[30 December 2009]

Reviews: The last reviews for 2009...

BLACKWOOD CREEK: S/T"
MARKONEE: "Steal the Thunder"
SEVENGATES: "The Good And The Evil"

[4 December 2009]

Reviews: First reviews for December.

Jeff Scott SOTO: "One Night in Madrid"
LIPSTIXX'N BULLETZ: "Bang Your Head"
HANOI ROCKS: "Buried Alive"
OVERLAND: "Diamond Dealer"
DELANY: "Blaze And Ashes"
CINDERELLA: "Live at the Mohegan Sun"

[26 November 2009]

Reviews: Clearing the desks of albums to be reviewed...

LEVERAGE: "Circus Colossus"
Patrick DECOSTE: "MMIX EP"
SOUL DOCTOR: "Way Back To The Bone"
ELDORADO: "s/t"
LITA FORD: "Wicked Wonderland"
LILLIAN AXE: "Sad Day On Planet Earth"
STEREOFLUX: "Stereoflux"
GUN: "Popkiller EP"
Neil DANIELS: "All Pens Blazing"
FM: "Wildside EP"
THE LEVELLERS: "Live At The Royal Albert Hall"
THE DWYERS: "Gas Station Masturbation"
VANDAALIT: "Sattuu"
RAAKA-AINE: "Elämän Tarkoitus"

[10 November 2009]

Reviews: Thanks to the flu season, our updates have been a bit sporadical... but here's a bunch of reviews. Virus-free.

TRANSATLANTIC: "The Whirlwind"
BLANC FACES: Falling From The Moon"
REDEMPTION: "Snowfall On Judgement Day"
NIGHTMARE: "Insurrection"
BON JOVI: "The Circle"
MASTEDON: "3"
BLOODBOUND: "Tabula Rasa"
AT VANCE: "Ride The Sky"
STONELAKE: "Shades Of Eternity"

[26 October 2009]

Reviews: We start the week with a bunch of reviews!

The POODLES: "Clash Of The Elements"
The VIOLET HOUR: "The Fire Sermon"
COVERED CALL: "Money Never Sleeps"
VISHUSGRUV: "Dirty Little Secrets"
ANTHONY: "Fragile"
TANGO DOWN: "Damage Control"

[16 October 2009]

Reviews: A few additional reviews for this week!

KISS: "Sonic Boom"
W.E.T.: "W.E.T."
MR. BIG: "Back To Budokan"
PINK CREAM 69: "Live In Karlsruhe"

[12 October 2009]

Reviews: ...and we're not all about nostalgia, here's a bunch of new albums!

W.A.S.P: "Babylon"
MIND KEY: "Pulse For A Graveheart"
WINGER: "Karma"
BRAINSTORM: "Memorial Roots"
KINGS OF MODESTY: "Hell Or Highwater"
CREKKO: "Paint The Town Red"
COWBOY PROSTITUTES: "Let Me Have Your Heart"
GRIMMSTINE: "S/T" 7
RICHIE KOTZEN: "Peace Sign"
SALUTE: "Toy Soldier"

[29 September 2009]

Reviews:

YÖ: "Loisto"
ILIUM: "Ageless Decay"
THE 69 EYES: "Back In Blood"
ALL TIME LOW: "Nothing Personal"
JADED HEART: "Perfect Insanity"
AOR: "Journey To LA"

[16 September 2009]

Reviews: This week's pile of reviews:

THE RUSHING: "Summon the Heroes"
AXXIS: "Utopia"
RONNY MUNROE: "The Fire Within"
ZERO NINE: "IX"
CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS: "Meet The Meatbats"
BRITTON: "Rock Hard"
ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK: "Sugoi Indeed"
BLAZE BAYLEY: "the Night That Would Not Die" DVD

[07 September 2009]

Reviews: Summer's gone, but we're back in action... with reviews!

THE WILDHEARTS: "Chutzpah"
FARCRY: "High Gear"
RPWL: "The RPWL Live Experience"
GRAND DESIGN: "Time Elevation"
CRISES: "Coral Dreams"
ANDI STARR: "New Warm World"
TAKIDA: "The Darker Instinct"
GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA: "Detta Har Hänt"
ELEKTRADRIVE: "Living 4"
Al ATKINS & Neil DANIES: "Dawn Of The Metal Gods"
CINDERS FALL: "The Reckoning"
DEUTERONOMIUM: "Retaliatory Strike"

[27 August 2009]

Reviews: Just one album that didn't make it to the last update...

