hardrock

(8/10) You probabaly know Sascha Paeth in his role as producer of bands like Edguy and Kamelot. But Paeth is also musician. He is guitarist and played already with bands like Avantasia. But over all those years he also had the idea of creating an album...

(5/10) Magnum, Uriah Heep and Nazareth - what do they have in common? They are existing since decades and all three released new albums this year. After 43 years in the rock'n'roll business Nazareth is still around. This earns already a lot of respect....

(9/10) Retro rock is trendy in these days. More and more bands discover the sound of the 60's/70's and make it their own. The result is an amazing amount of bands which combines the early day rock feeling with the modern sound of today. Rival Sons from...

(8/10) Can you still remember "Sister Christian"? Yes, right - the hit from Night Ranger which went up to the fifth place in the US charts at that time. This was in 1984. In the meantime we are 30 years further down the road, but Night Ranger is still...

(*/10) There will be no special introduction of the band this time. If you never heard about Kiss so far you should stop reading anyhow. Kiss became 40 this year and this is for sure a great moment to celebrate the unbelievable career of the band. It...

(8/10) It was in the second half of the 80's when a new band entered the scene. They had a pretty interesting sound and already their debut album "Mechanical resonance" didn't take prisoners. Their second album "The great radio controversy" became their...

Mike Box and his guys did a great job. The have written and recorded a new album with ... awesome hardrock tunes. This is one of the records that rock'n'roll has nothing to do with age. It's about passion and dedication. Uriah Heep has obviously both....

(7/10) Mother Road is the successful result of an US/German cooperation. It was singer Keith Slack (Steelhouse Lane & Michael Schenker Group) from Austin, Texas and guitarist Chris Lyne (also Soul Doctor) from Berlin, Germany who had the idea to start...

(8/10) There are three 'supergroups' at the moment which go into a similar direction. We are talking about California Breed and KXM who release(d) their first studio records in May. Next to those two there are The Winery Dogs who published their debut...

(9/10) Is KXM a new supergroup? I don't know. Are they a bunch of experienced guys? Absolutly. Are they playing cool music? Of course they do. KMX is the name of the new band which was formed by three well-known guys. Doug Pinnick from King's X, George...

(8/10) I don't think, that I have introduce Neil Schon to you. The six stringer from Oklahoma City gained a lot of reputation with Journey - the band he had the biggest successes with. Other highlights in his discography are the two genre highlights of...

(6/10) Outloud is from Greece and they are in business already since six years. Founded by six stringers Tony Kash and Bob Katsionis (Firewind) the band focus on melodic rock, mainly based on the 80's rock. Over time the line-up changed a bit and it is...

(8/10) The start of 21 Octayne was aready in 2008 when Axxis was looking for a new drummer. That was the moment when Marco Wriedt and Alex Landenburg met in the rehearsal room. Eventhough Landenburg didn't join the German melodic hardrock institution...

(8/10) After the Black Country Communion found their end a while ago Glenn Hughes had look for a new challenges. Together with BCC drummer Jason Bonham the bass and volcalist legend started California Breed. So, what was need in addition? True, a guitarist....