Interview: Brainstorm talk upcoming album

Interview: Brainstorm talk upcoming album

Midnight Ghost? Holy Smoke! Two years in the making, German power metallers Brainstorm make a triumphant return with their new album “Midnight Ghost”. Torsten Ihlenfeld, guitarist and founding member is in the UK to promote the release and Original Rock...
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Interview: Therapy? talk upcoming album

Interview: Therapy? talk upcoming album

When I was asked to interview Therapy? I lost the plot. Three days later when I regained consciousness – my constitution still not quite with it – I mustered the courage to set the questions. With an album due for...
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Album Review: Brainstorm – Midnight Ghost

Album Review: Brainstorm – Midnight Ghost

Divine Inner-vention! Okay, let’s get the similarities out of the way, hints, nods and winks to Armored Saint, The Scorpions, Dio, Nightwish and Dragonforce, this was a record I was not expecting to land on my desk; now that it...
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EP Review: The Faim – Summer Is A Curse

EP Review: The Faim – Summer Is A Curse

The Coolibah Chorus G’day possums (that’s Australian for welcome) and let’s crack open this crateful of fluffy koalas that has landed on our doorstep. Don’t cha just wanna squeeze the life out of them? Pleasantries over with, we have here...
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Album Review: WSTR – Identity Crisis

Album Review: WSTR – Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis? I’ll Have Three Of Those Please! We have entered an era of bands/artists who use shorthand for their names. Is it the latest trend? Is it “street”? Does it add “swagger”? Can’t they spell? Or like WSTR here,...
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Album Review: Therapy? – Cleave

Album Review: Therapy? – Cleave

Lake of Plenty- Glass Empty The title of the brand new Therapy? record made me chuckle, I’ll tell you why. I was watching a dramatisation of “The Secret of Crickley Hall” by James Herbert (RIP) and the setting is a...
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Album Review: Boston Manor – Welcome To The Neighbourhood

Album Review: Boston Manor – Welcome To The Neighbourhood

My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock Being part of the Creepercult, a tweet was sent telling us all to check out a band called Boston Manor. As you know, I do as I am told, and so now I am...
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Interview: Kix guitarist Brian Forsythe

Interview: Kix guitarist Brian Forsythe

Get Your Kix Here! Longevity in the music business is a much-mooted topic. Who will stumble? Who will crumble? Whose Rock ‘n Roll train will trundle along merrily, loading up with new passengers and delivering devilishly good tunes along the...
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Album Review: The Five Hundred – Bleed Red

Album Review: The Five Hundred – Bleed Red

Getting Level With The Devil   OUCH! My ears! Gosh, this one came with the blue touch paper already lit. I’ve literally jumped out of my seat; my cat is not too pleased either. I guess it’s down to business...
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Album Review: As It Is – The Great Depression

Album Review: As It Is – The Great Depression

The World As It Is In all honesty, that an album like “The Great Depression” needs to be made in this day and age, is utterly dumb-founding. The stigma of anxiety/depression is not a new invention; people have been locked...
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