Album Reviews

“Party of one” is the first ever solo album from George Thorogood which is surprising for a man who released his first album way back in 1977 and has been releasing albums regularly ever since.  Best known for the classic hit song “Bad to the bone”, for this album he’s …

“All the best” is as the name implies, a “best of” type album, spanning Chris Jagger’s career.  As well as fifteen tracks from the length of his career, there is a new song, “Avalon girls”. Chris Jagger released a couple of albums in the 70s but it wasnt till 1994 …

Ezoo is a new project from Graham Bonnet and Dario Mollo.  Graham Bonnet is best known for his time with Rainbow but also sang with Alcatrazz and Michael Schenker Group.  Dario Mollo worked with Glenn Hughes in Voodoo Hill and also worked with former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin on …

If you like your metal on the extreme side then you won’t be disappointed by the utterly overwhelming debut album Dawn Of Leviathan from Poole based ragers Furyborn. Coming across like a hybrid of the vitriol of the Berzerker and the technicality of Strapping Young Lad, after the brief intro …

Stone Sour are back with a new album.  While there’s no news on if/when Slipknot will make a new album, Corey Taylor is using his time productively and has given us a new Stone Sour album, with a tour due later in the year.  It’s the first Stone Sour album …

It’s testament to Decapitated guitarist Vogg Kiełtyka that he has managed to harness everything that was so great about the death metal outfit’s first four albums and replicated it on the two following the tragic death of his younger brother Vitek and the departure of vocalist Covan, unable to recover quickly …

“Songs for the broken ones” is the third album from The Eden House.  They’re more a collection of artists than a straightforward band since it consists of core members Stephen Carey and Tony Pettitt (Bassist and founding member of Fields of The Nephilim) along with an ever changing list of …

We very rarely cover singles here on Planetmosh, but every so often one comes along that you just can’t ignore.  One such single is the new one from King King.  It’s taken from their upcoming album, “Exile & Grace” which is due for release on 6th October 2017. It’s one …

German band Orden Ogan are back with their new album Gunmen.  They’ve already released the video to the single, Gunman, and it’s a spectacular video filmed in Monument valley which is perfect for the Western theming of the song and album.  It’s a great song. The second song to be …

Incorruptible, the twelfth studio album by Iced Earth is another strong release spearheaded by founding member Jon Schaffer who formed the band in Tampa Bay, Florida 1985. After a few plays, two songs midway let it down a bit so it has not got a full five out of five …

A smorgasbord of musical styles is what underpins Revolution Come, Revolution Go, Gov’t Mule’s latest outing, with the presentation of each course as sumptuous as the last. Stone Cold Rage gets things underway. Switching back and forth from solid blues to raw funk, along with the searing, shimmering vocals provided …

In October last year, Eagle Rock released the classic Bryan Adams video from his 1996 Wembley concert on DVD for the first time.  Now they’re following up with a CD release.  That’s good news for fans as I suspect many people are like me in that we listen to music …

Love Zombies are an international band which formed when American singer Hollis Mahady met New Zealander Davey Fitzsimon at a gig in London.  Together they formed a band that can best be described as Blondie meets the Ramones. Passionfruit is their debut album and was funded via a Pledgemusic campaign …

After 30 years Rock Goddess have returned with ‘It’s More Than Rock And Roll’; a hard hitting slice of Hard Rock/Metal.  They have delivered a statement of intent of what I hope we can expect more of in the not too distant future. When Rock Goddess released their debut album back …

At a smidge longer than the length of a football match, acclaimed slide guitarist Sonny Landreth and his band of long-time cohorts have delivered on Recorded Live at Lafayette an El Classico of their own. This part acoustic / part electric offering of some of the finest live blues around …

      Following on from their debut E.P. ‘Anubis’, The White Swan have released ‘The White’, another E.P. format release and well worth checking out Brimming with dark doom and stoner riffs, this three track really packs a powerful punch and wades in at an impressive 18 or there …

Silky smooth and exquisitely produced by Fred Mollin, blues-soul singer/songwriter Jo Harman has delivered with just her second solo album People We Become, a tour de force that sets her creative bar  – and that of her peers –unbelievably high for future projects. From the scratchy radio-intoned introduction of No …

It’s a busy summer for Kai Hansen – his “Thank you Wacken” live solo album comes out in late June, and then a month later one of his bands, Unisonic, release their live album, also recorded at Wacken, and of course he’ll be busy preparing for the Helloween Pumkins united …

On the eve of the release of their acoustic album, Simple Minds played a special show at the Hackney Empire for BBC Radio 2 as part of their “In concert” series.  Alongside their well known hits they played some cover versions – Patti Smith’s “Dancing Barefoot”, David Bowies “Andy Warhol” …

”Checkerboard lounge: Live in Chicago 1981” was originally released as a CD/DVD bundle in 2012 and is now being released as a standalone CD in a month that see’s Eagle Rock also releasing two other Rolling Stones live CDs – “Some girls: Live in Texas ‘78” and “Ladies and gentlemen: …