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2022 TOP 100 ROCK ALBUMS
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Sleaze, Southern & AOR ... everything goes! 2022 was by far the best year for rock music in the last three...
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Jul 6, 20222 min read
ROCK AIN'T DEAD!
Recommended new releases with hard rock as the common denominator. 6th (Extended) Edition. Many of these albums will climb high on this...
Emil
Jun 29, 20222 min read
ROCK AIN'T DEAD!
Recommended new releases with hard rock as the common denominator. 5th (Extended) Edition. I've ditched this week's "... in the event...
Emil
Jun 22, 20221 min read
ROCK AIN'T DEAD!
Recommended new releases with hard rock as the common denominator. 4th Edition. Three debutants and two veteran acts round up this 4th...
Emil
Jun 6, 20221 min read
ROCK AIN'T DEAD!
Recommended new releases with hard rock as the common denominator. 3rd Edition. I won't be surprised if all these records will find their...
Emil
May 16, 20222 min read
ROCK AIN'T DEAD!
Recommended new releases with hard rock as the common denominator. 2nd Edition. When facing all the daily incertitudes, we once again...
Emil
Apr 3, 20221 min read
ROCK AIN'T DEAD!
Recommended new releases with hard rock as the common denominator. 1st Edition. Sweden alone will keep the flame of melodic rock music...
Emil
Dec 28, 20212 min read
2021 TOP 50 ROCK ALBUMS
Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Sleaze, Southern & AOR ... everything goes! And they say rock is dead ... 50 BLACKØWL Fly Away Spain Released on...
Emil
Jul 3, 20212 min read
2021 D&L Q2 Top 10 Rock Albums
Is real rock maintaining potential? I'm not talking about the horseshit promoted as "rock" by the mainstream. No. Hell no! Seven out of...
Emil
Apr 6, 20212 min read
2021 D&L Q1 Top 10 Rock Albums
Rock is also being well represented so far this year. Still not quite at the same volume of releases as its more aggressive counterparts,...
Emil
Dec 27, 20203 min read
2020 TOP 50 ROCK ALBUMS
Hard Rock, Prog Rock, AOR & Glam Metal Thirty years ago the styles and sub-genres clearly exemplified by the following fifty titles were...
Emil
Jan 3, 20204 min read
DEAD KOSMONAUT "Gravitas"
Band: DEAD KOSMONAUT Title: Gravitas Label: High Roller Records Country: Sweden Release date: January 31, 2020 Format reviewed:...
Emil
Dec 28, 20192 min read
2019 TOP 10 HARD ROCK ALBUMS
Hard'N'Heavy - AOR - Glam Metal Far too long hard rock has been eclipsed by the more extreme offerings of the metal realm. For the past...
Emil
Aug 19, 20192 min read
BULLET "Live"
Band: Bullet Title: Live Label: SPV/Steamhammer Country: Sweden Release date: July 5, 2019 Format reviewed: (double) vinyl LP It was...
Emil
Apr 21, 20196 min read
Overlooked & Underrated:
The Forgotten Chapters of Rock & Metal … Part II - Hard Rock/Glam Metal Has been a few months now, since Part I of this article was...
Emil
Mar 27, 20192 min read
PULVER to release first full-length studio album on May 10, 2019
The “Phantom Hawk” arrives to enslave ancient Egypt! Here to tell the tale is Pulver, a German metal five-piece who batters like classic...
Emil
Feb 16, 20195 min read
Straight Outta Catacombs
EMIL'S DEEP UNDERGROUND RECOS (part VI) As I was gathering information on all releases scouted on Bandcamp in the last two to three...
Emil
Feb 14, 20194 min read
Straight Outta Catacombs
EMIL'S DEEP UNDERGROUND RECOS (part V) HARD'n'HEAVY Edition Well, well, well ... what do you know ... a HARD'n'HEAVY edition of Straight...
Emil
Jan 24, 20192 min read
ZERO FIRE "Second Sun"
Band: Zero Fire Title: Second Sun Label: Independent/Self-released Release date: March 22, 2019 Country: Canada Format reviewed:...
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Nov 11, 201810 min read
Overlooked & Underrated:
The Forgotten Chapters of Rock & Metal … Part I - Hard Rock/Glam Metal What we have here are ten hard-rock/glam-metal albums that were ...
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