Helloween – Helloween – Album Review
Helloween, I am ashamed to say, are one of those bands I haven’t paid a lot of attention to over the last few decades. I lost interest in the band when the line-up changed. I wasn’t interested in the change…
Blaze Bayley – War Within Me
Blaze Bayley has been around for a while. Lead singer of both Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden in the past, he has carved out a heavy rock and metal career that has produced some excellent, if underrated, solo albums. He rarely…
Accept – Too Mean To Die – Album Review
German rockers Accept are back with a new album, but does it live up to our very high expectations? Read on and find out. Without being impolite, Accept have been around for roughly 45 years. Still in the top tier…
Hearts & Hand Grenades – Turning to Ashes
Formed in 2012 as a covers band, Hearts and Hand Grenades is one of those groups that has taken a while to be noticed, but was worth the wait. They spent ten years building a reputation as one of upstate…
ICED EARTH by ICED EARTH (30th Anniversary Edition) – 2020 Remaster
Ok, I admit it, I’m useless. I hadn’t heard of ICED EARTH, the album or the group. I know, I’m a failure. However, after hearing this album I am going to go through the whole back catalogue and look into…
McCartney III
Once upon a time, Paul McCartney was a member of a band called the Beatles. Apparently they were quite famous. However, since then he has been in Wings and has now also done many a solo album. This is his…
Motörhead – On Parole (2020 Remaster)
Remixed from the original analogue tapes and re-released this year with bonus tracks, is the 2020 version of this album any better than its 1979 original? As I have said in other reviews, you’d better make sure a new master…
Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons – We’re The Bastards
Imagine, if you will, that someone crossed Motorhead with The Who and Guns n’ Roses and you have the group Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons. At least that’s how I hear it. This is heavy rock with an occasional…
Ace of Spades – 40th Anniversary Remaster
Ace of Spades was the first album by Motorhead to be released in the USA. It was their fifth album and was originally released in 1980 and is counted as one of the best metal albums of all time. This…
Genus Ordinis Dei – Glare of Deliverance
Genus Ordinis Dei – Glare of Deliverance is not just an album release. It is a complete sound and visual experience. Formed in 2011, Genus Ordinis Dei is not your normal metal band. They claim to be a symphonic metal…