FyreSky – The Circle

FyreSky’s debut EP ‘The Circle’ has left me very pleasantly surprised.  It may only contain 5 tracks, and be recorded in a ‘Live Lounge’ style, but this doesn’t diminish the fact that the songs are all fundamentally quite strong. It opens with ‘Magik Woman (Ritual Beginning)’, all dark incantations and …

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Demon Bitch – Hellfriends

This new band hail from America and are paying homage to the gods of old whilst keeping their own identity. Demon Bitch formed in 2011 and play in a style which fuses power metal and high octane speed metal with dexterity and passion. The playing is superb, however the production …

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Airbourne – Breakin’ Outta Hell.

Airbourne are a band you can rely on to put a smile on your face whilst you headbang like a loon and with Breakin’ Outta Hell, their strongest album to date, get those neck muscles ready when its released via Spinefarm Records on September 23rd 2016. Their fourth studio release …

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Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Greek Theatre

Joe Bonamassa really needs no introduction now; I think he has single handedly given the blues its well-deserved kick up the butt and re-ignited the scene. There are so many blues artists coming to the fore: King King, Aaron Keylock, Dan Patlansky, Aynsley Lister, Sari Schorr and many more that …

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July Talk Interview with Planetmosh

Jamie Reader-Johnson from Planetmosh caught up with July Talk after their set at Sound Control in Manchester, in support of their latest studio album, Touch, to discuss the new record, touring, and all things in between. What was the first track that came together to build Touch? P: Strange Habit …

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Stuck Mojo, Bloodstock 2016 – PlanetMosh interview

PlanetMosh had a quick chat with Len Sonnier of Stuck Mojo at Bloodstock 2016. We unfortunately had to find space in an already overcrowded press area, so apologies for the camera angle..and the people walking onscreen. However, there are cookies if you can spot Dee Snider’s sneaky appearance. Stuck Mojo …

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Marillion – F.E.A.R.

  Marillion have long since been pioneers of sailing your own ship. Advocates of crowdfunding before crowdfunding was even a thing, they are ambassadors for the freedom of speech and creativity that can only be found in not having to tow the line. It’s no surprise then, that Marillion’s 18th …

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Deep Purple-Live At The NEC

Deep Purple said farewell to founding member, keyboardist extraordinaire Jon Lord with this concert recorded at the Birmingham NEC Arena in 2002. Previously available only as part of the Around the World Live box set, the cover of the DVD of Live at the NEC won’t win any marketing awards, …

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Styx-Live at The Orleans Arena Las Vegas

It’s a bit of a strange one this, back in 2015 this concert was released as a CD, which was superb, so to get the DVD version of the same show through the post I was beyond excited. However my excitement was short lived when I discovered that four songs from …

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Interview with Aynsley Lister

With his eighth studio album Eyes Wide Open being released on October 7th and with an extensive 41 date UK and European Tour kicking off in September, things are pretty busy for Aynsley Lister right now.  In fact pretty busy … period! Eyes Wide Open sees him confidently pursuing his …

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Vader – Iron Times EP

While we all wait for Vader to release their next album “The Empire,” which has been put back to 4th November 2016 we are provided with a little teaser which is the Iron Times EP.  Four songs to keep us ticking over until the November onslaught.  This release can be bought in varying vinyl versions …

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