Album Review: City Of Lights – City Of Lights Pride & Joy Music – October 23rd October 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor It has been a particularly fruitful year for Pride & Joy Music, a label that seemingly possesses an inexhaustible ability to unearth and champion some of the finest melodic rock talent around. And […]
Review: Arkado – III Pride & Joy Music – November 13th, 2026 Reviewer – Jason Hopper Arkado is a band that I would consider to be new to the ever-growing Swedish melodic rock scene, but their roots go back 40 years to the early 80s. A group of friends playing locally that disbanded in 1988, then […]
Album Review: TEMPERANCE – Arcani Napalm Records – October 16th, 2026 Reviewer – Jason Hopper Despite being around since 2013 and releasing seven albums, I have never come across the music of TEMPERANCE. I decided to go in cold for this review, with that decision based off one song: ‘Sin, Sin, Sin‘. This track showed up as […]
Album Review: Cats in Space – Suit of Armour Cherry Red Records – November 6th, 2026 Reviewer – David Pearce Cats in Space are back with their seventh studio album ‘Suit of Armour‘. Since I first saw them on the Rising Stage at the Ramblin’ Man Festival in Maidstone in 2016, the line-up has changed […]
Album Review: Sari Schorr – Running Wild Provogue Records – October 9th, 2026 Reviewer – David Brighouse This is the third studio album from the acclaimed New York born singer, recognised for her range and the ability to move effortlessly from vocal powerhouse to emotional balladeer with equal intensity and impact. Album opener and lead single […]
Album Review: Crystal Ball – Reset Massacre Records – October 23rd, 2026 Reviewer – Jason Hopper I have listened to Crystal Ball since their beginning. Having seen an advertisement for the band on the back of a magazine cover, I purchased the CD ‘In The Beginning‘ without hearing a note. It became one of my […]
Album Review: Frozen Crown – The Legend Of The Six Kings Napalm Records – October 2nd, 2026 Reviewer – Jason Hopper I was fortunate to catch Frozen Crown just a few days ago on their first North American tour opening up for Kamelot and Visions of Atlantis. While it was a short seven song set, the […]
Album Review: These Wicked Rivers – Fire & Folklore Fat Earth Records – October 2nd 2026 Reviewer – David Brighouse This is the third album from the Derbyshire “wizard-blues” rockers. Recorded in their hometown of Belper at the home studio of Grammy-winning producer Andy Sneap, who along with Colin Richardson has helped them create their […]
Album Review: Mystery Moon – Way Beyond Pride & Joy Music – September 18th, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor Mystery Moon returns with their excellent sophomore offering ‘Way Beyond‘, barely two years after ‘Shine‘ (review here) introduced the partnership of Swedish vocalist Rob Lundgren and German multi-instrumentalist Markus Pfeffer. If that debut established their credentials in […]
Album Review: Robin Trower – Shine Provogue / Artone – September 25th, 2026 Reviewer – David Brighouse This is the latest Album from the blues-rock legend that is Robin Trower, now into his seventh decade as a musician the 81-year-old shows no signs of slowing down (“I think you’ve either got to keep pushing – […]
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