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Read the Eclipse: Megalomanium Album Review

Formed in 1999 by singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Erik Martensson, Sweden's Eclipse is well into their third decade of making music. In the recent past, their recordings and reputation have ... [ Read More ]

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Rockett Love - Galactic Circus Album Review

Rockett Love: Galactic Circus

Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0

Formed eight years ago, Rockett Love hails from the fertile classic rock soil of Sweden. Within two years the band dropped their self-produced debut album Grab ... [ Read More ]

Kerrigan - Bloodmoon Album Review

Kerrigan: Bloodmoon

Traditional Heavy Metal
4.5/5.0

Hailing from Freiburg, Germany, Kerrigan is a new project from Bruno Schotten (g,b) and Jonas Weber (v,g), the fellows behind funeral doom metal band, Lone Wanderer ... [ Read More ]

Taz - Wake Up & Sweat Album Review

Taz: Wake Up & Sweat, Vol 1

Melodic Hard Rock
4.0/5.0

Once more we explore of the depths the classic rock vault, thanks to the work of Stephen Craig and Eonian Records to find Southern California band Taz. The origins of ... [ Read More ]

Taz - Shipwrecked Album Review

Taz: Shipwrecked, Vol 2

Melodic Hard Rock
4.0/5.0

With the second volume, Shipwrecked, Taz was near the sunset of their musical run. This compilation is in three parts: studio recordings (1-4), live rehearsal ... [ Read More ]

Ronnie Romero - Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters Album Review

Ronnie Romero: Too Many Lies, Too Many Masters

Melodic Heavy Rock
4.0/5.0

Ronnie Romero is nearly becoming ubiquitous in the European hard rock and metal theater, if not prolific. In the last several years he's been involved with Rainbow ... [ Read More ]

The Flower Kings - Look At You Now Album Review

The Flower Kings: Look At You Now

Melodic Progressive Rock
4.5/5.0

On the cusp of celebrating 30 years in the music business next year, Swedish prog outfit The Flower Kings return with their sixteenth studio album, Look At You Now ... [ Read More ]

Vega - Battlelines Album Review

Vega: Battlelines

Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0

England's Vega, formed by vocalist Nick Workman in 2009, has been a picture of consistency. Since their inception the quintet has been releasing a studio album ... [ Read More ]

Blackbird Angels - Solsorte Album Review

Blackbird Angels: Solsorte

Melodic Heavy Rock
4.0/5.0

Blackbird Angels is a new project and band created by the collaboration of guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns) and vocalist Todd Kerns (Slash, Toque, Heroes and ... [ Read More ]

Primal Fear - Code Red Album Review

Primal Fear: Code Red

Heavy/Power Metal
4.5/5.0

The last we heard from German metal veterans Primal Fear was in 2020 at the height of the COVID lock down that gripped the world. Metal Commando was released ... [ Read More ]

Eclipse - Megalomanium Album Review

Eclipse: Megalomanium

Melodic Metal Rock
5.0/5.0

Formed in 1999 by singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Erik Martensson, Sweden's Eclipse is well into their third decade of making music ... [ Read More ]

Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls Album Review

Seventh Wonder: Mercy Falls (Reissue)

Progressive Rock/Metal
5.0/5.0

Frontiers Music is reissuing the early back catalog from Sweden's progressive rock/metal band Seventh Wonder. Here's my review of Mercy Falls from 2008 ... [ Read More ]

Seventh Wonder The Great Escape Album Review

Seventh Wonder: The Great Escape (Reissue)

Progressive Metal
4.0/5.0

Frontiers Music is reissuing the early back catalog from Sweden's progressive rock/metal band Seventh Wonder. Here's my review of The Great Escape from 2010 ... [ Read More ]


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Read the Stratovarius: Survive Album Review

The myth. The legend. With nearly four decades of music, Stratovarius had been the progenitor of Finnish heavy power metal. However, the iconic band has not released a new studio album in seven years. Since ... [ Read More ]

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