If one musician and one band has shaped the connection between rock music and the flute, then it is Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull. Since the debut album 'This Was' Jethro Tull belongs to the legends of rock music and have created with their very own sound a magic that fascinates fans to this day.... Continue Reading →
Review TANITH ‘Voyage’
Tanith is one of the most promising bands when it comes to a revitalization of 70s oriented hard rock and metal. The band started in 2017 and premiered in 2019 with an album called ‘In Another Time’. At the time Tanith was a quartet before guitarist Charles Newton left the band left the band in... Continue Reading →
Review MIKE TRAMP ‘Songs of White Lion’
White Lion belonged to the top acts in the second half of the eighties. The band started in 1983 and was driven by guitarist Vito Bratta and singer Mike Tramp. The latter also has and had some interesting solo releases and not to forget the rather interesting Freak Of Nature longplayers. Especially the hard rocking... Continue Reading →
Review L.A. GUNS ‘Black Diamonds’
L.A. Guns, the line-up with Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis, have finished work on the successor of the 2021 release ‘Checkered Past’. The newest effort is called ‘Black Diamonds’ and what the album contains are shining hard rock songs with a sleaze rock note. As with the latest records also the new longplayer showcases a... Continue Reading →
Review THE 69 EYES ‘Death of Darkness’
Although days get longer, and daylight takes a bigger share of the 24 hours there is always darkness too. In a season when colorful tulips start blossoming it’s The 69 Eyes that musically add the black roses to the mix. The Finns spread their musical melancholy already since 1989 and it was the debut ‘Bump’n’Grind’... Continue Reading →
WINGER unveiled a new single
Winger will release with ‘Seven’ their newest studio album on May 5th, 2023 via Frontiers Music. With ‘It All Comes Back Around’ a next single has been released and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/avR1A14P89E And this is how the entire tracklist looks like: Proud Desperado Heaven's Fallen Tears Of Blood Resurrect Me Voodoo Fire Broken... Continue Reading →
Review XYSMA ‘No Place Like Alone’
Xysma is a quite interesting band. Hailing from Finland the guys started in the late 80’s and release a debut called ‘Yeah’ in 1991. Being inspired by the speed- and thrash metal movement from the second half of the 80’s and fascinated from the growing extreme metal in the 90’s, Xysma started to play death’n’roll... Continue Reading →
Review MOUNT ATLAS ‘Poseidon’
Let me introduce Mount Atlas to you briefly. The band hails from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony and the start date was set for 2016. With 'Titan' the quintet debuted a year later and it was in 2019 when an EP entitled 'Mistress' followed. Naturally, the band wanted to use the momentum to quickly follow up with... Continue Reading →
Live report THE ANSWER & BLACK MIRRORS, Logo, Hamburg – March 29th, 2023
Two bands that have recently released electric records are together on tour these days. The Answer return after a longer hiatus with their new longplayer ‘Sundowner’ and the guys invited with Black Mirrors and ambitious and young band to embark with them on a tour though Europe this spring. One stop on this road trip... Continue Reading →
Review SAXON ‘More Inspirations’
Saxon are one of the pioneers of heavy metal and have shaped the genre like hardly any other band. Compared to some of the earlier colleagues Saxon still offer good to very good studio albums and also live the band still delivers. Even in an iconic band like Saxon, however, the members have role models... Continue Reading →
L.A. GUNS unveil a next single
L.A. Guns, veterans in the field of sleaze rock, has an upcoming album ‘Black Diamonds’ in the making and the soulful ‘Diamonds’ is a next single, taken from this longplayer, which will be released on April 14th, 2023 via Frontiers Music. Tracklist: You Betray Wrong About You Diamonds Babylon Shame Shattered Glass Gonna Lose Got... Continue Reading →
Review LORDI ‘Screem Writers Guild’
Hallelujah, Lordi are back with a new album and those who expected great innovations will be disappointed, but those who like slightly ironically crafted horror rock will enjoy 'Screem Writers Guild'. As with the previous albums, the latest record has a title that reflects a typical Lordi neologism. In allusion to the "Screen Writers Guild",... Continue Reading →
ARJEN LUCASSEN’S SUPERSONIC REVOLUTION launched a new single
Supersonic Revolution is the new outfit of Dutch rock and metal visionaire Arjen Lucassen, together with his bandmates Koen Herfst, Timo Somers, Jaycee Cuijpers and Joost van den Broek. The 15-tracks featuring debut album ‘Golden Age of Music’ is supposed to hit the stores on May 19th, 2023 and today a second single has been... Continue Reading →
HANOI ROCKS second album re-released as 40th anniversary edition
Svart Records released today the 40th anniversary edition of the second Hanoi Rocks album, called 'Oriental Beat'. The original was recorded in London in January 1982 and since the debut album was only released in Sweden and Finland, it was this record that paved the way for the band's international success. It was in the... Continue Reading →
Review GRANDE ROYALE ‘Welcome to Grime Town’
Grande Royale have already released several albums and are one of the established acts in the Swedish retro rock scene. Inspired by the Detroit sound of the 70's and influenced by the Swedish rock scene of the 90's, Grande Royale have become quite an impressive band. 'Cygne Noir' was the debut album of the guys,... Continue Reading →








