Mammoth WVH | Mammoth II – New Studio Release Review
Wolfgang Van Halen has released a second album under the moniker Mammoth WVH. The new album, simply entitled Mammoth II, is the follow-up to the 2021, self-titled debut album....
Extreme | Six – New Studio Release Review
Boston-based Extreme are back with Six, their first studio recording of new music since 2008 and the album is one pleasant surprise. The album was recorded at guitarist Nuno...
Rival Sons | Darkfighter – New Studio Release Review
Darkfighter is Rival Sons’ first new music since their 2019 Grammy-nominated release, Feral Roots. Mostly written and recorded during the pandemic, the album provided the band with a golden...
Yes | Mirror To The Sky – New Studio Release Review
As he did on the band’s previous studio release, 2021’s The Quest, guitarist Steve Howe produced Yes’ 2023 release, Mirror To The Sky. In fact, one could say that Howe indeed...
Jethro Tull | RökFlöte – New Studio Release Review
Two Jethro Tull albums in back-to-back years? Yes, for the first time since 1980, Tull has followed up 2022’s The Zealot Gene a year later with the exotically titled...
The Zombies | Different Game – New Studio Release Review
Not that this could be anybody else, but from the title track of The Zombies’ Different Game, with its upfront blasting ‘dirty’ organ, strings slipping in, and a distinct...
Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble | A Gallery Of The Imagination...
Coming nearly three years after The Red Planet, Rick Wakeman and The English Rock Ensemble are back with A Gallery Of The Imagination. The album’s 12 songs are wrapped...
The Winery Dogs | III – New Studio Release Review
Album number three (i.e., III) from the Winery Dogs (vocalist and guitarist Richie Kotzen, drummer Mike Portnoy and bassist Billy Sheehan) is built around the monster trio’s ability to...
Bruce Springsteen | Only The Strong Survive – New Studio Release Review
Although a born-and-bred New Jersian and a stone-cold Springsteen fan, I haven’t always been on board when Bruce Springsteen does cover songs. I know “The Boss” grabbed some infamy...
Sammy Hagar & The Circle | Crazy Times – New Studio Release Review
Crazy Times, Sammy Hagar’s second release with The Circle, finds the Red Rocker, bassist Michael Anthony (Hagar's bandmate in Van Halen and Chickenfoot), drummer Jason Bonham and guitar virtuoso...