DeWolff — Love, Death & In Between (Mascot)
Soul-stirring sheep in DeWolff’s clothing?
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Dokken — The Elektra Albums 1983-1987 (BMG)
Don Dokken and George Lynch — Together On Stage!
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Dryad – The Abyssal Plain (Prosthetic Records)
Who knows what really lies in the depths of the oceans?
Maybe it’s Cthulu.
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HARDY — the mockingbird & THE CROW (Big Loud Records)
The lines between country music and rock have long been blurred.
From Black Oak Arkansas to Bla... Read More...
The grind scene’s sonic diversity came to the fore in 2022… yet there were still plenty of bands who embraced its primordial DNA. And that made for some incend... Read More...
Obituary – Dying Of Everything (Relapse Records)
When Slowly We Rot slithered out of Florida's swamps in ’89, it helped to define death metal as we know it.... Read More...
While 2021’s top black metal albums list brimmed with US talent, 2022 saw European acts re-assert themselves, with Germany, Lithuania, Portugal and Belgium amo... Read More...
To break into the Rushonrock Top 40 in 2022 our favourite bands had to be at the top of their game and going places.
But with the gauntlet well and truly th... Read More...
2022 was the year when live music returned but the economy dived. A year when legends were lost and new stars born.
And through it all a constant flow of ne... Read More...
The hand of doom sowed many a seed this year… and they blossomed into a slew of immense albums that sent ripples across the ages.
Seventh century Northumbri... Read More...
