journey thus far and debut album ‘Turning…
Quick Jabs for December 2020
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Salem’s Childe – The Sin That Saves You…
When Frames Collide – Quattro (EP)
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, X-Ray Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry WHEN FRAMES COLLIDE is a short-lived Melbourne rock band featuring Andy McLean from AUSTRALIAN ROCK ROYALTY on vocals who graced the stages of a number of intimate venues in 2019, playing to loving crowds before disappearing to record, never to…
Succsexx-Sexx Machine
Reviewed: December,2020 Released: 2020, FNA Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Man, is this ever a nostalgic gem for me! I was very excited when I learned that the good people at FNA Records were going to release SEXX MACHINE. I had the pleasure of seeing this band in Toronto back…
Time Rift – Eternal Rock
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, Dying Victims Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Hailing from Portland, Oregon, TIME RIFT stay true to their name, break the space-time continuum, and manage to deliver a debut album in 2020 that would be right at home in the annals of hard rock history; sometime around 1973-1974,…
Hearts and Hand Grenades – Turning To Ashes
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2021, Eclipse Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush Hailing from Buffalo, NY, Hearts & Hand Grenades explodes onto the scene with their debut release of ‘Turning To Ashes.’ After being discovered by none other than Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac, the band were taken to…
L.A. Guns – Drummer Steve Riley
Drummer Steve Riley – L.A. Guns Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Judith Fisher at BJF Media PR for setting up the interview. Thanks to Golden Robot Records for the promo pictures of the band. Promo pictures are taken by: Mike Pont Steve Riley is a man that maybe doesn’t…
Stryper – Even The Devil Believes
October 2020 September 4th, 2020 / Frontiers Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Here we have the latest album, EVEN THE DEVIL BELIEVES, by none other than the mighty Stryper. Yep, I said it! Stryper is a band that does not need any introduction if you have been around…
Brother Firetribe – Feel The Burn
Reviewed: October, 2020 Released: 2020, OMN Label Services Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Erich Listen to opening track “I Salute You” from Brother Firetribe’s fifth LP FEEL THE BURN, you would be justified in believing that you were hearing a song from the soundtrack to the 1986 film Iron Eagle. The truth…
Veonity – Sorrows
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Scarlet Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry The fourth studio album from Scandanavian power metal outfit Veonity is an impressive beast. Setting a slighter darker and heavier tone than the band’s previous releases, Sorrows is a bold step into the future of metal that only falters a couple…