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Album of the Week
With origins in AOR melodic hard rock band H.E.A.T., vocalist Erik Gronwall and songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jona Tee have partnered to create New Horizon, a new melodic power metal band ... [ Read More ]
Recent Reviews
May 2022
- Emissary: The Wretched Masquerade
- Michael Schenker Group: Universal
- Shameless: So Good, You Should
- James LaBrie: Beautiful Shade Of Grey
- Skills: Different Worlds
- Graham Bonnet Band: Day Out In Nowhere
- Zero Hour: Agenda 21
- Anvil: Impact Is Imminent
- The Big Deal: First Bite
- Jeff Scott Soto: Complicated
- Pure Reason Revolution: Above Cirrus
- Jani Liimatainen: My Father's Son
- Starchaser: Starchaser
- Black Eye: Black Eye
April 2022
- Crashdiet: Automaton
- Kaipa: Urskog
- John Elefante: The Amazing Grace
- Poison Rose (featuring Marco Sivo): Little Bang Theory
- Nazareth: Surviving The Law
- Semblant: Vermilion Eclipse
- Ronnie Romero: Raised On Radio
- Treat: The End Game
- Fortune: Level Ground
- First Signal: Closer To The Edge
- Black Swan: Generation Mind
March 2022
- Hardcore Superstar: Abrakadabra
- Fury: Born To Sin
- Pattern-Seeking Animals: Just Passing Through
- Shining Black: Postcards From The End Of The World
- SheWolf: SheWolf
- Ronnie Atkins: Make It Count
- FM: Thirteen
- Rust N Rage: One For The Road
- New Horizon: Gate Of The Gods
- Find Me: Lightning In A Bottle
- Chip Z'Nuff: Perfectly Imperfect
- The Flower Kings: By Royal Decree
- Warrior Soul: Out On Bail
New Music Reviews
Emissary: The Wretched Masquerade
Traditional Heavy/Power Metal
3.5/5.0
Once more we journey into the depths of heavy metal obscurity to revisit another band: Emissary from Oregon in the northwest United States. But the roots of the ... [ Read More ]
Michael Schenker Group: Universal
Melodic Hard Rock
4.5/5.0
As David Letterman might say on this new interview program, "This next musician requires no introduction ..." Indeed, to fans of melodic hard rock and metal of ... [ Read More ]
Shameless: So Good You Should
Melodic Hard Rock
3.5/5.0
From Munich, Shameless is the creation of bass player Alexx Michael wherein he collaborates, mostly, with guitarist BC for songwriting. Since forming in 1998 ... [ Read More ]
James LaBrie: Beautiful Shade Of Grey
Melodic (Progressive) Rock
4.5/5.0
Unless you've been living sequestered in a monastery, we all know James Labrie: the long-serving voice and vocalist of progressive metal act Dream Theater ... [ Read More ]
Skills: Different Worlds
Melodic Hard Rock
4.0/5.0
Skills is an apropos handle for this new band. The band presents some considerable talent from the worlds of hard rock, heavy metal, AOR, and genres where all ... [ Read More ]
Graham Bonnet Band: Day Out In Nowhere
Melodic Heavy Rock
3.5/5.0
Now a septuagenarian and still the snappy dresser, iconic vocalist Graham Bonnet returns with his third studio album under the moniker, Graham Bonnet Band ... [ Read More ]
Zero Hour: Agenda 21
(Modern) Progressive Metal
3.5/5.0
If the band Zero Hour seems to have you scratching your memory for some recognition, I can hardly blame you. We haven't had a studio album from the ... [ Read More ]
Anvil: Impact Is Imminent
Heavy/Power/Thrash Metal
4.0/5.0
Anvil is Anvil. Anvil is Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Steiner. Has been since 1981. Yup. That's better than 40 years. Both founders are pushing their late Sixties ... [ Read More ]
The Big Deal: First Bite
FFV Melodic Metal Rock
4.5/5.0
The Big Deal may be the one of few (of many) new bands to actually live up to their name. Coming from Serbia, the band was created by the husband and wife duo ... [ Read More ]
Jeff Scott Soto: Complicated
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
Always busy, legendary vocalist Jeff Scott Soto is back with another solo, Complicated. Since his last studio album, Wide Awake, the artist has worked with W.E.T. ... [ Read More ]
Pure Reason Revolution: Above Cirrus
Alternative/Progressive Rock/Metal
4.0/5.0
After a ten year absence, founding members Chloe Alper (vocals, bass guitars, keyboard) and Jon Courtney (vocals, guitars, keyboards) returned to their ... [ Read More ]
Jani Liimatainen: My Father's Son
Melodic Heavy/Progressive Metal
5.0/5.0
From one guitarist to the next. This week we've seen the release of former Tad Morose guitarist Kenneth Jonnson's new project, Starchaser. In the same week we ... [ Read More ]
Starchaser: Starchaser
Heavy Power Metal
4.0/5.0
Many times in a band context we don't recall the individual players. Perhaps the vocalist, who always seems to be in the middle and front of a band photo ... [ Read More ]
Black Eye: Black Eye
Melodic Power Metal
4.0/5.0
The new metal project Black Eye features one of the most prominent vocalists in the genres of hard rock and heavy metal: David Readman. Readman is known for his ... [ Read More ]
Crashdiet: Automaton
Melodic Metal Rock
5.0/5.0
The last we heard from Sweden's Crashdiet was 2019's Rust, dropped a season before the COVID pandemic put the music world on standby. But that release in itself was ... [ Read More ]
Kaipa: Urskog
Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0
2022 has been an eventful year for the world of melodic progressive rock music. Already we've had several fantastic albums presented to us: Jonas Lindberg: ... [ Read More ]
John Elefante: The Amazing Grace
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
For most genre fans John Elefante needs no introduction. But for the youngsters out there ... Vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer John Elefante ... [ Read More ]
From The Archives
Almost two years from the quite successful The Smokeless Fires, Lunar Shadow returns with their third long player, Wish To Leave. Created and guided by guitar savant Max Birbaum, the album finds ... [ 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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