John TAGLIERI: "The Lives Project"

[24 August 2009]

Reviews: A nice selection of albums under scrutiny...

EUROPE: "Last look At Eden"
The PSYCHICS: "The Psychics"
HOURGLASS: "Oblivious To The Obvious"
The HOLY ANGEL FIRE: "Wolves"
KOOZNETZ: "Kooznetz"
SNAIL: "Blood"
Bert HEERINK: "Better Yet..."
SPANK: "Get Bent"
PREY: "Knights Of The Revolution"
FLOOD: "Native"

[13 August 2009]

Reviews: a major reviews update with some of the most awaited releases of the hard rock genre reviewed!

DANGER DANGER: "Revolve"
GOTTHARD: "Need To Believe"
LYNCH MOB: "Smoke & Mirrors"
TED POLEY: "greatestits"
HOUSE OF LORDS: "Cartesian Dreams"
SHAKE CITY: "Shake City"
ALTARIA: "Unholy"
MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER: "III"
RADIO SILENCE: "Whose Skin Are You Under Now"
NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS: "Chronicles"
WATCHMEN: "Watchmen"
BLACK PYRAMIDS: "Black Pyramids"
UZI: "Madhouse"
BAD HABIT: "Ultimate Collection DVD"
REECE: "Universal Language"

[20 July 2009]

Reviews: A big load of reviews, including a "10-pointer"!

OUTLOUD: "We'll Rock You To Hell & Back Again"
ROSWELL SIX: "Terra Incognita Beyond The Horizon"
CAIN'S OFFERING: "Gather The Faithful"
BLAZE BAYLEY: "The Night That Would Not Die"
Danny VAUGHN: "The Road Less Travelled"
RIOTGOD: "Riotgod"
Jay LEWIS: "Beat The Elite"
SYRYM: "Syrym"
VOICES OF ROCK: "High & Mighty"
DAEMONICUS: "Host Of Rotting Flesh"
DAME FORTUNE: "The Secret Art"
SOTAHUUTO: "Vastarintaan"
PROFUNA OCEAN: "Watching The Closing Sky" EP

[20 July 2009]

Reviews: Here's another batch of albums...

STRYPER: "Murder By Pride"
GEFF: "Land Of The Free"
FAIR WARNING: "Aura"
STOCKHOLM STONER: "S/T"
M.A.D: "for Crown & King"

[15 July 2009]

Reviews: A few albums reviewed:

CRASH THE SYSTEM: "The Crowning"
BAD SISTER: "Because Rust Never Sleeps"
RAM: "Lightbringer"
CONSTANCIA: "Lost And Gone"
MANIMAL: "The Darkest Room"
CHRIS CAFFERY: "House Of Insanity"

[26 June 2009]

Reviews: a few discs under scrutiny...

THE MORNING AFTER: "You Can't Hurt Steel"
STEEL PANTHER: "Feel The Steel"
HEARTLYNE: "No Retreat No Surrender"
RENEGADE RIDE: "Dream Machine"

[16 June 2009]

Reviews: Yep, a slightly overdue reviews update!

CHICKENFOOT: "Chickenfoot"
VINNIE MOORE: "To The Core"
JORN: "Spirit Black"
FIRENOTE: "s/t"
Paul GILBERT & Freddie NELSON: "United States"
PRAYING MANTIS: "Sanctuary"
VIP: "Maasta Olet Tullut"
SACTION-X: "The Last Day"
UFO: "The Visitor"
BITCHFIRE: "Bitchfire"

[31 May 2009]

Reviews: this time a lot of new-ish bands.

CRASH STREET KIDS: "Transatlantic Suicide"
OOH LA LA: "Free At Last"
FAITHFULL: "Light This City"
KORITNI: "Game Of Fools"
BLACK WATER RISING: "Black Water Rising"
XXX: "Heaven, Hell Or Hollywood"
FURY UK: "V.R"
BAD MOUTH: "Bad Mouth"
MAGNUM: "In The Valley Of The Moonking"
LUMINA POLARIS: "Vastaisku"
CIRKUS: "Let The Madness Begin"
SHORTINO: "Chasing My Dream"
BY BLOOD ALONE: "Seas Of Blood"

[21 May 2009]

Reviews: 17 new reviews. Is this a new record for us?

