Record Reviews

There is nothing rebellious or dangerous about Nestor’s music. This is the nice and clean side of rock music. But it is bloody good.

Canadian power metal band Unleash The Archers keeps evolving musically.

Japan’s Re-Arise performs classic hard rock on its third album.“Revive” is one of the best and most important hard rock albums ever released by a Japanese band.

This is a wonderful reimagination of Sparks’ classic 1974 album by an eclectic mix of artists.

A promising debut album by glammy and sleazy Swedish rock band Velveteen Queen.

“Monument in Time” is a terrific debut EP by promising Dutch extreme metal band Beyond the Pale.

Mötley Crüe’s comeback single is utter tosh.

Wolf Hoffmann soldiers on with Accept. This is classic heavy metal done properly.

The third album from Italian power metal band Perseus stands out from the pack.

Swedish rockers Ström’s second album hits the listener like a hurricane!

The classic NWOBHM band performs both classic songs and fab newer material on its new live album. “Live Blood” is an excellent celebration of the past and present of this band.

Horndal has created an interesting concept album about a traumatic 1909 workers’ strike in Sweden.

Bottenhavet serves up fuzzy, hazy hard rock sung in Swedish on its debut album.