Rating: 3/10 Label: indie 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen In this day and age when most of the promos we get are in mp3 format, it always wa...

Rating: 7/10 Label: AOR Heaven 2011 Review by Alan Holloway Matti Alfonzetti first came to my attention, as he did for many others, as the...

Rating: 8/10 Label: Kscope Music 2011 Review by Martien Koolen As frequent reader - if not then it is about time - of this website you may...

Rating: 9/10 Label: AOR Heaven 2011 Review by Alan Holloway It’s occurred to me that I’ve been enjoying the album for ages now, yet haven’...

Rating: 7/10 Label: Solar Flare 2011 Review by Alan Holloway The UK rock scene becomes a little more interesting this week, with the releas...

Rating: N/A Label: SPV 2011 Review by Alan Holloway After eight years in retirement (although we did get two excellent Hard Rain albums) 2...

Rating: 7/10 Label: Rising Records 2011 Review by Martien Koolen The "new" album by the Spanish power metal band Kilmara is a re...

Rating: 7/10 Label: indie 2011 Review by Martien Koolen Minutian is a Finnish prog rock band and "Repercussions" is their debut a...

Rating: 9/10 Label: indie 2011 Review by Martien Koolen TRF, better known as THE ROCK FiLES is a Dutch melodic rock band and with "A L...

Review by Alan Holloway It’s a sad day for music when one of the most talented vocalists around decides to lay his recording career to rest...

Rating: 9/10 Label: Frontiers 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen It would be quite pathetic if a band called THE MAGNIFICENT were merely "...

BOOK Label: Wymer Publishing 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen Second book in the "Rock Landmarks" series, Neil Daniels' book ab...

Rating: 7/10 Label: Universal Republic 2011 Review by Alan Holloway Okay, it’s time to put on your ironic spandex pants and leopard skin h...

Rating: 8/10 Label: SPV/Steamhammer 2011 Review by Alan Holloway When you see that Fastway are releasing their first album for 20 years or...

Rating: 7/10 Label: Avenue Of Allies 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen This Italian hard rock band has been around since 1999, and they've...

Rating: 8/10 Label: Frontiers 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen Norwegian AOR queen Issa follows her excellent debut with a rather fine second...

Rating: 8/10 Label: Universal 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen So, the colourful glamsters are back with a new album. It's the "diff...

Rating: 8/10 Label: Frontiers 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen A few eyebrows when it was announced that Mat Sinner would produce an album by...

Rating: 9/10 Label: Frontiers 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen Dennis Ward as the producer, songs from the top writers of the genre and a wel...

Rating: 7/10 Label: Greg X Music 2011 Review by Alan Holloway Greg X (not to be confused with vocalist Greg X Volz) is a London based guit...

Rating: 4/10 Label: RAOR Heaven 2011 Review by Alan Holloway A couple of years ago, our own Kimmo Toivonen said of Swedden’s Grand Design ...

Rating: 9/10 Label: Ear Music 2011 Review by Alan Holloway Supergroups, whether they think they are one or not, seem to be all over the pl...

Compilation Label: Poko Records 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen This compilation features the hits of YÖ from the last decade and a few new ...

Rating: 5/10 Label: Atom Records 2011 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Cornerstone - their previous attempt at world dominatio...

Rating: 5/10 Label: AFM Records 2011 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Mat's certainly been quite a busy Sinner over the pa...

Rating: 4/10 Label: TeePee Records 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen The third album from TeePee Records in a row, and by far the most bearabl...

Rating: 2/10 Label: TeePee Records 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen I have a sneaking suspicion that the A&R people of TeePee Records do ...

Rating: 8/10 Label: Jackie Rainbow Records 2011 Review by Alan Holloway Davy Vain scarred me for life back in 1989, strutting across the s...

Rating: 7/10 Label: : Liljegren Records / Doolittle Group 2011 Review by Alan Holloway It’s time to praise the Lord with big ass guitars ...

Rating: 2/10 Label: TeePee Records 2011 Review by Kimmo Toivonen ELKS are an "Astral Metal" band from Brooklyn. "Soaring ri...