12.15.08 Danny Vaughn's Standing Alone Re-Issue
HardRockHouse Is Pleased To Announce The Re-Issue of Danny Vaughn’s Standing Alone EP ... [ more ]
12.15.08 Lion's Share To Film "Judas Must Die" Video
Swedish melodic heavy metal masters Lion's Share will film a video for the song "Judas Must Die" in Stockholm ... [ more ]
12.04.08 Artistworxx January Releases
Artistworxx annouces January promotiona ... [ more ]
12.03.08 Blistering Records January Releases
BLISTERING RECORDS to release COVERED CALL's ... [ more ]
12.03.08 Badmouth Releases New Single 'Heartbreaker'
Swedish Rockers Badmouth will release their new single ... [ more ]
Robin Trower: Bridge Of Sighs
1974
From my early days I've always loved lead guitar. Back in 1974, when I was merely 16, Robin Trower's blues based, Hendrix-influenced style caught my ears and blew my mind. 'Bridge Of Sighs' introduced me to the former guitarist for the English prog rock band Procol Harum. Trower mixed blues, progressive and psychedelic styles in such a complete manner that kept me listening and buying every new album without question. This album contains so many Trower classics including 'Day Of The Eagle,' 'Lady Love,' 'Little Bit Of Sympathy,' and the incredible 'Too Rolling Stoned.' 'Bridge Of Sighs' is classic and should be in everybody's library. [ More Classic Reviews here ]
Dangerdog Reviews has music reviews of hard rock, melodic hard rock, heavy metal, melodic heavy metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, thrash metal, melodic death metal, speed metal, AOR and much more. Currently, we have an archive of over 500 music and album reviews since November 2006 and it's growing. If you are band, label, publicist or promotion agency, you can submit an album for review. Come back often: there are new music reviews added every week.
Dangerdog Reviews has music reviews of hard rock, melodic hard rock, heavy metal, melodic heavy metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, thrash metal, melodic death metal, speed metal, AOR and much more. Currently, we have an archive of over 500 music and album reviews since November 2006 and it's growing. If you are band, label, publicist or promotion agency, you can submit an album for review. Come back often: there are new music reviews added every week.
Symphonity : Voice From The Silence
Melodic/Power Metal
Rating: 3.75/5.0
Inherent within Symphonity's name is simple clue to their style of metal: symphonic, bombastic, powerful and simply larger than life ... [ Read More ]
Silentrain: Wrong Way To Salvation
Melodic Heavy/Power Metal
Rating: 3.25/5.0
It seems the most significant thing in Finland's Silentrain's short history is a series of name changes. They began as The Sanitarium ... [ Read More ]
Darksun: Libera Me
Melodic Heavy/Power Metal
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Spanish metal band Darksun revisits their roots on their latest release, 'Libera Me' by singing in their native language. Their previous and excellent work, 'The Dark Side,' was their first album entirely in English. However, make no mistake ... [ Read More ]
Firewind: Live Premonition
Melodic Heavy/Power Metal
Rating: 4.0/5.0
When it comes to consistent and satisfying melodic heavy and power metal with a strong virtuoso guitar presence, you can't go wrong with killer axe man Gus G. and Firewind. There last two studio albums 'Allegiance' (2006) and 'Premonition' (2008) were ... [ Read More ]
Sammy Hagar: Cosmic Universal Fashion
Melodic Hard Rock
Rating: 3.75/5.0
I hope when I'm four years away from retirement age I still have the energy as Sammy Hagar. His career spans forty plus years, but Mr. Hagar is probably most remembered for two things: the highway anthem, 'I Can't Drive 55' in his early solo career and ... [ Read More ]
Nickelback : Darkhorse
Modern Melodic Hard Rock
Rating: 2.5/5.0
No, I haven't lost my mind. No, I haven't been beguiled by the corporate American music machine into humiliating subservience. Yes, I am actually reviewing the latest Nickelback album 'Dark Horse' ... [ Read More ]
Samadhi: Incandescence
American Thrash/Metalcore
Rating: 2.75/5.0
Samadhi hails from Maryland bringing a sometimes unusual mixture of metal music. According to their own self-definition, they combine ... [ Read More ]
In This Moment: The Dream
Melodic Heavy Metal
Rating: 4.0/5.0
American band In This Moment was formed in 2005 as another 'melodic' metalcore (an oxymoron) outfit with the shrieks, grunts and growls delivered ... [ Read More ]
Shadowman: Ghost In The Mirror
Melodic Rock/AOR
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Shadowman needs little introduction to melodic rock fans, particularly those from Britain. The core of Shadowman is the exceptional ... [ Read More ]
Imagika: Feast For The Hated
Thrash Metal
Rating: 4.5/5.0
San Francisco’s Imagika have been in business since the mid- 90’s when they began their mission of carrying on the good old Bay Area thrash sound ... [ Read More ]
H.A.R.D.: Traveler
Melodic Hard Rock
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Generally speaking, one thing our European cousins have over American bands is good sense of history. Rock and metal bands across ... [ Read More ]
Chad Frey : Marching On Your Parade
Alternative/Experimetal/Weird Sh*t
Rating: 1.25/5.0
First I thought it was a joke. Who would send me an album so horrible expecting a review. Or maybe they were testing me? We can send this idiot ... [ Read More ]
Generally speaking, one thing our European cousins have over American bands is good sense of history. Rock and metal bands across the Atlantic are not afraid to explore the music and bands that have gone before and still inspire our present and future ... [ Read more ]
01.04.09
- Symphonity: Voice From The Silence
- Silentrain: Wrong Way To Salvation
- Darksun: Libera Me
- Firewind: Live Premonition
- Hagar, Sammy: Cosmic Univeral Fashion
12.28.08
- Nickelback: Dark Horse
12.21.08
- Samadhi: Incandescence
- In This Moment: The Dream
- Shadowman: Ghost In The Mirror
- Imagika: Feast For The Hated
- H.A.R.D.: Traveler
- Frey, Chad: Marching On Your Parade
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