In 2021, the album War Within Me brought me back to BLAZE BAYLEY. I hadn't heard an album by the one-time IRON MAIDEN frontman since Tenth Dimension in 2002. It wasn't because I didn't like BLAZE BAILEY, but likely because there were other artists I liked more. We're talking pre-streaming here, so you had to pick and choose your music back in my day kiddos...
Review: Y & T – Yesterday and Today Live (2023)
Originally released in 1991, Yesterday and Today Live (Expanded Edition) has recently been re-released by Metal Blade Records on various multi-colored vinyl, double CD, and digital streaming. The expanded edition features two live performances left off the original release, "Earth Shaker" and "Rescue Me"....
Review: SCORPIONS – Colours of Rock [Vinyl Reissues 1974-1978] (2023)
In conjunction with the SCORPIONS 2023 European tour, BMG is reissuing twelve key album's that helped define the German group's legacy. These albums will be released on colored vinyl with some being remastered from the original tapes for the first time ever. The first wave of releases focus on the SCORPIONS formative years...
Review: JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 – Crash of Life (2023)
Guitarist extraordinaire Joel Hoekstra (WHITESNAKE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) is back with Crash of Life, his third studio album under the JOEL HOEKSTRA'S 13 banner. Joining Hoekstra once again...
Review: GLORYHAMMER Return To The Kingdom Of Fife (2023)
Hailing from the no-so-distance Kingdom of Fife, the mighty GLORYHAMMER have returned with another album loaded with power, majesty, and adventure. Return to the Kingdom of Fife is the band's fourth studio album, and a call back to their decade old debut album Kingdom of The Fife (2013)...
Review: JOE PERRY – Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII (2023)
Back in 2018, AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry teamed up with a bunch of his brothers in music for the release of the Hard Rock 'n' Blues album Sweetzerland Manifesto. The album featured contributions by Robin Zander (CHEAP TRICK), David Johanson (NY DOLLS), and in-demand session vocalist Terry Reid...
Review: ALCATRAZZ – Take No Prisoners (2023)
The sixth studio album by ALCATRAZZ, Take No Prisoners, is set for release on May 19, 2023. It features Waldo, Shea, Stump, White, and incoming drummer Larry Paterson (BLAZE BAYLEY)...
Review: JASON BIELER AND THE BARON VON BIELSKI ORCHESTRA – Postcards From The Asylum (2023)
Ex-SAIGON KICK guitarist and Brownsville pie-eating contest winner JASON BIELER is back with the follow up to his 2021 release Songs For The Apocalypse...
Review: OVERKILL – Scorched (2023)
On April 14, 2023, legendary Thrash Metal act OVERKILL will release their 20th studio album. 20th! The New Jersey 5-piece have shown no signs of slowing down in their 40+ years of existence. ..
Review: L.A. GUNS – Black Diamonds (2023)
Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis ‘reunited’ to form (their version) of L.A. GUNS with the release of The Missing Piece (2017) through Frontiers Music. Since then the duo has gone on to release The Devil You Know (2019), Checkered Past (2021), and on April 14, 2023 Black Diamonds...