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Daily Album Premiere Wednesday: FIFTH ANGEL – The Third Secret

November 14, 2018

Fans have been begging for a new Fifth Angel album for years. With many of the original members having moved on to lives outside of the music industry, there was little hope of a new release from this much loved Classic Heavy Metal act. With a 75% new line-up (only drummer Ken Mary is an original ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Thursday: RADIANT – Radiant

November 14, 2018

Radiant’s debut album Radiant is a competently executed Hard Rock album with few frills. Just over an hour in length, the fourteen-song collection from the German band will not be attractive to anyone looking for the Next Big Thing but will be appealing to those seeking for a retro sound that ...READ MORE

Daily Album Premiere Tuesday: HEX A.D. – Netherworld Triumphant

November 12, 2018

Norwegian Doom Metallers Hex A.D.’s third album creates a modern day blend of Progressive and Doom Metal with a unique melodic edge using a 70s style organ. The band states “A huge musical inspiration on “Netherworld Triumphant” are the albums that the biggest hardrock bands from the ...READ MORE

SAXON (Live)

November 12, 2018

It`s been quite a long weekend for Rock fans of the North starting on Thursday night with the slamming Funk Rock groove of Dan Reed Network, followed by the incredible four singer led Michael Schenker Fest, celebrating the work of Schenker in the Scorpions, UFO and his own band, MSG. Last night it ...READ MORE

SLAYER (Live)

November 11, 2018

Spinal Tap`s Nigel Tufnel may well have said “How much heavier could this be, the answer is none….none more heavy” and that could certainly be true of tonight`s show at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle. This was not for the feint-hearted or for the casual fan walking up just to say “I was ...READ MORE

MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST (Live)

November 10, 2018

Michael Schenker Fest Live at the O2 Academy, Newcastle 9th November 2018 It`s never quite the same when a lead singer in a band leaves and the replacement sings those songs done by their predecessor. It never quite hits the mark. For legendary guitarist Michael Schenker, a fair few singers have ...READ MORE

DAN REED NETWORK (Live)

November 9, 2018

After seemingly disappearing off the scene for a while when the Dan Reed Network went on an indefinite hiatus after their 1991 album, The Heat, Dan Reed sought solace in a Tibetan Monastery only to be coaxed back into music by a Monk asking to be taught Queen`s We Will Rock You. Such is the power ...READ MORE

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