Review: Walk The Walk – Walk The Walk AOR Heaven (March 26th 2021) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Oh my Sweet Lord!  Where did this band come from? Walk The Walk comes kicking in the doors of 2021, pushing other possible contenders for Album of the Year out of the way, grabbing the award, and walking defiantly […]

Review: Black Diamonds – No-Tell Hotel Metalopolis Records (March 12th 2021) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Black Diamonds return with their fourth album ‘No-Tell Hotel‘, a collection of songs that is more diverse than what I would normally be expecting from a band from Switzerland.  You want Party songs?  Country-tinged?  Ballads?  Dark/heavy material?  This album has all […]

Review: Maverick – Ethereality Metalapolis Records (April 1st, 2021) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Full disclosure, I’m going in cold here. The band Maverick has been a named praised by many who listen to Euro Hard Rock, but in briefly checking out a few songs a few years ago, nothing seemed to grab me about the band […]

Review: Glasgow – Zero Four One AOR Heaven (February 26th 2021) Reviewer: Jason Hopper Did you ever drive around and think, “Am I in the mood to listen to AOR or straight forward Hard Rock”?  Well, now you can have both.  Glasgow’s ‘Zero Four One‘ is a reissue of the band’s independently released 1987 album, […]