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Album of the Week
Formed 23 years ago, Finland's Excalion has had a turbulent musical career. Before releasing a trio of albums between 2005 and 2010, they had personnel changes. Currently, only the drummer and keyboard ... [ Read More ]
Recent Reviews
March 2023
- Excalion: Once Upon A Time
- RPWL: Crime Scene
- Transworld Identity: Seven Worlds
- Stormwarning: Stormwarning
- Phantom Elite: Blue Blood
- Narnia: Ghost Town
- Redemption: I Am The Storm
- Cross Country Driver: The New Truth
- The Banishment: Machine And Bone
- Seventh Crystal: Wonderland
- Demons Down: I Stand
February 2023
- Air Raid: Fatal Encounter
- Robin McAuley: Alive
- Creye: III - Weightless
- All My Shadows: Eerie Monsters
- First Signal: Face Your Fears
- Gabrielle de Val: Kiss In A Dragon Night
- We Came From Space: Overlords
- T3nors: Naked Soul
- Wig Wam: Out Of The Dark
- Khymera: Hold Your Ground
- Infinite & Divine: Ascendancy
- eMolecule: The Architect
January 2023
- Girish & The Chronicles: Back On Earth (Reissue)
- Arctic Rain: Unity
- Electric Mob: 2 Make U Cry & Dance
- Crowne: Operation Phoenix
- Ronnie Romero: Raised On Heavy Radio
- Ten: Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Riverside: ID.Entity
- Issa: Lights Of Japan
- Heroes And Monsters: Heroes And Monsters
- Big City: Sunwind Sails
New Music Reviews
Excalion: Once Upon A Time
Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
4.5/5.0
Formed 23 years ago, Finland's Excalion has had a turbulent musical career. Before releasing a trio of albums between 2005 and 2010, they had personnel changes ... [ Read More ]
RPWL: Crime Scene
Melodic Progressive Rock
4.5/5.0
It may take RPWL a few years, but the band will return with a studio. The last album, Tales From Outer Space, was a concept album with, well, tales from outer space ... [ Read More ]
Transworld Identity: Seven Worlds
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Arriving from Finland, the origins of Transworld Identity come from Mila Bosa, a singer in a cover band. But it wasn't enough. She aspired to write and perform original ... [ Read More ]
Stormwarning: Stormwarning
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
As his story goes, Santiago Ramonda first intended to be a guitarist, only to discover he was more inclined to singing. Ramonda would later take singing lessons ... [ Read More ]
Phantom Elite: Blue Blood
Modern Melodic Heavy Metal
4.0/5.0
Featuring vocalist Marina La Torraca, Phantom Elite first appeared in 2018 with their self-released Wasteland. Three years later La Torraca would gather a ... [ Read More ]
Narnia: Ghost Town
Heavy Melodic Metal Rock
4.0/5.0
Started in 1996, Swedish band Narnia is well into their third decade of music. Established by guitarist CJ Grimmark and vocalist Christian Liljegren has been ... [ Read More ]
Redemption: I Am The Storm
Progressive Power Metal
4.5/5.0
For most progressive music fans, Redemption needs little introduction. Hailing from Los Angeles and active since 2001, the band led by principal songwriter ... [ Read More ]
Cross Country Driver: The New Truth
AOR Melodic Rock
5.0/5.0
Cross Country Driver marks the return of vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Rob Lamothe. Fans of classic rock will remember him for his work Riverdogs, an upstart ... [ Read More ]
The Banishment: Machine And Bone
Heavy Experimental/Industrial Rock
No Score
George Lynch (Lynch Mob, The End Machine, ex-Dokken) as a guitarist and songwriter has always been pushing himself into greater skills and new musical endeavors ... [ Read More ]
Seventh Crystal: Wonderland
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Wonderland marks the return of Swedish band Seventh Crystal, formed by vocalist Kristian Fyhr. Since the release of their debut album, Delirium, Fyhr has been busy ... [ Read More ]
Demons Down: I Stand
Melodic Metal Rock
4.5/5.0
This Spring brings a new musical project from the Frontiers Music label, Demons Down and their debut album, I Stand. The band is a collaborative effort that features ... [ Read More ]
From The Archives
I've been a huge fan of melodic progressive rock since I heard my first YES album, their epnonymous 1969. I was eleven. (You do the math.) We were basically nearing the end of the 60's hippie era thanks to shit ... [ Read More ]
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Created in the fall of 2006 by Craig Hartranft, Dangerdog Music Reviews is an international music review blog, offering reviews of melodic heavy metal and hard rock, progressive metal, progressive rock, AOR and their various sub-genres. The key word is melodic. If you're interested in hardcore or extreme metal, you've come to the wrong place. Pictured above with Craig, Lily the Little Black Dangerdog. RIP 17.07.2020
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