WALES - land of leeks, rugby, dragons and... Skindred.

Yeah, they Welsh may still be licking their wounds after nearly beating Australia in the Rugby World Cup quarter finals, but at least the nation can raise a glass and get down to the new Skindred album release 'Volume'.

SHEFFIELD'S finest return with their 11th studio album simply entitled Def Leppard. When asked about this the band said it was named that as it just sounds like Def Leppard and they didn't want to put too much weight on a title track and put all the weight on the band.

An interesting concept but does it actually SOUND like Def Leppard?

Well, yes, yes it does but with a few interesting twists on the norm.

Opening with the two tracks pre-released on youtube,

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