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 […]
Review: AUDREY HORNE – Achilles Massacre Records – September 4th, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor There has always been something wonderfully unlikely about Norway’s AUDREY HORNE. On paper, a band containing musicians whose collective CVs reach deep into the Scandinavian extreme-metal scene might reasonably be expected to produce something suitably dark, brutal and frostbitten. Instead, AUDREY HORNE […]
Review: Wood Burnt Red – Hold On Tight Woodburnt Records – September 4th, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor What happens when you find a British band who are not quite Southern Rock, but who are also not New Country? You get Wood Burnt Red. This excellent band neatly manages to straddle the tightrope separating those two […]
Review: Neon Rider – Keepers Of The Flame Pride & Joy Music October 23rd, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor Argentina might not be the first country that immediately springs to mind when discussing classic AOR and Melodic Hard Rock, but Buenos Aires outfit Neon Rider are doing their damnedest to change that. Formed in 2020 by guitarists Hernan […]
Review: Ozric Tentacles – Harmonic Mind Kscope – September 18th, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor Ah, the Ozrics. Here is a band I can honestly say I have been a fan and follower of since their very earliest free festival days… and in my case, happy daze! I think it was 1985 (maybe?) when I […]
Review: Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – Watching The Tide Provogue Records August 28th, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor Whether you know his name or not, Steve Cropper is quite simply one of the greatest guitar players of the past seventy-plus years. I first learned of him when I was a fresh-faced teen and […]
Review: Hydra – Dehydration Pride & Joy Music – August 21st, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor There are certain parts of the world that seem almost genetically predisposed to producing great Melodic Rock and AOR, and Scandinavia has long been one of them. Swedish outfit Hydra certainly aren’t about to do anything to damage that […]
Review: The Western Front – Eureka! Artone Label Group – July 10th 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor The Western Front’s ‘Eureka!‘ is one of those long-lost treasures that makes you wonder just how many other masterpieces have slipped through the cracks of music history. Recorded during the early 1980s but shelved in 1984 due to so-called […]
Review: Turn Back Time – Maybe Tomorrow Good Time Music – May 29th, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor Some albums immediately remind you why the AOR and melodic rock genres continue to inspire such loyalty among their devotees. Turn Back Time‘s ‘Maybe Tomorrow‘ is one such release; a beautifully crafted collection of songs that captures […]
Review: White Skies – Shouting At The Hurricane Conquest Music – May 29th, 2026 Reviewer – Chris O’Connor I seem to recall White Skies’ previous album, ‘Black Tide‘, receiving a favourable reception from melodic rock fans, and while I certainly found plenty to enjoy, it never quite managed to grab me in the way I […]
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