Review: Art Of Illusion – X Marks The Spot AOR Heaven (January 29th 2021) Reviewer: David Pearce Art of Illusion is the brainchild of songwriter Anders Rydholm from the group Grand Illusion and singer Lars Säfsund of Work of Art. Their first album ‘X Marks the Spot‘ is melodic rock inspired with Rydholm playing keyboard, […]
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Review: Cats in Space – Atlantis
Review: Cats in Space – Atlantis Harmony Factory / Cargo Records UK (November 27th 2020) Reviewer: David Pearce Cards on the table here. I first saw Cats in Space at the Ramblin’ Man Festival in 2016 when they appeared on the Rising Stage. Not only did they blow away all the other acts on that stage, but they were […]
Review: Imperium – Heaven Or Hell
Review: Imperium – Heaven Or Hell AOR Heaven (October 30th 2020) Reviewer: David Pearce Imperium is the project of Mika Brushane, a musician, best known for his prowess as a drummer, hailing from Finland. ‘Heaven or Hell‘ is his third album following ‘Dreamhunter‘ and ‘Beyond the Stars‘. A multi-talented artist, he composed all the songs […]
Review: Wildness – Ultimate Demise
Review: Wildness – Ultimate Demise AOR Heaven (October 30th 2020) Reviewer: David Pearce Wildness are a Swedish Melodic Rock group who formed in 2014. After two successful single releases in 2016 they began to record their eponymously titled debut album and released it in 2017. They then built up a big reputation on the live […]
Review: Rob Moratti – Paragon
Review: Rob Moratti – Paragon AOR Heaven (October 30th 2020) Reviewer: David Pearce Rob Moratti has been a fixture of the melodic rock scene for a number of years now. He has been the lead singer for Saga and Final Frontier and now he is releasing ‘Paragon‘ a solo project to follow 2019’s brilliant and […]
Review: Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix
Review: Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix Inside Out Music (September 18th 2020) Reviewer: David Pearce Derek Sherinian is a keyboardist whose name may not be familiar to the general music public, but those in the business rate him incredibly highly. Alice Cooper, with whom Sherinian has made a number of albums called him ‘The Caligula […]
Review: Stormburst – Highway To Heaven
Review: Stormburst – Highway To Heaven AOR Heaven (28/08/20) Reviewer: David Pearce Stormburst are a group from Sweden who have been together since 2014. They released their first album, ‘Raised on Rock‘, in 2017 and now three years later they have produced the follow-up, ‘Highway to Heaven‘. Their line up consists of bassist Kent Jansson, […]
Review: Tanna – Storm In Paradise
Review: Tanna – Storm In Paradise AOR Heaven (August 28th 2020) Reviewer: David Pearce Tanna are a band formed in 1985 by Finnish singer Tapani Tikkanen, who are now in their third incarnation. The name of the band comes from his childhood nickname. The first line-up were hugely successful in their native Finland and played […]
