Album Reviews

Keeping it simple when it comes to naming the new album, multinational heavy rockers Lucifer follow the same path as previous output and go with a simple numeral after the band name. Hence, third album = ‘Lucifer III’. Like its two predecessors, ‘Lucifer lll’ is steeped in ‘70’s hard rock/metal …

When Soilwork band members Björn Strid and David Andersson formed The Night Flight Orchestra back in 2007 surely they couldn’t have expected what started as a side-project to become as big as it currently is? They couldn’t have foreseen releasing their fifth studio album in 2020? After all, guys that …

Urban legend has it that Jimi Hendrix was once asked “What’s it like to be the best rock guitarist in the world?” and he responded…“I don’t know, you’ll have to ask Rory Gallagher”. As far as urban legends- that you hope are more than just that- go, that’s right up …

Like The Wildhearts last year with their towering ‘Renaissance Men’ album, Ice-T seems to be making it his mission to show the young pretenders how it’s really done. With an endless amount of lyrical inspiration available at a click of a button on any 24hr news channel, Ice-T and Bodycount …

If ever there was an album to make a blues fan teary eyed, then this is the one. Recorded just 14 months before his tragic and untimely death, ‘Live From London’ is a timely reminder of arguably the most under-appreciated guitarist in decades. Respected by his peers, Gary Moore deserves …

Had Danny Vaughn (lead vocalist of Tyketto) and Dan Reed (frontman of funk rockers Dan Reed Network) first met up in the late ‘80’s early ‘90’s, when both of their respect outfits were at their critical peak, then chances are this album might not have seen the light of day. …

“Let it puncture your heart, bleed through your body and electrify your soul. Because this … THIS IS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” – Capital letters intentional. A call to arms from Dave Catching, guitarist with Eagles Of Death Metal, QOTSA and also co-producer of the album that he is waxing lyrically …

Fans of The Temperance Movement, take off those black armbands, give ‘A Deeper Cut’ a rest for a bit, and instead, turn your attention to Blackwater Conspiracy. The Norn Iron contingent return with album number two: ‘Two Tails & The Dirty Truth of Love & Revolution’, and calm is restored …

Although it’s been close to four years since their last studio album: 2016’s excellent ‘Moonbathers’, Delain have hardly been idle. The Dutch symphonic rockers celebrated the 10th anniversary of their debut album ‘Lucidity’ with a lavish reissue, followed a year later with the Paradiso live album/blu ray. The first hint …

Hailing from Lehighton, Pennsylvania, Another Day Dawns are capitalising on the head of steam built up in 2019 through well received live shows, by releasing their latest EP: ‘Stranger’. Having toured with nu-metalcore outfit Issues last year, you could be forgiven for thinking that Another Day Dawns fall into the …