The Flaming Sideburns is the brainchild of Eduardo Martinez, who moved at the end of the '80s to Finland, the home of his mother. Martinez found quickly his way into the Finnish rock scene and it was in 1995, when the official foundation of The Flaming Sideburns happened. The debut 'It's Time to Testify ...... Continue Reading →
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY box set out now
Zakk Wylde and the Black Label Society released a box set today, that includes all twelve studio recordings on color vinyl. Also included is a 32 pages photo book, patch and bottle opener. all wrapped in into black on black collection box. A special treat is the 'The Songs Remain Not the Same II' that... Continue Reading →
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF unleashed ‘The Soord Sessions: Vol. 1-4’
Bruce Soord and The Pineapple Thief performed four streaming concerts in 2020 of which one was released already in December last year under the banner of 'The Soord Sessions - Vol. 4' in different formats. On April 16th this year, The Pineapple Thief released a four disc featuring set that includes all four sessions with... Continue Reading →
WEDNESDAY 13 released ‘Necrophaze – Antidote’
A bit from left-field came a new EP from Wednesday 13. The Duke of Spook and bandmates recorded four songs that ended up on this digital release that was unleashed on April 16th, 2021. 'Necrophaze - Antidote' is the title of this EP that starts off with two 'new' tracks. 'Your Mother Still Sucks Cocks... Continue Reading →
CD review GILBY CLARKE ‘The Gospel Truth’
Gilby Clarke is known for his time with Guns’n’Roses during the first half of the ‘90s and there is much more too. Clarke released several solo albums, starting with ‘Pawnshop Guitars’ in 1994, He was part of bands like Candy, The MC5 and work with Slash in Slash’s Snakepit in 1995. With ‘The Gospel Truth’... Continue Reading →
MYLES KENNEDY reveals a new animated video
Myles Kennedy reveals a new video. It's an animated video for the song 'Get Along', taken from the forthcoming album 'The Ides Of March' which will hit the shelves on May 14th and comes through Napalm Records. 'Get Along' can be watched HERE.
DVD review MOTÖRHEAD ‘Louder Than Noise … Live in Berlin’
To introduce Motörhead is like carrying sand to the beach. If you haven’t lived under rock for the last decades you couldn’t miss the band and their legendary frontman Lemmy Kilmister. Although Lemmy passed away far to early a few years ago there is still material available that faces a release. In this case it... Continue Reading →
CD review THE LIMIT ‘Caveman Logic’
The Limit is a collaboration from the veterans having a history in punk and doom. Members of The Stooges and Testors reflect the punk attitude while Bobby Liebling (Pentagram) adds the doom metal influences and with Dawnrider, also metal impacts the sound on 'Caveman Logic'. What sounds like a wild combination works out in reality... Continue Reading →
THE TREATMENT’s ‘Waiting For Good Luck’ out now
I cannot remember The Treatment having released a bad album and their newest longplayer 'Waiting For Good Luck' is no break of this tradition. The guys from the UK premiered in 2011 with 'This Might Hurt' and has with the newest longplayer already their fifth record listed in the record stores. Good time rock'n'roll, catchy... Continue Reading →
CD review THE OFFSPRING ‘Let the Bad Times Roll’
A band, that wrote one of the hymns of my youth is The Offspring. I don't know how often I listened to 'Self Esteem' and its iconic beginning. The songs had been played so often when we kids went out on the baseball field for circling the bases. That was in the '90s. In the... Continue Reading →
CD review LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT ‘LTE 3’
What's a real supergroup? Often, these kind of 'supergroups' should be labeled as 'bands with known musicians included'. In the case of Liquid Tension Experiment we can truly talk about a supergroup for two reasons: the stellar musical capabilities and the songs that are jaw-dropping. What the quartet delivers on the third longplayer is the... Continue Reading →
CD review THE END MACHINE ‘Phase 2’
The End Machine is one of the many projects that have been generated by Frontiers Music. The line-up of this outfit is an interesting one since it includes some well-known names in hard rock. With George Lynch and Jeff Pilson two main pillars of the successful Dokken line-up added their musical piece to The End... Continue Reading →
Hamburg’s PLATTENKISTE and the limited 3-CD set
Hamburg-based Plattenkiste found a new creative way to handle the COVID crisis in an inspiring and heavily rocking way. It's a 3-CD set that is announce and here is the official statement from the Plattenkiste-Facebook site: "Since the governmental support package doesn't provide us with anything, we have to help ourselves in another way. The... Continue Reading →
CD review CHEAP TRICK ‘In Another World’
One thing becomes crystal clear right away. The new Cheap Trick album brings a positive vibe to the plate that many of us need right here and now. It starts with the rocking and vibrant opener ‘The Summer Looks Good on You’. The irresistible melody catches your attention right away while the solo part manifests... Continue Reading →
CD review FM ‘Tough It Out Live’
It was on October 2nd, 1989 when British melodic rockers FM released with ‘Tough It Out’ an album that still belongs to the highlights this genre ever brought to surface. With no less than Neil Kernon at the helm, the album is a treat for fans of melodic rock music. To celebrate the 30th anniversary... Continue Reading →