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Three decades on and still going strong is the iconic progressive rock band, The Flower Kings, founded by veteran multi-instrumentalist and composer Roine Stolt. Since 1994, The Flower Kings have been known ... [ Read More ]
Recent Reviews
July 2025
- Honeymoon Suite: Wake Me Up When The Sun Goes Down
- Ramonda: The Walls Are Crumbling Down
- Scardust: Souls
- Laguna: The Ghost Of Katrina
- Eternal Idol: Behind A Vision
- Double Vision: Double Vision
April/May 2025
- The Speaker Wars: The Speaker Wars
- Giant: Stand And Deliver
- Sign Of The Wolf: Sign Of The Wolf
- Harem Scarem: Chasing Euphoria
- Cosmic Cathedral: Deep Water
- Beholder: In the Temple of the Tyrant
- Art Nation: The Ascendance
- Laurenne/Louhimo: Falling Through Stars
- Rock Out: Let's Call It Rock N Roll
- The Flower Kings: Love
- Maestrick : Espresso Della Vita: Lunare
March 2025
- W.E.T.: Apex
- Alliance: Before Our Eyes
- Ginevra: Beyond Tomorrow
- Phil X & The Drills:
Pow! Right In The Kisser - IQ: Dominion
- Heart Line: Falling Heaven
- Gotthard: Stereo Crush
- Defender: Dying To Live
- Streetlight: Night Vision
February 2025
- Robin McAuley: Soulbound
- Perfect Plan: Heart Of A Lion
- Craig Brooks: Desolation Freeway
- Mantric Momentum: Alienized
- Pattern-Seeking Animals: Friend Of All Creatures
- Crazy Lixx: Thrill Of The Bite
- Ginger Evil: The Way It Burns
- Dream Theater: Parasomnia
- Tyran: Tyran's Oath
- Saber: Lost In Flames
New Music Reviews
Honeymoon Suite:
Wake Me Up When The Sun Goes Down
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
After a rather smashing return to the studio with 2024's Alive, Canada's own Honeymoon Suite returns with ... [ Read More ]
Ramonda: The Walls Are Crumbling Down
Melodic Metal Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
Ramonda is the moniker Argentinean singer Santiago Ramonda new solo project. Most fans of the rock and metal genres will know him as the lead singer of Stormwarning ... [ Read More ]
Scardust: Souls
Symphonic Progressive Metal
4.0/5.0
Hailing from Israel, and having success from UK to Europe to China, is female-fronted metal band, Scardust. Formed in 2015, the quintet has one EP and two long ... [ Read More ]
Laguna: The Ghost Of Katrina
Melodic Metal Rock
5.0/5.0
Formed in 2018, and arriving from the arid desert of Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, is Laguna with their debut album, The Ghost Of Katrina. Since their inception ... [ Read More ]
Eternal Idol: Behind A Vision
Melodic/Symphonic/Power Metal
4.5/5.0
Italy's Eternal Idol returns from a four absence with a new long player Behind A Vision. Besides a spotty output over nine, the quintet has been troubled by vocalist ... [ Read More ]
Double Vision: Double Vision
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Double Vision is an American Foreigner tribute band based out of New York City with veteran musicians from the area. These include singer Chandler Mogel ... [ Read More ]
The Speaker Wars: The Speaker Wars
Melodic (Country) Rock/AOR
4.5/5.0
American band, The Speaker Wars, is the collaboration between drummer, producer, and songwriter Stan Lynch (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) and Texas singer ... [ Read More ]
Giant: Stand And Deliver
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Iconic and classic American rock band Giant returns after a three year hiatus with their sixth studio album, Stand And Deliver. The current core of the band remains ... [ Read More ]
Sign Of The Wolf: Sign Of The Wolf
Melodic Heavy Metal Rock
5.0/5.0
Sign Of The Wolf is the project of songwriter and executive producer Bruce Mee who is huge fan of classic hard rock and heavy metal. Specifically, albums like ... [ Read More ]
Harem Scarem: Chasing Euphoria
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Over their nearly 40 year career iconic Canadian band Harem Scarem has sold more than a million records in 43 countries and delivered 12 Top 40 hits around the globe ... [ Read More ]
Cosmic Cathedral: Deep Water
Melodic Progressive Rock
5.0/5.0
Prog mastermind Neal Morse, always musically adventurous and creative, brings genre fans another new project. Cosmic Cathedral features, along side Morse, three ... [ Read More ]
Beholder: In the Temple of the Tyrant
Traditional Heavy/Power/Doom Metal
4.5/5.0
Beholder was formed in late 2021 by Philadelphia guitarist Carlos Alvarez (Shadowdance, ex-Power Theory), a lifelong fan of both Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) and old ... [ Read More ]
From The Archives
If there were a gold standard for European, specifically Italian, symphonic power metal that bar has been raised by Rhapsody Of Fire. Since created by keyboard player, principal songwriter, and ... [ Read More ]
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Created in the fall of 2006 by Craig Hartranft, Dangerdog Music Reviews is an international music review blog, offering reviews of melodic heavy metal and hard rock, progressive metal, progressive rock, AOR and their various sub-genres. The key word is melodic. If you're interested in hardcore or extreme metal, you've come to the wrong place. Pictured above with Craig, Lily the Little Black Dangerdog. RIP 17.07.2020
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