To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of one of the most important thrash bands to come out of Germany, Tom Angelripper decided to revisit all their previous albums and re-record a song from each with the current line-up. The CD and vinyl double LP with their martial...

Yet again we have another offering from the studio of Dan Emery where he invites someone from the bluegrass/country scene to the backyard to record under his magnolia tree with just the insects for company. There is something very special about this series as there is...

In 2015, Tony Dolan (vocals, bass) was approached to reform the core line-up which recorded Venom’s 1990 ‘Prime Evil’, which resulted in the legendary Mantas and Abaddon renewing their partnership as they had on such seminal albums like ‘Welcome To Hell’ and ‘Black...

UK Cherry Red CD  41:15mins https://esotericrecordings.com/ https://www.facebook.com/patrick.campbelllyons Nirvana Fourth Album  Rating 70/100 This is the British pstche/pop band of the 70s  and not to be confused with the 80s American grunge band of the same name. I...

Australia CD – Giant Electric Pea.64 mins https://www.facebook.com/southernempireband [email protected] https://southernempire-gep.bandcamp.com/album/southern-empire A top score 100/100 album Following the breakup of the Australian band ‘Utopia’, keyboardist Sean Timms...

Brazilian Artist : https://www.mariorossiband.com : https://www.facebook.com/mariorossiband https://www.youtube.com/@MarioRossiBand My Rating 75/100 ‘Smoke Burst’ is certainly an interesting album being a mixture of laid-back blues guitar interposed with beautifully...

Auckland jazz trio Husband Material have their debut album coming out later this year and prior to that they have released this single to give us a taste of what is to come. Although the three of them all play multiple instruments, this sounds very much like a live...

Here we have the latest single from Wellington-based melodic hard rock quartet This Silent Divide. I really enjoyed their Tall Stories EP, and they played a great gig at Dead Witch towards the end of last year, and this would have been recorded at about the same time....

Back in 1991, bassist Jorge "Hoya Roc" Guerra took over from the legend that is Roger Minet in the Agnostic Front side-project Madball, since when he has been a constant alongside Freddy Cricien. He now has a new claim to fame, providing a shoutout to his favourite...

Some years back I was asked by AAA Records if I would write the press release for the debut album by a young Auckland-based prog band to which of course I agreed and in due course I was speaking to singer Michael Brown of Outside In about their incredible release,...

Cautionary Tales are a multi-international band in that they are mostly based in Berlin, as well as Aotearoa and NYC and feature Will Marshall (vocals, keyboards), Karl Weber (guitar, backing vocals), Martyn Matthews (synthesizers, Rhodes, Hammond), Taylor Mallo...

WBW may not have released any new material in 2022 but they are certainly making up for it in 2023 as while “Give ‘em Hell” is still moving up the SMR US Mainstream/Active Rock Charts (now not far from the Top Ten at #13), here they are with their second single of the...

Here we have a brand-new partnership from two artists who have already made names for themselves performing solo, and although they are both proud Kiwis, they have each won The Music Victoria Awards. Even though Matt only released his latest album a few months ago,...

It is not often that I plagiarise my own reviews, especially when it was only a few weeks ago that the original review appeared, but here I am going to make an exception. There I wrote about the latest single by Aro, “Know How”, and here we have the same song but with...

Emily obviously does not have enough on her plate with raising her two-year-old daughter, as with her husband Charles she has released two singles in May, and here she is back with a solo effort as well. I was fortunate enough to hear her perform this live a few...

When 5FDP first came out there was lot of noise about them in the scene, and I really enjoyed their first few albums, but I must admit I have somewhat lost touch with what they have been doing over the years so when I had the opportunity to review this their ninth...

Private Press Italy Is available in 3 different versions: 48mins Digital streaming on Bandcamp https://massimopieretti.bandcamp.com/releases Cd https://wall.cdclick-europe.com/projects/A_New_Beginning And as a limited edition on vinyl. Rating 85/100 The impact of the...

In 2015 Ricky Warwick was a very busy man in that not only was he fronting Thin Lizzy, but he also somehow found the time to record and tour the second album with Black Star Riders, as well as recording two solo albums, namely ‘When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy...