Category: Rock

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…]

Review By Glen Parkes When a band decides to record a live studio album at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, expectations are understandably high. Thankfully, Marisa and The Moths don’t just meet those expectations—they bulldoze through them. With Live in Studio 3, Abbey Road, the Reading-based modern alt-rock band delivers a no-frills, [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes By the time Buckcherry drop their eleventh studio album Roar Like Thunder on June 13, 2025, they’ll have long outlived the hype of their 2006 heyday — and blown straight past it. This latest release is a turbocharged reminder that few bands do sweat-drenched, party-starting, unapologetic hard rock [more…]