Review: Axel Rudi Pell – Ghost Town Steamhammer / SPV (March 20th, 2026) Reviewer – Jason Hopper As sure as the sun will rise, the world has been treated to another album by Axel Rudi Pell. You must admire the man’s drive. He has been consistently releasing albums every two years or so since 1989! […]

Review: Bullet – Kickstarter Steamhammer / SPV (January 9th, 2026) Reviewer – Grant Foster I took this album with just two days until the release date. Oh I do like a challenge! 😆 Bullet hail from Sweden and have been in existence since 2001. I viewed the promo videos for the title track and ‘Keep Rollin’‘ […]

Review: Magnum – Live At KK’s Steel Mill Steamhammer / SPV (January 10th, 2025) Reviewer: David Mark Pearce Happy New Year rock fans. I start this years reviews off with this new and sadly final live album from English Symphonic Rock Legends Magnum. This serves very much as a tribute to the late wonderful guitarist, […]

Review: The Unity – The Hellish Joyride Steamhammer / SPV (August 25th 2023) Reviewer: Jason Hopper The Unity are back with their fourth studio album ‘The Hellish Joyride’. I’ve been following this band since their debut and have all their albums. They all contain great tracks, but others never resonated with me. I would say […]

Review: Axel Rudi Pell – Lost XXIII Steamhammer / SPV (April 15th, 2022) Reviewer: Jason Hopper After a solo career spanning over 30 years, Axel Rudi Pell returns with his latest opus ‘Lost XXIII‘ (for those wondering, “W” is the 23rd letter in the alphabet.  It’s a fancy way of calling the album ‘Lost World’). […]

Classic hard rockers The Jokers release a brand new single ‘Silver City’, with B/side ‘Summer Time’, taken from their highly-acclaimed third album, ‘Hurricane’ on Steamhammer / SPV. ‘Silver City’ was recorded at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studios, where it was produced, engineered and mixed by Tom Size (Aerosmith, David Lee Roth, Journey, Steve Miller Band, Huey […]