Review – Dan Patlanski – Movin’ On Virgin Music Group ( March 1st 2024 ) Reviewer:  Stephen Brophy South African Blues Rock Artist Dan Patlansky is back with a new album ‘Movin’ On‘. Following up on 2022’s cracking ‘Shelter Of Bones‘ and continuing a career of releasing top notch albums, beautifully written songs and playing blistering […]

Review: Hannah Wicklund – The Prize Flat Iron Recordings / Strawberry Moon Records (January 12th, 2024) Review: Stephen Brophy For some crazy reason I only really took notice of the wonderful talents of Hannah Wicklund back in 2020 when she released a 5-track Live EP with her band The Steppin Stones which I listened to […]

Review – Starchild – Magic Well Metalapolis Records ( December 8th 2023 ) Reviewer:  Stephen Brophy ‘Magic Well‘ is the 4th album release from Starchild who, should you not have heard them before are a really good four piece Power Metal outfit from Germany. Following up on 2022’s ‘Battle Of Eternity‘ they have wasted no […]

Review: Domino Drive – Smoke And Mirrors Pride & Joy Music (September 22nd 2023) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy Swedish Melodic Rockers Domino Drive may well be a new name to most, me included, but guys involved have been putting this band together for a few years now and their debut album now released on the World […]

Review – Imperium – Never Surrender Pride & Joy Music (May 19th 2023) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy Imperium is the solo project of Strike drummer Mika Brushane, and ‘Never Surrender‘ is the bands 4th studio release. Alongside Mika, who takes care of drums, keyboards, vst-bass and backing vocals we have the excellent Stefano Lionetti and Mikey […]

Review: Saint Deamon – League Of The Serpent AFM Records ( 21st April, 2023 ) Reviewer: Stephen Brophy One of the most rocking Power Metal albums I’ve heard in a long time, Saint Deamon really have nailed it with ‘League Of The Serpent‘. This one is just a riot, an explosion of energy and fast […]