Donna Cannone is a new outfit, hailing from Sweden. The members though are known artists in rock and metal. Giorgia Cateri and Tilda Nilke Nordlund share a common history when playing with Thundermother. Soilwork mainman Björn Strid is part of the line-up too, in this case handling the guitar and it is Italian singer Luca... Continue Reading →
Review RAY WILSON ‚The Weight of Man‘
If you haven’t lived under a rock for the last 20+ years, the name of Ray Wilson is a very well-sounding one. It was in the late 90s when the singer had a break-through moment. His band Stiltskin had a major hit with ‚Inside‘, being on heavy rotation at MTV. What followed was Wilson joining... Continue Reading →
Review GOST ‘Rites of Love and Reverence’.
GosT premiered in 2013 with ‘Skull’ and added a few more longplayers to the list of deliveries. The newest record from GosT is entitled ‘Rites of Love and Reverence’. Ten new songs continue a musical trip that covers a lot of dark wave and electronica, mixed with some metal-ish elements. The result is an album... Continue Reading →
URIAH HEEP announce 6-CD Box Set
British hardrock legends Uriah Heep announce a box set that includes six CDs. The release features personally picked songs from the long list of tunes and albums. Over their career, Uriah Heep unleashed 24 longplayers and 'Choices' contains 77 highlights out of 50 years in hard rocking music
BILLY IDOL returns with a new release
Rock and punk icon Billy Idol returns with a new EP called 'The Roadhouse EP'. Release date is September 17th and the release comes via Dark Horse Records. Butch Walker produced the EP and it is guitarist and co-writer Steve Stevens who is part of the game too. 'The Roadhouse EP' features four songs of... Continue Reading →
Review EXISTENT ‘Kartenhaus’
Existent is another representative from Hamburg’s vital music scene when it comes to rock and metal. The band, formed in 2013 rather spontaneously, premiered in 2016 with an album called ‘Startschuss’. ‘Startschuss’ was not only the title but also the start for the band that these days comes with a new delivery. 'Kartenhaus' is the... Continue Reading →
Review THE QUIREBOYS ‘A Bit of What You Fancy – 30th Anniversary Edition’
It was in 1984 when a bunch of young musicians started a band which started das The Queerboys and later renamed the band that became The Quireboys. Opening for bands like Guns’n’Roses and Yngwie Malmsteen was a step-stone for The Quireboys to ink a deal with EMI Records who release the debut album ‚A Bit... Continue Reading →
Review NIGHT RANGER ‚ATBPO‘
What is a better thing during a pandemic than starting work on a new album. Many bands decided to take that road and also Night Ranger didn‘t waste any time. Jack Blades, Brad Gillis, Kelly Keagy, Eric Levy and Keri Kelly started the songwriting for ‚ATBPO‘ in early 2020, just when the pandemic started to keep... Continue Reading →
WHITESNAKE and ‚Restless Heart‘
‚Restless Heart‘ is the title of an album that was originally planned a s being the third solo album of the legendary Whitesnake singer David Coverdale. After some label interventions the records has been released under the banner of David Coverdale & Whitesnake. The album became a success in countries like Germany and the UK,... Continue Reading →
THE COLD STAR announced ‘Heavy Shoes’
The Cold Stars is a duo, hailing from Indiana, US. The guys announced their new album ‘Heavy Shoes’ which will be in the record stores on August 13th. The record will come via Mascot Records and features blues-laden songs like the great ‘Prosecution Blues’. The album title already indicates that ‘Heavy Shoes’ isn’t a light-hearted... Continue Reading →
A BROKEN DESIGN reissues ‘Another Day in Hell’
In case you always wanted to know how stoner rock from Malta sounds like, not too bad I can tell you. A Broken Design is a band hailing from Malta and announced the reissue of their ‘Another Day in Hell’ album through Argonauta Records. Here is the title track: https://youtu.be/rVozcbuRCmQ
MAMMOTH MAMMOTH announce a live album
After having been in a hibernation for around a year, Australian powerhouse Mammoth Mammoth return in their classic line-up. Frank ‘Bones Trobbiani, Ben ‘Cuz’ Couzens, Mikey Tucker and Pete Bell have signed a deal with Golden Robot Records, and it will be a live album that will be released later this year. Knowing about the immense live power of... Continue Reading →
Review THE HORNETS ‘Heavier Than a Stone’
The best things in life are often the once you don't plan for. The beginning of The Hornets is such a moment, a band that wasn't planned and more or less just happened. It was in September 2016 when the two Francia brothers together with their neighbor formed The Hornets out of boredom and for... Continue Reading →
Review RIAN ‘Twenty-Three’
Melodic rock and Sweden is a recipe that more than once stood for professionally made rock music with an addictive factor embedded. Rian is a band that follows the tradition and releases with 'Twenty- Three' a new album, filled with eleven tracks that are supposed to continue an undertaking that started in 2017 with the... Continue Reading →
Review HEAVY WATER ‘Red Brick City’
Like father like son. That could be the header for the debut album of Heavy Water. The band premiers on July 23rd with ‘Red Brick City and although the outfit is a rather new one, the names behind this moniker are well-known. Heavy Water is the lockdown project of Saxon’s legendary frontman Biff Byford und his... Continue Reading →









