Saturday, October 31, 2020

ECLIPSE: "Viva La VicTOURia" DVD

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Rating: Live Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Eclipse, check. Music, check. Live, check. Audience? ...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

DEFECTO: "Duality"

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Rating: Rr Label: Black Lodge 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Blimey. This will take you back the odd 15 years. It...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

PANZERBALLETT: "Planet Z"

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Rating: RR Label: GentleArtOfMusic 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom That Panzerballett mastermind guitarist Jan Zehrf...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

DARWIN: "DarWin 2 A Frozen War"

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Rating: RRRR+  Label:  DarWinOOS  2020  Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom  Progressive Rock and concept albums have come and gone...
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

BROTHER FIRETRIBE: ”Feel The Burn”

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Label: Brother Firetribe/Odyssey 2020 Rating: RRRRR Review by Kimmo Toivonen I didn’t rush out and review this as soon as I got it. I thou...
Monday, October 5, 2020

BON JOVI: "2020"

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Rating: RR Label: Island 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom 2020 Vision? More like gone blind, gone deaf, voice gone. ...

NIGHTMARE: "Aeternam"

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Rating: Rr Label: AFM Records 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Studio album #11 (really? who's counting?) sees Ni...
Thursday, October 1, 2020

PERFECT PLAN: "Time For a Miracle"

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Rating: RRRRr Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom The bells are ringing and the lads are singing - ...

LANDFALL: "The Turning Point"

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Rating: RRR Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Reading the press release it said that Landfall had in ...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

STRYPER: "Even The Devil Believes"

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Rating: RRRR Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom From the Holy catch phrase machine that brought us ...

HELL IN THE CLUB: "Hell of Fame"

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Rating: RRr Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Hell of Fame? Are you supposed to laugh or cry? One thi...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Album round-up/ Summer of 2020 (part three)

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Mini-reviews by Kimmo Toivonen JESSICA WOLFF's third album "PARA DICE" (RRRR) is the kind of stuff that has potential for main...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

SIMON COLLINS: "Becoming Human"

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Rating: RRRR Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Becoming Human? What's it all about? A little bit ...

RISING STEEL: "Fight Them All"

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Rating: RRR Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Rising Steel is an up and coming heavy metal band from ...
Friday, September 18, 2020

DEEP PURPLE: "Whoosh"

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Rating: RR Label: EAR Music 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Whoosh? A little softer, a little mellower, a little ty...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

LIONVILLE: "Magic Is Alive"

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Rating: RRRR Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom 'Magic Is Alive' according to the Italo lads ...
Monday, September 14, 2020

ARCTIC RAIN: "The One"

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Rating: RRR Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Arctic Rain from Sweden? One quick glance at the track ...

DUKES OF THE ORIENT: "Freakshow"

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Rating: RRRR Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom The Dukes of Hazzard? Nah. The Dukes Of The Orient is ...

FORTUNE: "The Gun's Still Smokin Live" DVD

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Rating: Live Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Mr. Greene, Mr. Rat, Mr. Nilan, and the two Fortune br...

BLACK ROSE MAZE: "S/T"

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Rating: RRr Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Black Rose Maze is french/Canadian singer Rosa Laricchi...

RAMOS: "My Many Sides"

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Rating: Rr Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom 12 sides to every story? Twelve tracks on the record an...

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: "45th Anniversary Live In London"

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Rating: Live Label: Frontiers 2020 Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom Blue Öyster Cult and some kind of anniversary? The 45t...
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Album round-up/ Summer of 2020 (part two)

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 Mini-reviews by Kimmo Toivonen Okay, let's continue the rounding up of the recent releases!  SAPPHIRE EYES' "Magic Moments...