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HOUSE OF SHAKIRA – HOS

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on January 10, 2012

Released 27 January 2012 on Lion Music Arguably one of melodic rocks best bands returns with their first album of new material since 2007. During this time House of Shakira has undergone somewhat of a line-up change with a new rhythm section of Basse Blyberg (bass) and Martin Larsson (drums). But perhaps the most risky [...]

Reviews Andreas Novak, Def Leppard, first class, Hard rock, HoS, House of Shakira, lint, Melodic Rock, review

TOBY HITCHCOCK – MERCURY’S DOWN

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on September 2, 2011

Out now on Frontiers Records Toby Hitchcock made his mark with Jim Peterik‘s Pride Of Lions. Stepping out from under the wings of his mentor, “Mercury’s Down” sees a collaboration with Erik Martensson (of Eclipse and W.E.T. Fame). Martensson’s influence is obvious from the off. Opening track “This Is The Moment” is more modern and [...]

Reviews frontiers, Hard rock, Jim Peterik, melodic, Mercury's Down, metal, review, Toby Hitchcock, Toby Keith

OUTLOUD – LOVE CATASTROPHE

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on September 1, 2011

Out now on Metal Heaven Outloud’s debut album was a fine platter of heavy rock. Can they keep the momentum on this follow up? Opening track “We Came To Rock” doesn’t bode well. A fairly simple party tune, aimed squarely at the current wave of Swedish sleaze. Fortunately, they pick up the slack. Both “Falling [...]

Reviews Album, bob katsionis, firewind, Hard rock, love catastrophe, outloud

THUNDER – THE MAGNIFICENT SEVENTH (REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on December 24, 2010

Formed in 1989, from the ashes of the pop rock combo Terraplane, Thunder went on a hugely succesful run in Europe and Japan on the back of the albums “Backstreet Symphony“, “Laughing On Judgement Day” and “Behind Closed Doors” in addition to these albums the band had excellent b-sides for singles with “No Way Out [...]

Reviews Danny Bowes, Hard rock, Luke Morley, review, The Magnificent Seventh, Thunder

WHITE WIDDOW – WHITE WIDDOW

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on November 24, 2010

Out now on AOR Heaven This Australian band delivers their debut album through AOR HEAVEN. Their intention is to deliver 80s style hard rock and AOR. Well, mission accomplished! Keyboard driven melodic hard rock, as evidenced from the go in opening track “Tokyo Rain”, is the order of the day. Think mid 80s West Coast [...]

Reviews Album, Album-oriented rock, Aldo Nova, Australia, Hard rock, Musical ensemble, Tokyo, West Coast of the United States, White Widdow

FIRST SIGNAL – FIRST SIGNAL (ARCHIVE)

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on November 23, 2010

Out now on Frontiers Records Touted by the label as the successor to Harem Scarem, First Signal is essentially a collaboration between Harry Hess and Dennis Ward. I never really cared for Harem Scarem, so I was curious to see if this new project could tickle my fancy. Most of the tunes fall on [...]

Reviews Album-oriented rock, Arena rock, Arts and Entertainment, Dennis Ward, Frontiers Records, Hard rock, Harry Hess, Music

HELGE ENGELKE OF FAIR WARNING INTERVIEW (ARCHIVE)

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on November 6, 2010

Interview conducted 10th September 2009 Fair Warning are for many considered one of the true greats of hard rock, possessing an instantly recognisable sound the band have delivered the goods consistently across their career. New album “Aura” is arguably their best yet having all the bands trademarks, superb vocals, great melodies superb musicianship all topped [...]

Interviews Arts, Fender, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Guitar, Hard rock, Music, Rainmaker, Stringed

TONY HARNELL & THE MERCURY TRAIN – ROUND TRIP (ARCHIVE REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on November 3, 2010

Out Now – Frontiers Not what I expected. That’s the least I can say about Tony Harnell’s latest project. Harnell has decided to give us unplugged versions of some favourite songs from his 25+ year career. We’re all familiar with the roaring originals, so these subdued versions will probably strike you as a bit odd [...]

Reviews Arts, Hard rock, Mark Reale, Music, Recreation, Singing, TNT, Tony Harnell

BANGALORE CHOIR – CADENCE (REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by virtuosityone on October 23, 2010

Released 24th September 2010 -Metal Heaven After his rather uneventful stay in Accept, singer David Reece formed his own band Bangalore Choir. The debut “On Target” is something of an overlooked gem, chock full of kick ass hard rock. Unfortunately the last thing I’d heard from Reece was the dire solo album he released [...]

Reviews Accept, Bangalore Choir, David Reece, Hard rock, Wolf Hoffmann