Review: Avantasia – Here Be Dragons Napalm Records (February 28th, 2025) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Tobias Sammet is back with his band Avantasia and they are on the cusp of celebrating a quarter century of perfecting symphonic and cinematic metal melodies with their latest release, ‘Here Be Dragons’. If you are reading this review, there is […]
Review: Magnum – Live At KK’s Steel Mill Steamhammer / SPV (January 10th, 2025) Reviewer: David Mark Pearce Happy New Year rock fans. I start this years reviews off with this new and sadly final live album from English Symphonic Rock Legends Magnum. This serves very much as a tribute to the late wonderful guitarist, […]
December 10th, 2022 was a memorable night when British rock band Magnum played the final show of their European tour at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton and, as they had done on all previous nights, wowed their fans from the first to the last note. The concert was recorded by a number of video cameras […]
Review: Magnum – Here Comes the Rain Steamhammer/SPV (January 12th 2024) Reviewer: David Mark Pearce I fully intended to write this review after Christmas, as it would’ve given me a couple weeks to be with it and properly absorb it etc. What I, and I dare say no one else expected was the day I […]
There are few great bands on our planet that you can infallibly identify within the first few bars of one of their songs. Their unique melodic skill, their tasteful instrumentation, the right balance of depth and catchiness, and then of course that charismatic voice: Magnum are Magnum! The same can be said of their latest […]
Review: Escape – Fire In The Sky AOR Heaven (April 30th 2021) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Escape return after a long hiatus to present their third album ‘Fire In The Sky‘. These songs may be familiar to those who have followed the band and Escape’s guitarist Vince O’Regan in various projects. While these are not new […]
After decades of silence, renowned Black Country/West Yorkshire AOR/Melodic Rock band Escape are reborn and returning to the fray with a new line up, their third studio album entitled ‘Fire in The Sky’ and new on-location video for track ‘Heroes in the Night’. This comeback album is very much in the vein of breathing new life into old classics, combining a wealth […]
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