Tag: hard rock
Interview with Temple Balls — “We’re doing songs that we never...
With the release of “Pyromide” fast approaching, we caught up with TEMPLE BALLS guitarist Niko Vuorela to get the inside scoop about this album,...
19.3.2021 NOEX: Noora Louhimo Experience Live Stream @ GLiveLab, Tampere
While you should already know Noora Louhimo's name from BATTLE BEAST, if you're like me, her crowdfunded solo album slipped under my radar until...
REVIEW: Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories
In Europe, we may know Detroit as the historic heart of the American automotive industry, but in rock music, we know it as the...
REVIEW: Noora Louhimo Experience – Eternal Wheel of Time and Space
Crowdfunding can be a great way for musicians with a supportive fanbase to realize projects, as it offers a certain artistic freedom and independence....
REVIEW: Inglorious – We Will Ride
Keeping the flame of good old fashion hard rock still ablaze are up-and-coming British rockers INGLORIOUS. The band fronted by vocalist Nathan James (ex-TRANS-SIBERIAN...
REVIEW: MSG (Michael Schenker Group) – Immortal
Whenever we mention bands like UFO or SCORPIONS, we think of one person who made his mark. After more than 10 years of silence, the...
REVIEW: Jason Bieler & The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra – Songs...
The somewhat odd coupling of an album's overarching, apocalyptic theme and the 1980s-tinted, feel-good hard rock wasn't exactly an option on my bingo card...
FEATURED SINGLE: Shereign – Losing Sight
While many of the names within SHEREIGN may be familiar to you from bands like FEAR OF DOMINATION and BLACK LIGHT DISCIPLINE, this heavy...
REVIEW: Jeff Scott Soto – Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)
”Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)” is the seventh solo album by hard-rock veteran Jeff Scott Soto, to be released on November 6th, 2020, via...
REVIEW: Neon Angel – Neon Light District
It seems rather obvious that the 1980s revival shows no signs of having run its entire course yet. Yes, regardless of the fact that...
REVIEW: Black Stone Cherry – The Human Condition (Musicalypse Archive)
On March 11th, 2020, The World Health Organization declared that the outbreak of a viral disease, with a name similar to a certain brand...
REVIEW: Brother Firetribe – Feel The Burn
Finnish hard rock heroes BROTHER FIRETRIBE have been releasing highly melodic music since 2006, the year their debut album, “False Metal,” came out. In the...
REVIEW: 10 Years – Violent Allies (Musicalypse Archive)
There's no doubt that this year is a period of sweeping change. While the most cynical of minds might be tempted to think that...
REVIEW: Derek Sherinian – The Phoenix (Musicalypse Archive)
Derek Sherinian is a prolific American keyboard wizard, whose name might not instantly ring a bell, but you're certainly prone to have a vague...
REVIEW: Black Sun – EP: Silent Enemy
Ecuador is not exactly the first country that comes to mind when one thinks about rock or metal, yet this is the country from...
REVIEW: Night – High Tides – Distant Skies
Have you been enjoying the summer so far? If, like me, the COVID-19 boycot of summer festivals has cast a few shadows over these...
REVIEW: The Tangent – Auto Reconnaissance (Musicalypse Archive)
If the name Andy Tillison doesn't mean anything, there's a chance that you've never heard of THE TANGENT. This progressive rock group was formed by the...
REVIEW: Robby Krieger: The Ritual Begins at Sundown (Musicalypse Archive)
On April 24th, 2020, THE DOORS' guitarist Robby Krieger was meant to release his ninth solo album, the first since the 2010s Grammy-nominated "Singularity."...
REVIEW: Blowtorch – Hangoverdose
Amidst a pile of semi-recent releases, "Hangoverdose" by BLOWTORCH caught my ear. I'm always up for a good hard rock record and the particularly...
REVIEW: Deep Purple – Whoosh!
Having an extensive history in some of the best hard rock and heavy metal anthems on their plate, legendary rock act DEEP PURPLE recently...