BLIND EGO: "Numb"
ALLIED NATION: "Touch And Go"
ARNION: "Fall Like Rain"
METAMORPHOSIS: "Dark"
CREDO: "This Is What We Do" DVD
AXMINSTER: "About Face"
HARMONY: "Chapter 11: Aftermath"
TRAGIK: "Outlaw"
ADAMANTRA: "Revival"
JOHNFISH SPARKLE: "Johnfish Sparkle"
GREG GEORGESON: "100% By Volume"
PRIMAL FEAR: "16:6 (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead)"
STORMHAMMER: "Signs Of Revolution"
MENCHEN: "Red Rock"
S.E.X. DEPARTMENT: "S/T"
SHADOW'S MIGNON: "Midnight Sky Masquerade"
TIM RIPPER OWENS: "Play My Game"
ÖRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE: "Good Planets Are Hard To Find"

[12 May 2009]

Reviews: A few new ones for ya...

GREEN DAY: "21st Century Breakdown"
STRATOVARIUS: "Polaris"
The LOU GRAMM Band: "s/t"
LACUNA COIL: "Shallow Life"

[05 May 2009]

Reviews: The reviews keep on coming....

THUNDER: "The EP Sessions 2007-2008"
REINXEED: "Higher"
BAI BANG: "Are You Ready"
LIVID: "One"
HEEL: "Chaos & Greed"
IMPELLITTERI: "Wicked Maiden"

[23 April 2009]

Reviews: The reviews keep on coming....

QUEENSRYCHE: "American Soldier"
RICKY WARWICK: "Belfast Confetti"
ELEGY re-issues
PENDRAGON: "Concerto Maximo"
21 EYES OF RUBY: "Conquer The World Part 4"
Johnny LIMA: "Livin' Out Loud"
NIGHTWISH: "Made In Hong Kong (& Various Other Places)"
HIGHEST DREAM: "Far Away From Here"
HARDLINE: "Leaving The End Open"
THEOCRACY: "Mirror Of Souls"
GAUNTLET: "What Doesn't Kill Us"
TIMOR: "Aeons Of Despite"
GAIA EPICUS: "Damnation"

[05 April 2009]

Reviews: Reviews - a sixback and one more for the road!

IN THIS MOMENT: "The Dream"
LION'S SHARE: "Dark Hours"
THE TROPHY: "The Gift Of Life"
LIZHARD: "Lizhard"
DARK MOOR: "Autumnal"
KILLER KLOWN: "Gain"
PLEASURE MAKER: "Twisted Desire"

[24 March 2009]

Reviews: Reviews - a sixback and one more for the road!

IN THIS MOMENT: "The Dream"
LION'S SHARE: "Dark Hours"
THE TROPHY: "The Gift Of Life"
LIZHARD: "Lizhard"
DARK MOOR: "Autumnal"
KILLER KLOWN: "Gain"
PLEASURE MAKER: "Twisted Desire"

[24 March 2009]

Reviews: Reviews - a dirty dozen and one more for the road!

CHRIS LANEY: "Pure"
REFLECTIONS: "An Act Of Glass - The Music of Andrew Gorczyca"
SHREDDING ACROSS THE WORLD: "Vol. 2"
OZ KNOZZ: "10.000 Days & Nights"
IRONWOOD: "Fire Water Ash"
LEMON BIRD: "Rara Avis""
REMEDY: "Strange Fast Now"
COLDSPELL: "Infinite Stargaze"
FREE SPIRIT: "Pale Sister Of Light"
PYLON: "Doom"
HAMMERFALL: "No Sacrifice, No Victory"
NASTY IDOLS: "Boys Town"
FREE SPIRIT: "Pale Sister Of Light"

[20 March 2009]

Reviews: Well whaddaya know, another batch of reviews again!

