Tag Archives: AOR

Artist: A-Z (Alder/Zonder) Album Title: A-Z Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 12 August 2022 I’m well aware of the fact that the artwork of an album is not the most important thing. However, as I’ve chirped on many times, as a music lover in the pre-Internet days, it was one of the biggest elements  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest post in my 2021 Album Of The Year 2021 Top 30 Countdown. I really can’t believe that I am at the Number 9 point already. It seems like only yesterday that I started compiling my list and writing the first post. But Christmas is arriving with increasing speed, so it means  Continue Reading »

Artist: Nestor Album Title: Kids In A Ghost Town Label: Nestor Prestor Music Group Date of Release:  22 October 2021 I have tried to get hold of a promo of this record for quite some time, even contacting the band personally in an attempt to succeed. Unfortunately, I drew a blank and were it not  Continue Reading »

Artist: Crowne Album Title: Kings In The North Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 18 June 2021 The sun is finally shining, it’s warm, and one might be forgiven for thinking that the summer is finally here. It has been a while coming and with the arrival of the sun, my inevitable melodic rock itch  Continue Reading »

Artist: W.E.T. Album Title: Retransmission Label: Frontiers Music Date of Release: 22 January 2021 A little under three years since the release of their critically-acclaimed third release, ‘Earthrage’, the melodic hard rock ‘supergroup’ W.E.T. return with album number four, ‘Retransmission’. And, as you all know, given my soft spot for a dose of melodic hard  Continue Reading »

Welcome to day eight of my 2020 ‘Album of the Year Top 30 countdown’. I hope you’re enjoying the series so far. If you’re not, then tough, these are my picks and I won’t have my mind changed at all. So there!! A quick reminder that you can check out the other picks so far  Continue Reading »

Artist: DGM Album Title: Tragic Separation Label: Frontiers Records Date of Release: 9 October 2020 We can’t all like every band, can we? And that’s why I feel comfortable when I admit to never really ‘getting’ DGM. I always checked out their material, but have never fallen head over heels for their brand of melodic  Continue Reading »

Artist: PreHistoric Animals Album Title: The Magical Mystery Machine (Chapter One) Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 30 September 2020 When you get a personal message from a band that you like, asking you to review their new album, it’s not an offer that’s easy to refuse. So I didn’t, and so have been digesting  Continue Reading »

Artist: The Night Flight Orchestra Album Title: Aeromantic Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 28 February 2020 You’d think that given my love of Soilwork and melodic rock music that The Night Flight Orchestra would be a total no-brainer for me. But the truth is that I’ve never really got into the band, despite the  Continue Reading »

Welcome to another chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. We’re now dangerously close to the top 5, the five best records released in 2018 according to me, the oracle of all things metal. If you believe that, you’ll believe anything! However, I have been left speechless by the amount of  Continue Reading »