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Album of the Week
Arriving from Sweden, Arctic Rain is new band featuring songwriter and keyboard player Pete Alpenborg, who has worked with many familiar rock acts such as Revolution Saints, House Of Lords, Issa, All 41 ... [ Read More ]
Recent Reviews
July 2020
- Damnation Angels: Fiber Of Our Being
- Primal Fear: Metal Commando
- Blazing Rust: Line Of Danger
- U.D.O. with The Concert Band of The German Armed Forces: We Are One
- Morse/Portnoy/George: Cover To Cover Anthology
- Pinnacle Point: Symphony Of Mind
- My Heavy Memory: Clarity
- Lonely Robot: Feelings Are Good
- Jet Jaguar: Endless Nights
- Domination Black: Judgement IV
- Shining Black: Shining Black Featuring Mark Boals and Olaf Thorson
- Tokyo Motor Fist: Lions
- Enuff Z'nuff: Brainwashed Generation
- In/Vertigo: Sex, Love & Chaos
- Michael Grant & The Assassins: Always The Villain
- Judicator: Let There Be Nothing
June 2020
- Bloody Heels: Ignite The Sky
- Alizarin: The Last Semblance
- Pale Divine: Consequence Of Time
- Long Distance Calling: How Do We Want To Live?
- Kenziner: Phoenix
- Goblins Blade: Of Angels And Snakes
- Black Knight: Road To Victory
- Battle Born: Battle Born EP
- Operus: Score Of Nightmares
- Jessica Wolff: Para Dice
- Greyhawk: Keepers Of The Flame
- Vega: Grit Your Teeth
- Smackbound: 20/20
- Paralydium: Worlds Apart
- Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall: We Are The Night
New Music Reviews
Ramos: My Many Sides
Melodic Heavy Rock
3.5/5.0
Perhaps quite not the proverbial "household name" in the melodic hard rock world, but you do know guitarist Josh Ramos. He was part of the Nineties supergroup ... [ Read More ]
Lionville: Magic Is Alive
AOR Melodic Rock
4.0/5.0
Established a decade ago by guitarist and songwriter Stefano Lionetti, Lionville has delivered three successful studio albums. 2017's A World Of Fools found the ... [ Read More ]
Dukes Of The Orient: Freakshow
Melodic Progressive Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
I was really hoping Dukes Of The Orient, featuring vocalist John Payne and keyboard player Eric Norlander, would not be a one-off project. Their 2018 self-titled debut album ... [ Read More ]
Black Rose Maze: Black Rose Maze
Melodic Hard Rock
4.0/5.0
The voice propelling new musical project Black Rose Maze is Canadian singer and songwriter Rosa Laricchiuta. Ms Laricchiuta has quite the pedigree: performing ... [ Read More ]
Thundermother: Heat Wave
Hard Rock
4.5/5.0
The last I heard from Sweden's Thundermother was their 2015 debut album Road Fever. The female quartet remained busy releasing another album quickly, Rock N Roll ... [ Read More ]
Stormzone: Ignite The Machine
Heavy/Power Metal
4.5/5.0
Hailing from Ireland and formed in 2004 by vocalist John "Harv" Harbinson, Stormzone has had a consistent album output since 2006. My last experience with the band ... [ Read More ]
Starblind: Black Bubbling Ooze
Traditional Heavy Metal
4.0/5.0
Channeling the spirit of Iron Maiden and all things NWoBHM, Sweden's Starblind returns with their fourth and latest studio album, Black Bubbling Ooze. I'm not sure ... [ Read More ]
High Spirits: Hard To Stop
Melodic Hard Rock
4.0/5.0
Formed and led by the indomitable and prolific songwriter Chris "The Professor" Black, High Spirits returns with their sixth studio album, Hard To Stop. Mixing the ... [ Read More ]
Arctic Rain: The One
Melodic Hard Rock
4.5/5.0
Arriving from Sweden, Arctic Rain is new band featuring songwriter and keyboard player Pete Alpenborg, who has worked with many familiar rock acts such as ... [ Read More ]
Damnation Angels: Fiber Of Our Being
Symphonic Heavy/Power Metal
4.0/5.0
Reviving from the "Where have they been?" file is England's Damnation Angels. The band has been missing in action since 2015's Valiant Fire, an album which ... [ Read More ]
Primal Fear: Metal Commando
Melodic Heavy/Power Metal
5.0/5.0
For heavy metal fans, and constant readers of Dangerdog Music Reviews, Germany's Primal Fear needs little to no introduction. They're simply a great melodic power metal ... [ Read More ]
Blazing Rust: Line Of Danger
Traditional Heavy Metal
4.0/5.0
Formed in 2014 in St. Petersburg, Blazing Rust first appeared with a studio album, Armed To Exist, in 2017. The recording was a solid slab of traditional heavy metal ... [ Read More ]
U.D.O.: We Are One
Orchestral Heavy Metal
5.0/5.0
Someone once said that heavy metal is merely classical music with electricity. It's a rather pithy and humorous statement, but not without merit considering the ... [ Read More ]
Morse/Portnoy/George: Cover To Cover Anthology
Classic Pop/Rock/Prog Covers
5.0/5.0
The history of the Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George Cover To Cover project dates back to 2003 through 2005 when Morse was working on several solo albums ... [ Read More ]
This Week, Last Year
Since their resurecction in 2009 by reuniting with original vocalist Marcie Free, Unruly Child has been rather consistent in their musical output. Since 2010, they've dropped four albums beginning with 2010's ... [ 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 You were loved. Be at peace, Lily.