Norway's flagship glam rockers Wig Wam had their first creative era from 2001-2014 before they decided to disband as a band. One of the highlights of the quartet during this time was certainly their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where they represented their home country Norway and achieved a respectable ninth place. After... Continue Reading →
CD review WARDRUNA ‘Kvitravn’
Wardruna’s new masterpiece was announced for a release in summer 2020 and had to be postponed to January 2021. Limitations and restriction, based on the pandemic situation, forced the band to bring their new longplayer to the record stores a bit later than expected. In the meantime the new release date is announced, which will... Continue Reading →
CD review THE DEAD DAISIES ‘Holy Ground’
There is something significant to report from The Dead Daisies. As you may have read already, there has been a change in the line-up of "The Daisies". A few months ago, rock veteran Glenn Hughes joined The Dead Daisies. The singer/bassist nicknamed 'The Voice of Rock' is a next rock icon who has joined band... Continue Reading →
CD review W.E.T. ‘Retransmission’
W.E.T., that's still Robert Såll (the “W” from Work of Art), Erik Mårtensson (the “E” from Eclipse), and Jeff Scott Soto (the “T” from Talisman) who teamed up with a few more musicians to work on and record the forth longplayer. 'Retransmission' is the title of the new musical treat that reaches us from the... Continue Reading →
CD review JASON BIELER AND THE BARON VON BIELSKI ORCHESTRA – ‘Songs For The Apocalypse’
Jason Bieler is an important part of Saigon Kick, a rock band that made a big impression in the late 80's. The debut album as well as the second album 'The Lizard' from 1992 belong to the finest of harder played American rock. Unfortunately, the band could not maintain the big success in the long... Continue Reading →
Classics: THUNDERHEAD ‘Behind the Eight-Ball’
It was the Scorpions who made Hannover famous, at least when it comes to music of a harder kind. However, other interesting metal bands of the late 80s and early 90s came from the capital of Lower Saxony. Victory was one of them and also Thunderhead came from Northern Germany. Thunderhead started in 1988 and... Continue Reading →
Classics: WHITESNAKE ‘Slide It In’ (UK release)
'Slide It In' is Whitesnake's sixth longplayer and depsite the fact that I like the first four albums the most, it is 'Slide It In' that features some really good songs too. Furthermore the album kind of stands for a move into a new era and at the same time is the springboard for the... Continue Reading →
Classics: VENGEANCE ‘Take It or Leave It’
One of Holland's flagship rockers in the 80s was certainly Vengeance from Waalwijk and it is not surprising that the band from the carnival capital in Noord Brabant also delivered feel-good music. However, Vengeance were already back then more than just a party music outfit. Their songs were varied and for a hard rock band... Continue Reading →
MOTÖRIZER and ‘Keep the Spirit Alive XX’
One of the best Motörhead cover bands, Motörizer from Kiel (Germany), started 'Lemmyversary' in 2016 to honor one of the icons in rock and metal - Lemmy Kilmister. Since 2016, on every December 28th, Motörizer played a show at Markthalle, Hamburg, at least so far. They did it for four years in a row before... Continue Reading →
CD review ELLEFSON ‘No Cover’
Megadeth founding member and bass-ace David Ellefson signed a deal with earMUSIC and the first delivery is available at the record stores. It’s an album with cover versions which was also done in cooperation with Combat Records. ‘No Cover’, so the title of this longplayer, builds on an 19 songs featuring tracklist with covers versions... Continue Reading →
CD review PALACE ‘Rock and Roll Radio’
If I counted correctly, 'Rock and Roll Radio' is Palace's third longplayer. It follows the 2018 release 'Binary Music' and brings for a next time some melodic rock to your private palace. Palace, that's basically Michael Palace, who started his collaboration with Frontiers Music with First Signal. This contact was the springboard for Palace to... Continue Reading →
CD review JACK SLAMER ‘Keep Your Love Loud’
Jack Slamer, that’s Cyrill Vollenweider, Hendrik Ruhwinkel, Florian Ganz, Marco Hostettler and Adrian Broeckli. These five guys from Switzerland started their journey through the landscapes of rock under the banner of Jack Slamer a few years ago and premiered in 2012. The newest product from Jack Slamer is named 'Keep Your Love Loud' and is... Continue Reading →
LP review THE PINEAPPLE THIEF ‘The Soord Sessions Vol. 4’
If you strip down a song and it doesn't lose any of its fascination, it is truly a masterpieces you're listening to. Bruce Soord, mainman of The Pineapple Thief, went through such an exercise, prepare songs for acoustic streaming events earlier this year. After having released the 'Versions of the Truth' album in September and... Continue Reading →
New music from RICKY WARWICK
Today sees Ricky Warwick release the second single from his first studio album in five years, 'When Life Was Hard And Fast' (out February 19, 2021, via Nuclear Blast). The new single is titled 'You Don't Love Me' and features a guest guitar solo from the inimitable Luke Morley of Thunder who also makes an appearance in the video. It's a direct song with a direct... Continue Reading →