“Last Tiger” is the fourth album from English band Change of Heart since their debut album back in 1998. More than ten years separate the release of “Last Tiger” by Escape Music on 22nd July and the previous album “Truth or Dare” in 2005. Founding member Alan Clark, who is the lead vocalist, guitarist and song-writer, has resurrected the band and the new album is definitely worth checking-out. The 11 tracks deliver great melodic hard rock vocals and plenty of guitar solos. I played the track “Rise To The Challenge” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 15th July.
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“Tiger Blood” is the seventh album from Swedish stoner rock band The Quill since they appeared on the scene in the early 90s. It is released by Metalville on the 24th May. The band have built up a solid fan base on the strength of their previous albums and many years of touring and they won’t be disappointed by “Tiger Blood”.
There are some excellent tracks on the “Tiger Blood” and I’d recommend the album even if you haven’t heard the band before or aren’t too sure about the “stoner” rock genre. My favourite tracks are “Freak Parade”, “Go Crazy”, “Greed Machine” and “Purgatory Hill”
Crazy Lixx formed in Sweden in 2002 and released their debut album in 2007 before putting out three albums with Frontiers Records between 2010 and 2014. Lead singer and founding member Danny Rexon was my guest on the Friday NI Rocks Show back in October 2014 -http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1700-ni-rocks-interview-with-danny-rexon-from-crazy-lixx.html. In the intervening period there has been a shake-up in the Crazy Lixx line-up with both guitarists leaving the band and being replaced. Crazy Lixx have now released a live album called “Sound of the LIVE Minority” which features the last performance of guitarist Andy Zata. The latter may be better known as Andreas Eriksson to anyone who has caught Inglorious on tour or checked out their debut album.
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Seattle band Q5 released two albums in the mid 80’s before splitting, and now 30 years later are back with their third album called “New World Order”. This was released on 8th July through Frontiers Records. I definitely didn’t own either of the early Q5 albums and I’m not one of those blessed with the ability to seemingly remember the set-list of every gig they went to and every decent band they ever heard on the Friday Rock Show, Power Hour etc. So I listened to “New World Order” with no real expectations and I have to say I liked what I heard. There are some very 80’s sounding tracks and some that sound more modern. I played the track “The Right Way” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 10th June and “New World Order” on the Show on 22nd July.