It’s been over a month since the last blog entry! I apologize for that, but it’s been one busy month. We had a major home improvement projec...

  Rating: RRRR Label: Napalm Records Review by Martien Koolen Delain, the Dutch notorious symphonic female fronted metal band return with t...

One album that has dominated my playlist is the new one from CROWNE, "Operation Phoenix" (RRRRr). I liked their first one but this...

This is the tenth ”Rock Blog” so far, and the first of 2023, the ”Best Of 2022” episode not withstanding. The first weeks of the year aren’t...

Rating: RRR Label: Aaron Clift Production Review by Martien Koolen "The Age Of Misinformation" is the fourth album by the experim...

 2023 is here and it's time to take a look at last year. The Covid-situation started to get better... and then the madman in Moscow deci...

Yeah, I wrote one ”full-sized” review earlier this week… I rarely hand out the full set of R’s so I thought REMEDY required a review of thei...

Rating: RRRRR Label: S-Rock Music 2022 Review by Kimmo Toivonen If an artist releases a new album in late December, there's a good chanc...

It’s been a curious week, as I have received not one but two promotional CDs! These days the promotional efforts of artists and labels cente...

The flood of new releases doesn’t seem to slow down. I’m trying to keep my head above water but failing miserably… but it is what it is. Let...

Let's walk down the Park Avenue which leads to... SKID ROW! I've been listening to "The Gang's All Here" again, and un...

This week’s most played album in my headphones and speakers has been the second CHEZ KANE album ”Powerdzone”. Again produced and written by ...

So what’s going on in the rock world… Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe are bringing the Stadium Tour over to Europe. A Finnish date has been rele...

We just returned from London, where we saw H.E.A.T., Collateral and Mason Hill. More of that gig later, in the form of a full-blown concert ...

Since it seems that I don’t have the time to write ”full-blown” reviews, I’m going to give these blog entries a go. Kind of like those mini-...