hard rock 85 articles

Reviews
  • 2 mins read

Review: Parris Hyde “Unlock Your Freedom” [Music for the Masses / MISSLEADER]

This has been a tough review to write. I have listened to this album so many times yet am battling to describe it… and not...

Reviews
  • 7 mins read

Review: C.K.O. “Are You With Me” [Sliptrick Records]

As anybody who knows even a little bit about heavy metal probably knows, the genre owes its inspiration to another genre that preceded the genre...

Reviews
  • 4 mins read

Review: Queensrÿche “Digital Noise Alliance” [Century Media Records]

Here’s a pretty catchy album that has some good things going for it but rarely rises above being a nice but rather ordinary album. We...

Reviews
  • 4 mins read

Review: Avalanche “Second Hand Band”

Australian hard rock band Avalanche is young and loud, but also it is promising and daringly audacious; for four years they were building their reputation,...

Reviews
  • 3 mins read

Review: Axel Rudi Pell “Diamonds Unlocked II” [Steamhammer]

Here’s a first for me: how do you review a cover album? Do you review how the music stands on its own, or how it...

Reviews
  • 4 mins read

Review: Virgin Steele “Life Among the Ruins” [Shark Records]

After the semi-epic Age of Consent, it would take Virgin Steele five years to release an actual follow-up and while that record saw the band getting...

AXEL RUDI PELL releases new digital single and lyric video for “There’s Only One Way To Rock”

German Guitar wizard AXEL RUDI PELL released a new digital single and lyric video for the song “There’s Only One Way To Rock” today. The...

Reviews
  • 3 mins read

Review: Under Attack “Virus Alert” [Sliptrick records]

Recently the Italian heavy metal band Under Attack has released their debut album “Virus Alert” through the Sliptrick Records, defining their first musical journey in...

Reviews
  • 1 min read

Review: Six Foot Six “End Of All” [Scarlet Records]

Yes, you have read everything correctly. The name is Six Foot Six, not Six Feet Under. And no, we are not talking about groovy death...

Reviews
  • 6 mins read

Review: Virgin Steele “Invictus” [T&T Records]

Sometimes you stumble upon an album that’s enjoyable on its own, but compared to what a band had released before just feels a bit pale,...

Video
  • 1 min read

Neon Angel – Release Official Video For “Love Addiction”

One of the highlights of their debut album Neon Light District, the hard hitting and electrifying rock anthem Love Addiction serves as the perfect introduction to the world...

Reviews
  • 4 mins read

Review: Grumpynators “Still Alive” [Mighty Music]

What will happen if musicians from different scenes – Rockabilly, Heavy Metal and Hard Rock – will team up in one band? Dutch Grumpynators state...

Reviews
  • 3 mins read

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...

Video interview with Warred

Interview video with Pedro Mion, vocals of Warred – Heavy Metal/Hard Rock band from Brazil. https://www.facebook.com/WarredOficial/ https://warred.bandcamp.com/ https://warredbr.wixsite.com/official

Reviews
  • 3 mins read

Review: Shining Black “Shining Black” [Frontiers Records]

The new name on the heavy metal scene Shining Black, the product of two renowned musicians – guitar player Olaf Thörsen and singer Mark Boals...

Video interview with Brainstem Overload

Interview video with Brainstem Overload – a Heavy Metal/Hard Rock project, based in Portsmouth, UK! The only goal is to make that neck ache and get...

Reviews
  • 4 mins read

Review: Thundermother “Heat Wave” [AFM Records]

In far 1975 The Runaways, unwittingly, have proved to the world that girls can also rock ‘n’ roll. In 2020 Sweden all-female band Thundermother ambitiously...

Reviews
  • 4 mins read

Review: BPMD “American Made” [Napalm Records]

When famous legendary musicians record a cover album, it is always no less than wandering. All the more in case of new super group (or...

Reviews
  • 3 mins read

Review: Rainbow “Difficult to Cure” [Polydor]

Motivated by the radio success of “Down to the Earth,” Ritchie Blackmore renewed his line-up with the incorporations of Joe Lynn Turner (vocals) and Bob...

SONS OF APOLLO release video for “Asphyxiation”

SONS OF APOLLO – former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr....