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(7/10) Broken Hands are a UK-based band, playing rock music that fits somewhere between Britrock a la Oasis and alternative rock. “Turbulence” is the band’s debut that tries to enlighten our grey November days, an ambition that partly works in reality....

(7/10) Heartbanger is a nice wordplay and it describes the music of this Barcelona-based project, very well. Xavi Mendez and his project is more about the heart than about headbanging. Instead of raw riffing the guy puts their focus on some nicely done...

(7/10) I start this review a bit upside down. "The Book" comes with an additional bonus CD that contains the best of Graham's long history in classic rock music. The two Rainbow classics "All Night Long" and "Since You've Been Gone (a Russ Ballads cover)...

It was a few days ago when Swedish Vikings of Amon Amarth embarked on their European autumn tour, a trip that started in Germany with returning back to Scandinavia with the last show of this tour in Copenhagen sharp before Christmas. On their way down...

(7/10) Gothenburgs number three album within one week. Seven days after Hammerfall's newest release Dark Tranquillity's "Atoma" hit the shelfs it's In Flames that comes with a new longplayer too. The Swedish metal pioneers finished their new longplayer...

(*/10) British rock outfit FM started three decades ago with releasing their debut called "Indiscreet". Many more records followed and FM became a constant factor in rock music - at least up till 1995 when they disbanded. Having found together more then...

(6/10) To be honest, I haven’t heard about Stiffy Jones before and I had to get myself up to speed when it comes to the outfit from Scandinavia. This four-piece band was founded in 2005 in Stockholm and it’s Johan Keskitalo (v/g), Calle Sällström(v/g),...

(8/10) I guess that this review isn’t of great interest for some of my readers since it’s about a punk band from Germany that sings in their 1st language – German. However, this new album “Doofgesagte leben laenger” came out of leftfield and I was more...

(8/10) In one or another way “Atoma” marks a new era of Dark Tranquillity. This might sound big and maybe it is a bit of an exaggeration, but the fact that the band with a very stable line-up was forced to a change isn’t to underestimate. Longtime band...

(8/10) This album came out of left field. Swiss thrash dinosaur Poltergeist is awake again with a new album called "Back to Haunt". V.O. Pulver and his gang could score some decent results back in the beginning of the 90's and records like "Depression"...

(*/10) There is a clear sign that Christmas waits around the corner - a new Trans-Siberian Orchestra release. Also in 2016 isn't exeptional. "The Ghosts of Christams Eve" is the newest release of this well-established rock opera project. Is it really...

(9/10) Glenn Hughes is belonging to a group of musicians that can be looked at as being dinosaurs of rock music. It was in 1970 when the singer and bassplayer appeared on the scene and since then he was involved in so many bands and projects that it's...

(7/10) "La Curandera" is the newest output from Clutch and it features eight songs of this four-piece which have been released already earlier in time. It was in 2015 when this record hit the market, at that time being meant as a support for a beast cancer...

(10/10) There are prog rock albums, there are concept records and there are milestones in music, combining both to an outstanding experience for musicians and fans. "The Similitude of a Dream" belongs to the latter, an album that led drummer Mike Portnoy...