“Magic” is the third album in as many years from multi-national band Serious Black and it was released through AFM Records on 25th August. I was a bit late in picking up on the release, but included the track “Burn! Witches Burn!” on the Friday NI Rocks Show this week! The melodic power metal outfit formed in 2014, with the members all having played for several different bands in the past.
Silver End are a Norwegian band founded in 2012 and they released their second album, entitled “Spreading Fire” through Mighty Music on 15th September. Though perhaps more inspired by newer generation, modern hard-rock than traditional classic rock; Silver End still deliver a great sound - loads of great riffs and excellent vocals will tick the box every time! I played the track “Addicted” on the NI Rocks A-Z Show on 1st August and “Chills” on the Friday NI Rock Show on 8th September.
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Frontiers Music are of course masters at bringing artists together to record albums, and they have another success with Kee of Hearts who released their self-titled debut on 15th September. The principal contributors this time are singer Tommy Heart from the band Fair Warning and Kee Marcello, former guitarist with Europe. I included the track “Crimson Dawn” on the Friday NI Rocks Show for 22nd September.
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“Through Worlds of Stardust” is the fifth studio album from Steelheart and it was released on 15th September by Frontiers Music. It’d be safe to say that the album is a bit overdue as the previous release was back in 2008. The consolation is that the album is rather good and I guess worth the wait. I played the track “You Got Me Twisted” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 11th August and “Got Me Running” on the NI Rocks A-Z Show on 22nd August. I’ll be including “My Dirty Girl” on the Friday NI Rocks Show this week.
Read more: NI ROCKS Recommends "Through Worlds of Stardust" by STEELHEART