DEREK SHERINIAN: "Molecular Heinosity"
SUNSTORM: "House Of Dreams"
BACKYARD BABIES: "Backyard Babies"
MINEA: "Sota"
THE BAKERTON GROUP: "El Rojo"
DRAVEN: "Eden"
MAROON: "Order"
EARTH CRISIS: "To The Death"
4BITTEN: "No More Sins"

[14 March 2009]

Reviews: A BIG reviews' update... don't expect more for a while!

SCELERATA: "Skeletons Domination"
SATELLITE: "Nostalgia"
GLOW: "Tales Of Prodigal Sons"
THE CHELSEA SMILES: "The Chelsea Smiles"
STREET LEGAL: "Beat The Bullet"
SONIC ORCHID: "Love & War"
WINTER PARADE: "Two"
OPTIMYSTICAL: "Distant Encounters"
GREAT WHITE: "Rising"
DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED: "Sick"
DIRTY LOOKS: "California Free Ride"
LYIN RAMPANT: "Up And Cumin'"
WETTON DOWNES ICON: "3"
AXTON: "Bad Desire"
WEDNESDAY 13: "Bloodwork EP"
PURE REASON REVOLUTION: "Amor Vincit Omnia"
THE GREAT KAT: "Beethoven's Guitar Shred"

[05 March 2009]

Reviews: Marching on... the first reviews of March '09!

ALIAS: "Never Say Never"
THIN LIZZY: "Still Dangerous"
XYZ: "Best Of"
Iain Ashley HERSEY: "Nomad"
Tadashi GOTO: "Innervisions"
BLOODPIT: "Recovered" EP

[25 February 2009]

Reviews: February's last batch of discs...

JOYFOCUS: "Cyber Suburban Electro Rock Circus"
Angus CLARK: "Your Last Battlefield"
INFERNOPHONIC: "Spark It Up"
FRANKY DEE: "If I Had A Fortune"
PUSHING RED BUTTONS: "The Butterfly Net"
THERAPY: "Crooked Timber"
HARD SPIRIT: "Walk The Wild"
DARK LORD: "The Nighttime Years"

[19 February 2009]

Reviews: Four new ones...

JSS: "Beautiful Mess"
TENTH PLANET: "Everything Is Never Over"
HARDREAMS: "The Road Goes On"
KINGDOM COME: "Magnified"

[11 February 2009]

Reviews: Here's a few for ya.

SIXTY 8: "Before The Fall"
HUNGRYHEART: "s/t"
HOT LEG: "Red Light Fever"
H.A.R.D: "Traveler"
NICO'S ALCHEMY: "Fundamental Darkness"
PARALLEL OR NINETY DEGREES: "A Can Of Worms"
SCANDINAVIAN METAL PRAISE: "s/t"

[05 February 2009]

Reviews: A major reviews' update.

COLD TRUTH: "Do Watcha Do"
VOTUM: "Time Must Have A Stop"
Phil VINCENT: "Passion & Pain"
MAEVEN: "Maeven"
VISION DIVINE: "9 Degrees West Of The Moon"
MAD MAX: "Here We Are"
DAEDALUS: "The Never Ending Illusion"
NASHVILLE PUSSY: "From Hell To Texas"
CORNERSTONE: "Head Over Heels"
BALANCE: "Equilibrium"
TAKARA: "Invitation To Forever"
CONFUSED 5: "Out Of Confusion"

[27 January 2009]

Reviews: A nice selection of reviews for a winter's day.

PLACE VENDOME: "Streets Of Fire"
DORO: "Fear No Evil"
HEAVEN'S BASEMENT: "EP"
VENGEANCE: "Soul Collector"
F5: "The Reckoning"
Victor GANN: "The Devil's Been Busy"
VOODOO JOHNSON: "Into The Red EP"
EMERGENCY GATE: "Rewake"
iRonica: "Dive" single
Jeff Scott SOTO: "Luxury Package Reissues"

[17 January 2009]

Reviews: A few reviews...

HB: "Piikki Lihassa"
SAXON: "Into The Labyrinth"
BURNING POINT: "Empyre"
TALL STORIES: "Skyscraper"

[9 January 2009]

Reviews: The new year's spledid start.

BAD HABIT: "Above And Beyond"
SAXON: "Into The Labyrinth"
PLACES OF POWER: "Now Is The Hour"
CORONATUS: "Porta Obscura"
THE NEW BLACK: "The New Black"
STEVEN WILSON: "Insurgentes"