Sweet & Lynch, the musical union of vocalist/guitarist Michael Sweet (Stryper, Iconic) and guitarist George Lynch (Lynch Mob, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), are back with their third album. Their debut, in 2015, was a success in many markets, leading to them...

It has taken 11 years for Canadian Death Metallers Cryptopsy to return with their eighth full-length album, and it is interesting to read the differing reviews which are popping up. Some are saying it is the best since the departure of Lord Worm, some say that may be...

In August 1985 Sepultura went into the studio to record tracks that would appear on a split EP with Overdose. At the time the band were just a trio, featuring Max Cavalera (vocals, rhythm guitar), Jairo Guedz (lead guitar, bass), and Igor Cavalera (drums, percussion)....

Following on from ‘Bestial Devastation’, the trio of Max Cavalera (vocals, rhythm guitar), Jairo Guedz (lead guitar, bass), and Igor Cavalera (drums, percussion) went back to the studio to record the debut Sepultura album. At the time the guys were still struggling...

Back with their third studio album, Phil Campbell (guitars) and his sons Todd (guitars), Tyla (bass), and Dane (drums) have welcomed in new singer Joel Peters and it sounds as if he has always been there. When one was the right-hand man for more than three decades of...

If it wasn’t for the fact that I know this album was only recorded in 2020, I would swear it was lost tapes from the Seventies, but in some ways it possibly is. Air Raid were originally formed by singer and multi-instrumentalist Arthur Offen and guitarist Rick Hinkle...

This is quite an extraordinary release, both in terms of its quality but also how it came about. Back in 2010 when Phil Lloyd Smee was designing artwork for the ‘Complete Sandy Denny Box Set’ he came across some notebooks of Sandy’s which contained lyrics, some full...

According to singer Michael Murphy, “Goddess is love, it's lust, sex, desire, devotion, adoration and hopeless, eternal connection. It's both crippling affection and white, hot eternal love. It’s the dizzying realization that this devotion is infinite, both eye...

The debut Munch album was originally released in Norway in 1987, and then reissued the following year on the German Dossier label, featuring a different mix to the original, two of the tracks were re-recorded, and they also added the song “Mouse” while also changing...

Here we have a live concert recorded on February 9th, 2018, at The Independent In San Francisco, CA. This is the show where Neal Schon first debuted Journey Through Time along with former Journey and Santana bandmate, Gregg Rolie, current Journey member Deen...

Here we have the debut album from Phoenix-based brutal death metal outfit Nuclear Remains who comprise Aiden Santelli (vocals), Anthony Fazio (guitars, backing vocals, synth), Gabe Villont (bass, backing vocals), and Anthony Buchowski (drums). Villont and Buchowski...

It seems like Jag Panzer have been around forever, but given that John Tetley (bass), Mark Briody (guitars, keyboards) and Harry Conklin (vocals) formed the band more than 40 years ago, I guess they have. Drummer Rikard Stjernquist joined in 1987, and it is only new...

I was 15 years old when I bought my first hard rock album, ‘Live and Dangerous’ by Thin Lizzy, and there is no doubt that this album, combined with the quickly acquired studio releases ‘Jailbreak’, ‘Johnny The Fox’ and ‘Bad Reputation’ had a massive impact on me. One...

It has been 65 years since Bossa Nova was born on the south side of Rio, and on his newest album, Adolfo turns his attention to two composers who were on the frontline of the creation of this popular style. Bossa Nova was one of the most important musical movements to...

Anyone who was a teenager in the UK in the mid/late Seventies will probably have a special place in their hearts for The Damned, the first UK punk band from the United Kingdom to release a single, “New Rose”, (1976, release a studio album, ‘Damned Damned Damned’...