English blues-rock trio The Brew released their sixth studio album, “Shake The Tree” via Jazzhaus Records on 23rd September. This was one of those albums that I knew I was going to like from the moment that I saw the e-mail appear in our inbox! I’d posted an interview with the band back in February 2014 following the release of their previous album “Control” and preceding their appearance in the Diamond Rock Club, Ahoghill in May of that year. I was highly impressed with the previous album and “Shake The Tree” certainly lives up to expectations. The single “Johnny Moore” is included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 21st October.
LA based Heaven Below released their third album, entitled “Good Morning Apocalypse”, through the EMP Label on 14th October 2016. As reported in an earlier news update on the RRNI website, the album features guest appearances from Lita Ford, Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Broken Teeth, Watchtower), Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O., Accept) and Kobra Paige (Kobra and the Lotus). The track “Running Under Satan’s Hand” which features Lita Ford on vocals was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 7th October.
Read more: NI ROCKS Recommends "Good Morning Apocalypse" by HEAVEN BELOW
Bad Company kicked off the Swan Song Tour with a gig in 3Arena, Dublin on 14th October. The line-up included founding members vocalist Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke. The other members of the band are Howard Leese on guitar and Todd Ronning on bass.From Dublin the tour moves on to the UK for 8 dates. Supporting Bad Company are RSO (Richie Sambora and Orianthi).
I took 5 videos of Bad Company during the Dublin gig – the classic tracks “Feel Like Makin Love”, “Run With The Pack”, “Shooting Star”, and “Bad Company” and a new track called “Troubleshooter”.
Read more: NI ROCKS VIDEOS - BAD COMPANY 'Swan Song' Tour in Dublin,
“Diabolica” is the sixth studio album from Belgian power metal band Iron Mask and it was released via AFM Records on 30th September. That “power metal” genre is one that I occasionally struggle with and I can’t claim to be particularly aware of the previous albums from Iron Mask, but I definitely had no problem getting into this album and really liked “Diabolica” from the first listen. The track “Galileo” was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 14th October.