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Lionheart – The Grace of a Dragonfly (2024) – Review

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You gotta love the promo dude. “LIONHEART (ex-IRON MAIDEN)…” in huge letters. The headline shrilly hollers its wares at the audience like some seethingly bright neon sign over at Times Square. So, naive RMR fully believed that staged Heavy Metal would grace our turntable and started looking for Iron Maiden‘s newest clone or something. But upon a closer look, the situation is a tad different.

Dennis Stratton indeed once rocked with Iron Maiden back around 1980 before Dickinson was even invented. And he only plied the one and only self-titled debut album. So, THAT’s the sole claim for fame … [...] Click to raid more!

Byron – Chapter II: The Lotus Covenant (2024) – Review

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Byron‘s mighty debut album The Omega Evangelion seriously got on our good side back in ’21 – at first. That was one juicy piece of rock-laden Heavy Metal that proficiently marched us down metal avenue to glories yet unknown. But, those damn choices made by Byron V1 back then suddenly stripped the album of some much of its glory. And that was a true bummer.

So, the question here is, will the band’s dreaded sophomore album Chapter II: The Lotus Covenant rock the stage better than its sibling? We’re yearning for clarity because things look murkier than they … [...] Click to raid more!

Blame Zeus – Laudanum (2023) – Review

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When Seethe bubbled up the review pipe, we were fascinated. This was some refreshing new piece of rock that had energy to spare. A still somewhat local band from Portugal finally raised its mighty voice and – blamed Zeus for it. And thinking about it, he pretty much got to carry the hat for everything if I remember that correctly.

This was some red-hot rocky fare that proudly sailed on the mighty pipes of one Sandra Oliveira. But once 2019 petered out, Blame Zeus pretty much disappeared from view. Even if Oliveira made a guest appearance on the late … [...] Click to raid more!

20 Watt Tombstone meet The Chosen Few!

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Oh by the mighty Gawds of Fuzz, a huge seething hot lump of rock just rolled onto our doorstep. Something that they used to make in the hot South. But instead, the piece reaches us from America’s Dairyland.1 Rock with a Southern flavor straight from the heartland that this ‘zine is in dire need of. So, break out that bottle of Kentucky Bourbon and let ‘er rip.

Someone called 20 Watts Tombstone‘s newest blurb The Chosen Few Gritty Fuzz Rock and I would quite agree. ’70s style rock that could have sat straight on top of any ZZ … [...] Click to raid more!