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Three decades on and still going strong is the iconic progressive rock band, The Flower Kings, founded by veteran multi-instrumentalist and composer Roine Stolt. Since 1994, The Flower Kings have been known ... [ Read More ]
Recent Reviews
April/May 2025
- The Speaker Wars: The Speaker Wars
- Giant: Stand And Deliver
- Sign Of The Wolf: Sign Of The Wolf
- Harem Scarem: Chasing Euphoria
- Cosmic Cathedral: Deep Water
- Beholder: In the Temple of the Tyrant
- Art Nation: The Ascendance
- Laurenne/Louhimo: Falling Through Stars
- Rock Out: Let's Call It Rock N Roll
- The Flower Kings: Love
- Maestrick : Espresso Della Vita: Lunare
March 2025
- W.E.T.: Apex
- Alliance: Before Our Eyes
- Ginevra: Beyond Tomorrow
- Phil X & The Drills:
Pow! Right In The Kisser - IQ: Dominion
- Heart Line: Falling Heaven
- Gotthard: Stereo Crush
- Defender: Dying To Live
- Streetlight: Night Vision
February 2025
- Robin McAuley: Soulbound
- Perfect Plan: Heart Of A Lion
- Craig Brooks: Desolation Freeway
- Mantric Momentum: Alienized
- Pattern-Seeking Animals: Friend Of All Creatures
- Crazy Lixx: Thrill Of The Bite
- Ginger Evil: The Way It Burns
- Dream Theater: Parasomnia
- Tyran: Tyran's Oath
- Saber: Lost In Flames
New Music Reviews
The Speaker Wars: The Speaker Wars
Melodic (Country) Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
American band, The Speaker Wars, is the collaboration between drummer, producer, and songwriter Stan Lynch (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) and Texas singer ... [ Read More ]
Giant: Stand And Deliver
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Iconic and classic American rock band Giant returns after a three year hiatus with their sixth studio album, Stand And Deliver. The current core of the band remains ... [ Read More ]
Sign Of The Wolf: Sign Of The Wolf
Melodic Heavy Metal Rock
5.0/5.0
Sign Of The Wolf is the project of songwriter and executive producer Bruce Mee who is huge fan of classic hard rock and heavy metal. Specifically, albums like ... [ Read More ]
Harem Scarem: Chasing Euphoria
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Over their nearly 40 year career iconic Canadian band Harem Scarem has sold more than a million records in 43 countries and delivered 12 Top 40 hits around the globe ... [ Read More ]
Cosmic Cathedral: Deep Water
Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0
Prog mastermind Neal Morse, always musically adventurous and creative, brings genre fans another new project. Cosmic Cathedral features, along side Morse, three ... [ Read More ]
Beholder: In the Temple of the Tyrant
Traditional Heavy/Power/Doom Metal
4.5/5.0
Beholder was formed in late 2021 by Philadelphia guitarist Carlos Alvarez (Shadowdance, ex-Power Theory), a lifelong fan of both Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) and old ... [ Read More ]
Art Nation: The Ascendance
Melodic Metal Rock
4.0/5.0
Formed over then years ago in Gothenburg, Sweden, by vocalist Alexander Strandell and guitarist Christoffer Borg, the band dropped their debut album, Revolution ... [ Read More ]
Laurenne/Louhimo: Falling Through Stars
Melodic Metal Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
Laurenne/Louhimo is the collaboration between Finnish vocalists Noora Louhimo (Battle Beast) and Netta Laurenne (Smackbound). Coming from the same ... [ Read More ]
Rock-Out: Let's Call It Rock N Roll
Hard Rock
4.0/5.0
Hailing from Switzerland, Rock-Out was formed 2012, but it took another six years before they dropped their debut Loud, Hard and Dirty, which was followed by 2020's ... [ Read More ]
The Flower Kings: Love
Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0
Three decades on and still going strong is the iconic progressive rock band, The Flower Kings, founded by veteran multi-instrumentalist and composer Roine Stolt ... [ Read More ]
Maestrick: Espresso Della Vita: Lunare
Melodic Progressive Metal
5.0/5.0
Formed better than two decades ago, Maestrick hails from São José do Rio Preto. Between 2010 and 2024, the quartet has dropped four EPs and two full length albums ... [ Read More ]
From The Archives
If there were a gold standard for European, specifically Italian, symphonic power metal that bar has been raised by Rhapsody Of Fire. Since created by keyboard player, principal songwriter, and ... [ 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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