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Mötley Crüe launched on September 23rd, 1983 their sophomore album ‘Shout at the Devil’. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their road-paving record the band will launch a special version of the newly remastered record. Release date will be on October 27th, 2023. The re-issue will come in different formats of which the boxset is... Continue Reading →
One week after the former Dokken guitar hero George Lynch has released a new album with Lynch Mob, his former companion Don Dokken follows close behind. Dokken was an institution in the 80s when it came to melodic heavy metal and albums like 'Under Lock and Key' and 'Tooth and Key' belong to the best... Continue Reading →
A few months after Rival Sons pushed a new album called 'Darkfighter' into the record stores, the successor is now released. If you reflect on the title, the new record is no longer that dark. 'Lightbringer' is the name of the new disc and offers six new songs. Before we go into the quality of... Continue Reading →
Coincidence or not, but it's two musicians with a common heritage who are releasing albums these days. We are talking about Don Dokken and George Lynch. Within a week the new Dokken album is released while it is George Lynch with his band Lynch Mob who makes the first step and releases a disc as... Continue Reading →
Duff McKagan can be considered one of the real greats in music business without a guilty conscience. From small smoky clubs to the big arena shows, McKagan has experienced everything in his career. With Guns'N'Roses he enjoyed the big successes and with Velvet Revolver another successful band followed. With 'Lighthouse' the songwriter and bassist releases... Continue Reading →
Greek rock and metal powerhouse are currently on the road, playing numerous shows in Europe. Here are the dates and one of the shows will take place at Markthalle, Hamburg on October 29th, 2023.
Michael Voss is a real Status Quo fan. It was the sound of the band and especially of their guitarist Rock Parfitt that impressed a young guy from Germany in 1979, when Status Quo played a show at Halle Münsterland as a part of their ‘If You Can’t Stand the Heat’-tour. Voss was a 14-year-old... Continue Reading →
‘Midnight Junction’, that is the title of the sixth album from Eric Sardinas which will hit the stores these days. The Florida-born guitarist moved to around in his homeland before landing in California in 1990. At this time of his career, Sardinas played on the street and in small pubs to make his living. Known... Continue Reading →
Each new release from Ronnie Atkins is a little treat, considering the circumstances and Atkins' tireless fight against cancer. Since the diagnosis in 2019, the exceptional singer from Denmark has released two successful albums and wastes no precious time at all. Live shows with his own band and also quite a few shows with Avantasia... Continue Reading →
‘Dreams of Yesterday’ is the continuation of a project that had its beginning in 2021. Seb Byford and his father, the legendary Biff Byford worked together under the banner of Heavy Water and unveiled an album called ‘Red Brick City’. Originally being a lockdown project, the guys discovered a lot of fun working without boundaries... Continue Reading →
The new Graveyard album got a pretty simple title. ‘6’ is a statement as it is, what a surprise, the sixth longplayer from the Gothenburg-based rock band. More than five years after having release ‘Peace’ it is the new longplayer that brings nine new songs to the plate. It took Graveyard a while to finish... Continue Reading →
Black Stone Cherry is ‘Screamin’ at the Sky’, starting on September 29th, 2023. The four-piece of course isn’t literally screaming at the sky. It is their eighth studio album that listens to ‘Screamin’ at the Sky’ , a longplayer that carries 12 new songs. The songs were written while having been on tour and the... Continue Reading →
High-energy rockers High Spirits announce their next album. ‚Safe on the Other Side‘ will be released on November 24th, 2023 via High Roller Records. With ‚In the Moonlight‘ a first song has been revealed already and this is how the entire tracklist will look like: In the Moonlight Til the End of Time Lonely Nights... Continue Reading →
Bands like Hellacopters, Backyard Babies and Glucifier have been the trailblazers for Scandinavian rock music. Their sound and attitude inspired other bands to follow a similar path and one of these outfits are Scumbag Millionaire. Founded 2014 in Gothenburg, Sweden the four-piece band blends hard rock with the anarchic spirit of punk rock, resulting in... Continue Reading →
Canadian hard rock enthusiast Danko Jones is coming up with a new album. ‚Electric Sounds‘ is the title of the 13th album by the Jones and follows the 2021 release ‚Power Trio‘. Danko Jones, the band, also features longtime bandmate John Calabrese on bass as well as drummer Rich Knox, who joined the trio in... Continue Reading →
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