Review: Arkado – Open Sea Pride & Joy Music (February 23rd 2024) Reviewer: David Pearce Swedish band Arkado release their new album, ‘Open Sea’, in February 2024. Their debut, ‘Never Say Never’ was well received on its release in 2020. ‘Voyage’, the short instrumental track that opens the album sounds like a piece of background […]

Review: Heart Line – Rock ‘N Roll Queen Pride & Joy Music (June 23rd, 2023) Reviewer: David Pearce Heart Line are a French rock band who released their first album 18 months ago to some acclaim. They are back with their follow-up entitled ‘Rock N Roll Queen‘ an album which has been shaped in part […]

Review: Riverside – ID. Entity InsideOut Music (January 20th, 2023) Reviewer: David Pearce Riverside are a Polish band whose debut album arrived two decades ago. This, their eighth album, is called ‘ID.Entity‘ and looks at the way that the world is changing, and the effect it is having on all of us. Riverside are Mariusz […]

Review: Thaen Rasmussen Project – Thaen Rasmussen Project No Dust Records (October 10th, 2022) Reviewer: David Pearce The Thaen Rasmussen Project hail from the San Francisco Bay Area and their eponymous debut album promises to update the Classic Rock sound for modern audiences. Formed by guitarist Thaen Rasmussen, who also provides bass and keyboard accompaniment as well […]

Review: Talas – 1985 Metal Blade Records (September 23rd, 2022) Reviewer: David Pearce Talas were a cult rock band in the US during the first half of the 1980s. They always seemed to be on the cusp of a breakthrough, opening for both Van Halen and UFO and releasing three albums in five years. A […]

Review: Mentalist – Empires Falling Pride & Joy Music (September 16th, 2022) Reviewer: David Pearce Mentalist, a German Melodic Metal band, consist of singer Rob Lundgren, guitarists Peter Moog and Kai Stringer and drummer Thomen Stauch. For this album they have been joined by Oliver Palotai on keyboards and Mike LePond on bass. They had […]

Review: JCRS – Arclight August Day (June 3rd, 2022) Reviewer: David Pearce The debut album from a new group is always an intriguing prospect, doubly so when, as is the case with JCRS, this duet have connections with three of the best-known groups of the 80s. John Crawford founded 80s legends Berlin, whose love theme […]