Crown X Recordings, Canada’s premier re-issue label, proudly announces the release of ‘Helix 50 – The Best Of‘, a career-spanning collection celebrating five decades of one of Canada’s most legendary hard rock bands. The compilation features an all-star re-recording of Helix’s multi-platinum hit ‘Rock You‘, alongside international chart-toppers from their major label debut, ‘No Rest […]

Review: Collateral – Re-Wired Cargo Records (October 21st, 2022) Reviewer: Dan Mann Right, let’s start this here review by pushing the proverbial elephant out of the room. What? Well as those who know me know that I’ve been a fan and supporter of Collateral since, well since before they were Collateral! So I need to […]

Collateral have announced that their new album ‘Re-Wired‘ is now available to pre-order via https://lnk.to/ETF4TR. ‘Re-Wired‘ features Jeff Scott Soto, Phil X, Joel Hoekstra, Danny Vaughn, Kee Marcello, Sari Schorr & many more. Collateral have decided to re-release their debut album before unleashing the official 2nd studio album next year. Previously released in February 2020 […]

Some things are just meant to be. They may take years to come to fruition but when they do magic is created. And ‘Believe’ the debut single from Danish/US collective Sandgaard is 3 minutes and 31 seconds of pure hard rock alchemy. The brainchild of guitar wizard Thomas Sandgaard – and featuring bassist Rich Ross, drummer Goose Lapoint and ex-Lynch Mob/Warrant singer Robert Mason – Sandgaard take the exhilarating sound […]

Kurt Deimer has come a long way in less than six months. After joining forces with Bon Jovi guitarist Phil X and recording his debut EP ‘Work Hard, Rock Hard’ with Grammy-award winning engineer Chris Lord-Alge, he opened for Geoff Tate on the former Queensryche frontman’s U.S. tour last fall. Now, after being a featured member of the Stowaways on the Shiprocked cruise this January and performing alongside artists including Nita Strauss, Bumblefoot, P.O.D.’s Sonny Sandoval and Bad Brains’ HR, he’s set to be direct support for Yngwie Malmsteen on the guitar legend’s upcoming […]