Tag Archives: rock

In all of my years of reviewing, I don’t think I’ve seen so much love for a band to forge ahead and keep on going for their thousands of followers who have been so overwhelming with support. The band is Fireheart and watch them fly out of the starting blocks …

From listening to many genres of music, many of which have been Canadian bands and another very impressive addition to the list are Lions In The Street who hail from Vancouver, Canada and have just released their Moving Along single, taken from an upcoming studio album of the same name …

Swansea, South Wales based noisemongers Scarlet Rebels return with new single ‘Streets Of Fire’, taken from new studio album Where The Colours Meet, due for release via Earache Records on August 16th 2024. It’s another full on number from them, point proven from a laid back guitar intro that lights …

Welcome back Fahran, as they return after a five year hiatus with a brand new single ‘Hate Me’, that seems longer since I reviewed their last studio album V-A-P-O-U-R-S in 2019. Thankfully, the Nottingham based five piece have lost none of their edge, point proven by the single, taken from …

Welcome back Llanelli, South Wales based noisy bastards Scarlet Rebels. It seems an age since I last reviewed their album See Through Blue just over two years ago and now they treat us with a new single ‘Secret Drug’, taken from a forthcoming studio album ‘Where The Colours Meet’, due …

Welcome back Nashville, Tennessee based Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, releasing a brand new single ‘Snake Oil’, taken from forthcoming eleven track album Electrified, released on May 10th, 2024 on their very own independently owned and operated Rattle Shake Records, which perfectly describes four minutes of a fiesty fist fighter …

Birmingham UK based noisy bastards Gnawing Hunger don’t just release their new single ‘The Great Illusion’, they UNLEASH it! Sonically it reminded me of Hell Awaits era Slayer, mainly because of the superhuman drum battery that doesn’t let up throughout these three thrashtastic minutes of an aural assault to the …

A huge welcome back to Glasgow based metallers Tantrum, returning with ‘The Darkest Of Times’, a brand new single. Formed in 2014, released their Rough Cuts EP in 2016, debut album Melt It Down in 2018 and second album Another Life on July 28th 2023. ‘The Darkest Of Times’ is …

The Outlaw Orchestra steal their way into 2024 with ‘Born To Be A Thief’, third single taken from a mid 2024 studio album release, ‘La Familia’. Describing themselves as “A band from the Deep South UK”, but to be more precise, Southampton! Lead singer/guitarist David Roux proclaims, “We wanted to …

It’s only just over two weeks since my hearing has recovered from Troy Redfern shaking the foundations of the Civic Hall in Nantwich, for his first sold out headline gig there, so it’s time to strap on my headphones to review his latest single ‘The Calling’, the fourth one taken …

At the end of the day, rock and roll should not really be rocket science, just plug in and blast it out, point proven by Nantwich, Cheshire based rockers ‘Twitch’s Rats’, who have just released a brand new single ‘Shot Down’, available on all major streaming platforms. I recently saw …

Welcome back once more to Gypsy’s Kiss, formed in the East End of London in early 1974 by Iron Maiden founder and bassist Steve Harris and vocalist David Smith, but unfortunately disbanded in late 1975 for Steve to form Iron Maiden. Thankfully, Gypsy’s Kiss reformed in March 2018 to play …

Birmingham based noisemongers Vanitas smash into 2024 with brand new single ‘Grey Morality’, keeping the ball rolling since forming in 2022, hitting the ground for a hectic 2023. Their technical riffing and huge orchestral soundscapes morphed into what they call ‘cinematic djent’ genre and judging by its results, they’re already …

Welcome back Robert Jon & The Wreck, currently on tour supporting Blackberry Smoke, release a brand new single ‘Help Yourself’ on Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records. Formed in Orange County, California, 2011, the song has a trademark straight from the heart lead vocal from Robert Jon Burrison, over laid back Southern …

Welcome back Scarborough, North Yorkshire based band This House We Built, and what a return as it takes some bravado, not to just attempt a song of this magnitude, but to put a twist on the John Farnham 1986 classic ‘You’re The Voice’, but to emerge with heads held high. …

Welcome back Takeaway Thieves, who formed five years ago in Blackpool, recently releasing a new single ‘Sundance’, playing their biggest gig so far this weekend at Planet RockStock, Trecco Bay Holiday Park, Porthcawl, on Sunday, December 3rd which surely should have them singing, “Oh we do like to be beside …

Beginning in 2011, Orange County, California rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck flex their muscles for their latest single ‘Hold On’. They proclaim,” It’s a powerful, classic rock track that hits close to the heart for touring musicians like us, pondering how long we can hold on to this life …

Alex and Ant head to Rebellion Manchester to find out if Black Stone Cherry are still blaming it on the boom boom...

Montreal rockers The Damn Truth are back to blow your speakers and your minds with their brand new video single ‘I Just Gotta Let You Know’ to coincide with current UK dates supporting Glenn Hughes as well as headlining dates of their own. These four fiery minutes of the song …

Let’s welcome back The Midwich Affair who return as erm, erm, The Midwich Affair who have dropped their covers band gigs in return for original songs and judging by the strength of their first collaboration, ‘There’s Something In The Beat’ on Friday 13th October 2023, proves to be a lucky …