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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
August 2025
- Mob Rules: Rise Of The Ruler
- Rust N Rage: Songs Of Yesterday
- Crowne: Wonderland
- Strangers: Boundless
- Jack The Joker: The Devil To Pay In The Backlands
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
New Music Reviews
Mob Rules: Rise Of The Ruler
Melodic/Heavy/Power Metal
4.5/5.0
The last studio album we had from German metal veterans Mob Rules was a long seven years ago with Beast Reborn. It's not that they haven't been busy. In 2019 ... [ Read More ]
Rust N Rage: Songs Of Yesterday
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Established nearly 16 years ago by four local musicians in the small Finnish town of Pori, Rust N Rage (RNR) began delivering albums with 2013's Showdown ... [ Read More ]
Crowne: Wonderland
Melodic Metal Rock/AOR
5.0/5.0
Going from strength to strength with each new album is Sweden's Crowne, featuring some of that nation's finest melodic metal and hard rock musicians. Notably there's ... [ Read More ]
Strangers: Boundless
Melodic Hard Rock/AOR
4.0/5.0
Hailing from Madrid, Strangers was formed by guitarist Miguel Martin and drummer Abel Ramos in 2012. The band would release three album: Emotions (2013) ... [ Read More ]
Jack The Joker:
The Devil To Pay In The Backlands
Modern Progressive Metal
4.0/5.0
Formed some 13 years ago, Jack The Joker hails from the northeast coast of Brazil. They've dropped two ... [ Read More ]
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 ]
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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About Dangerdog
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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