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This Week’s Picks – Sept 12, 2025

Hey from hot Arizona! This is the first “This Week’s Picks”! The plan is to do it (or at least try to) every week, sharing...

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WARCHIEF Signs with Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records and Releases New Single “Ghost Egg”

Jyväskylä, Finland – Experimental hard rock explorers WARCHIEF have officially joined the Octopus Rising roster, the (un)parallel label of Argonauta Records. Known for their unique fusion of stoner, doom, sludge, grunge,...

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Review: Neon Angel “Neon Light District” [Sliptrick Records]

The number of bands that play 80s Hard Rock or AOR if you want, becomes bigger and bigger these days. Though, why should musicians get...

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Review: Arctic Rain “The One” [Frontiers Music srl]

Anton Kabanen, Beast In Black‘s guitarist and songwriter was asked in one interview about popularity of 80s music even nowadays. “This music stood the test...

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Review: Dukes Of The Orient “Freakshow” [Frontiers Music srl]

I haven’t heard about Dukes Of The Orient, to be honest and obviously missed their debut self-titled album. The newest longplay Freakshow interested me with...