Some news from Belgium’s Wildfest! The Glam/Sleaze/Melodic Rock event takes place in May of 2021 in Belgium. WildFest is Belgium’s first festival dedicated only to 80s themed bands in the Sleaze and Glam genre. Wildfest Announcement: You have been with us from the start through this crazy unreal year, a big thank you for all […]
FIND ME – Angels In Blue (Album Review)
One of the things I love about music is the anticipation of a new album from a band I love. Finally, the day arrives, and you get that new music in your hands. You rush home and await the sounds to awash over you. Bringing every hair on the back of your neck to a […]
MELODICROCK FEST SCANDINAVIA – Day 3 (Festival Report)
The Melodic Rock genre is a family. In every sense of the word. Events like this just hammer that home. The camaraderie shown to every attendee (fan/band/organizer) is overwhelmingly immense. This particular event, MelodicRock Fest Scandinavia, took place in Malmo, Sweden. While there have been other MelodicRock Fests in the past in U.S.A. and Australia, […]
MELODICROCK FEST SCANDINAVIA – Day 2 (Festival Recap)
The Melodic Rock genre is a family. In every sense of the word. Events like this just hammer that home. The camaraderie shown to every attendee (fan/band/organizer) is overwhelmingly immense. This particular event, MelodicRock Fest Scandinavia, took place in Malmo, Sweden. While there have been other MelodicRock Fests in the past in U.S.A. and Australia, […]
MELODICROCK FEST SCANDINAVIA-Day One (Festival Recap)
The Melodic Rock genre is a family. In every sense of the word. Events like this just hammer that home. The camaraderie shown to every attendee (fan/band/organizer) is overwhelmingly immense. This particular event, MelodicRock Fest Scandinavia, took place in Malmo, Sweden. While there have been other MelodicRock Fests in the past in U.S.A. and Australia, […]
REDS’COOL – Press Hard (Album Review)
Well, here we go again. I have just recently discovered that a great band issued an album in 2015 that I was completely unaware of! How does this happen? Too much music accessibility these days of internet perhaps? In any case, Reds’Cool came across my radar with their Bad Story album in 2013 when I […]
Eclipse’s Armageddonize: A Review
Eclipse began in 1999 as the brainchild of Erik Martensson and Magnus Henriksson and are a strong part of the exploding Swedish hard rock scene. Martensson handles guitar and the lead vocals, Magnus Henriksson the lead guitar, Robban Back the drums and Magnus Ulfstedt takes care of the bass. Interestingly Ulfstedt was originally the […]
Lucky Number Thirteen: A Harem Scarem Album Review
Canadians Harem Scarem have made a name for themselves internationally and at home with solid releases such as 1991’s Harem Scarem and the critically acclaimed 1993’s Mood Swings. The Canadians continued to record and release albums throughout the 90’s and 2000’s albeit a little sporadically at times with 1995’s Voice of Reason, 1997’s Karma Cleansing, […]
Who’s Nigel Bailey?
Who is Nigel Bailey you might ask and you wouldn’t be alone in that, I myself only recently hearing the name. Bailey, a UK musician, Bradford West Yorkshire to be exact, comes from a musical family where both his parents and his younger brother are all musicians. You could say it’s in his blood. Italy’s […]
The Revolution of Xtasy: Review of Xtasy’s Revolution Album
Pamplona, Spain was the scene for the beginnings of melodic rock outfit Xtasy back in 2011. The project started out as a studio outing from vocalist Silvia I. and guitarist Jorge Olloqui but in December of 2013 they became a band with the addition of guitarist Angel G., bassist David Clavero, drummer David Tutumba and keyboardist Jakin […]