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Yes, part of this album talks about the way not so many people buy The Darkness albums any more, and it feels like since they returned in 2012 with the wonderfully named ‘Hot Cakes’, their albums have been sadly overlooked but fantastic quality.

Sign Of The Wolf is the brainchild of Fireworks Editor Bruce Mee, who along with Fredrik Folkare (Eclipse, Nordic Union) set out to write an album in the style of the seminal classic Dio-fronted albums of the mid-seventies and early-eighties.

Full of great songs and skits, blistering riffs and melodies, it’s fair to say that Lapland’s foremost Metal group have released an absolute monster with their latest album!

Gotthard are certainly a band that divide opinions these days, since vocalist Nic Maeder joined the band in 2014, but I have always had a soft spot for them.

I first became aware of Hannah Wicklund when I was sent the ‘Hannah Wicklund And The Stepping Stones’ album to review in 2018. I remember hearing the guitar work and her powerful voice,

I’ve always loved Arch Enemy, in all of their guises, from the beloved Angela Gossow era, through to the records that included her replacement, Alissa White-Gluz.

A dragon is often portrayed as a massive, magnificent and powerful beast, and that’s quite appropriate title- wise as here be ten massive, magnificent and powerful tracks.

It’s funny that nowadays that the merest mention of a “Frontiers Project Group” can have the majority of Rock fans running for the hills

Here it is, the album where Mike Portnoy returns to the band’s drum seat; and the big question is... does it tick all the boxes?

It’s fair to say the seventies superstars Sweet have released one of the finest albums of 2024 in ‘Full Circle’,

Having had the pleasure of reviewing Threshold’s first two excellent remixes (‘Wounded Land’ and ‘Psychedelicatessen’)

Eyes, the Swedish Melodic Rock band, return with ‘Auto-Magic’. This is the follow-up to the promising ‘Perfect Vision’, which was their

If you read my review of Bryan Adam’s previous three-night live album in issue #105, you’ll know that I thought it was a cracking box-set

As an avid music lover, I keep my ears to the ground and keep them peeled for new bands and acts that would appeal to my personal tastes.

On December 10th 2022, Birmingham legends Magnum played the final night of their European tour in support of their ‘The Monster Roars’ album

G3 is a concept started in 1996 by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, in which he joined forces with other renowned guitarists to mesmerise

‘Tiger’ is almost what you could consider a bonus album that was conceived during the recording of Spanish chanteuse Gabrielle de Val’s

If you’re a fan of Melodic Rock, and you’ve bought the odd CD or two over the last four decades,

These are the crème de la crème of reconstruction! There has been no cranking up the volume and falsely exclaiming: “Remixed and remastered!

Yes, this is The Georgia Thunderbolts’ second full album. Have a listen and then read on... yes,