PRETTY SOILED COMPANY (FRANCE) same

This début album comes from veteran French Henri Vaugrand , whose crossover prog project Grandval yielded 3 releases that featured fellow multi-instrumentalist Olivier Bonneau , as well as members of the now retired Nemo band. The Covid period arguably reset many...
Factory of Art: Back To Life (2024)

Factory of Art: Back To Life (2024)

German power metal outfit Factory Of Art broke up at some point after the second album with their last gig being in 2006, but in 2019 they decided to get back together as a mix of musicians who had been in the band previously along with both lead singers, with the...
Drugs of Faith: Asymmetrical (2025)

Drugs of Faith: Asymmetrical (2025)

Formed in 2002, Drugs Of Faith quickly released several demos and a song on a Terrorizer Magazine compilation CD before signing with Selfmadegod Records who released their eponymous debut album in 2005, which took them to Europe for their first tour with Blood I...
Skyhooks: Living in the 70’s [2024 Remaster] (1974)

Skyhooks: Living in the 70’s [2024 Remaster] (1974)

Back in 1978 I was in my local record store and was intrigued by a single by an Australian band I had never heard of, Skyhooks. The single was “Women In Uniform” and I soon returned to the store to buy the album it came from, ‘Guilty Until Proven Insane’. It was a few...
Brian Kingsland: Translation (2025)

Brian Kingsland: Translation (2025)

I must confess to not playing nearly as much classical music as I should, while I have very few classical guitar albums in my collection, and given just how much I have enjoyed this I can see I need to rethink this as what we have here is a delight from beginning to...
And Did Those Feet: I Am God Of Einstein (2025)

And Did Those Feet: I Am God Of Einstein (2025)

Not only is this the first time I have come across the band And Did Those Feet (although this is their sixth album), but it is also the first time I have come across RNR Records who are an offshoot of the wonderful RnR Magazine (30 years ago I used to write for it...