AS a reviewer you have the privilege of receiving a wide selection of albums across a variety of rock/punk/hardcore/metal genres. But there are times when you are downloading/streaming a album and reading the PR blurb causes the inner reviewer 'Pretentiousness Alarm' to sound.
That alarm can be so loud that it either has you
That alarm can be so loud that it either has you
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SWEDISH melodic hard rockers The Poodles return with their newest studio release (their sixth in nine years), 'Devil in the Details' and with them about to
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THERE'S a part of all of us metalheads that can't resist a bit of Venom, in its purest form. But, when self-avowed fans of the Geordie based three-piece take up arms - as do Satan's Wrath - does the very term 'black metal' become something to be parodied and sniggered about?
With previous releases 'Galloping Blasphemy' and 'Aeons
With previous releases 'Galloping Blasphemy' and 'Aeons
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THERE are a few bands that are enduring - musically and personally. Of those that survived the excesses of the 70s and 80s few can match the consistence of UFO.
They have been pounding the boards and keeping the hard rock flame alive for a long time - actually from 1969 (two years after your editor was born!).
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They have been pounding the boards and keeping the hard rock flame alive for a long time - actually from 1969 (two years after your editor was born!).
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