Category: Rock

Halina Wegner Review It has been more than two decades since Chameleons last offered a full-length studio album, but with Arctic Moon, released September 12th on Metropolis Records, the cult Manchester band has crafted a comeback that is less about nostalgia and more about rebirth. Featuring the current line-up — Vox (Mark [more…]

Hard Rock/Punk Cadiz Music Release Date – October 24th 2025 Review By Smudge Christmas has really come early. Punchdrunk Saints feature former Cockney Rejects guitarist Micky Geggus who has a real interest in hard rock. Back in 1982 the Rejects recorded a solid hard rock album called ‘The Wild Ones’ which was [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes FM’s Brotherhood is more than just a 15th album—it’s a statement of intent from a band that refuses to slow down. Across eleven tracks, the British melodic rock icons deliver a finely balanced blend of hook-driven choruses, bluesy undertones, and heartfelt balladry, proving that four decades in, they’re [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes Once upon a time, Nashville was shorthand for pedal steel twang, rhinestones, and the kings and queens of country music. But here in the 2020s, the city’s skyline hums to a different rhythm. The honky-tonks are still there, sure—but down side streets and inside dim-lit clubs, the air [more…]

He’s still a mess. You’re probably a mess. And that’s the point. Review By Glen Parkes Waiting for Ray Hawthorne Isn’t Real felt like sitting at the edge of a packed house a minute before the lights drop—expectant, nervous, electric. Since announcing the title and teasing new singles, Ray Hawthorne has methodically [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes In a world where trends change by the minute and bands come and go in the blink of an algorithm, Chevelle stand tall—resolute, unwavering, and heavy as ever. With their long-awaited tenth studio album Bright as Blasphemy, out August 15 via Alchemy Recordings, the Chicago-based duo deliver a [more…]

REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT If there was an Olympic Games for Melodic Rock then Sweden would take home the majority of the Gold medals without question. For some reason, the ability to produce this kind of music seems effortless to the Swedes, and the new record from Nighthawk is no exception. It’s [more…]

Finnish rockers Shiraz Lane have never been a band to shy away from evolution, but with In Vertigo, their upcoming album set for release on October 24, 2025, they don’t just evolve—they explode into an entirely new dimension. Released via Frontiers Music Srl, and available on CD, digital, white vinyl, and a [more…]

Heavy Rock Third House Communication Released – June 13th 2025 Review By Smudge Smith Hollow Leg were formed in Florida in 2009 and say this release, their first full album which is two previous EP’s stuck together, is both the soundtrack to Armageddon and a map to survive it. Apparently, they channel [more…]

Hard Rock Rock Company Records Review By Smudge Smith Released – May 2025 It’s been seven years since I last reviewed a Tragik album. This is album no.13 and it features the main man Phil Vincent on vocals, guitars, bass, drums and keyboards although he is ably assisted at times by Vince [more…]

Review By Darren McIntyre Orianthi Penny Panagaris aka Orianthi is a guitarist / singer / songwriter from Adelaide, Australia who has been wowing audiences since 1999, she has been playing in bands since she was 14 and performed her first stage show for Steve Vai aged15. Orianthi has jammed with Santana, played [more…]