NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – New Rock and Metal Releases for 10-25-24


Covering various subgenres, it’s New Music Friday: The Rock and Metal Releases for 10-25-24

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PREVIEW: New Music Friday – Rock and Metal Releases for 10-25-24


Covering various subgenres, it’s New Music Friday: The Rock and Metal Releases for 10-25-24

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ALBUM REVIEW: Sunbomb – Light Up The Sky


Continuing the groundwork laid down by their 2021 debut, Evil and Divine, L.A. Guns ead guitarist Tracii Guns (a.k.a. Tracy Richard Irving Ulrich) and Stryper (and former Boston) frontman Michael Sweet return with Sunbomb for second album Light up the Sky (Frontiers Music Srl). Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Darkthrone – It Beckons Us All


Darkthrone has been long associated with being “True Norweigan Black Metal” but has not made any attempt to adhere to this expectation of them since 2004’s “Sardonic Wrath”. Instead, the band has circled its wagons around crust punk and wandered off Celtic Frost worship. “It Beckons Us All…” (Peaceville Records)  finds the band perfecting the traditional metal path they first embarked on with “The Underground Resistance”. Now 11 years later the duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto are done obsessing over their record collection and have focused on writing headbanging anthems that cold a touch of melody and mystery.Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Dokken – Heaven Comes Down


There aren’t many metalheads who haven’t heard of Dokken. Whether it’s due to their huge popularity during the eighties, the constant if occasionally amusing public sniping between frontman Don Dokken and former lead guitarist George Lynch or, most likely because of “Dream Warriors,” the theme song from 1987 horror sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3, Dokken’s name still stands above many.

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BOX SET REVIEW: Ratt – The Atlantic Years


 

BMG is releasing The Atlantic Years box set that celebrates the first five albums by Ratt. These are the albums that chronicled their meteoric rise to become one of the biggest arena rock bands of the eighties. The five LP set has been remastered and pressed on 180g vinyl. Also included is the ‘Nobody Rides For Free’ single, a replica tour book, bumper sticker, wanted poster, guitar pick, and a replica backstage pass. If you are a fan of the band this is going to be a must. 

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PODCAST: Glacially Musical Episode #83: Metal Massacre Chaser


The Glacially Musical Pouredcast is a weekly Podcast that has three principles: Beer, Metal, and Swearing (and also vinyl)! Hosted by Nik Cameron – grown out of the Glacially Musical blog is all about great music and vinyl collecting. Once per week Ghost Cult’s Chief Ghost Cult Keefy joins Nik as they discuss Metal Blade Records‘ 40th anniversary reissue of the iconic Metal Massacre #1 compilation on limited edition vinyl.

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Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) Writes The Forward for Definitive History Book of Hair Metal


Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has written the forward to “Nothin’ But A Good Time”, described as the definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1980s hard rock and hair metal, will be released on March 16, 2021 via St. Martin’s Press. 1980s hard rock was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that perfectly encapsulated — and maybe even helped to define — a spectacularly over-the-top decade. Indeed, fist-pumping hits like Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It”, Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls”, and Guns N’ Roses‘ “Welcome To The Jungle” are as inextricably linked to the era as Reaganomics, Pac-Man, and E.T.Continue reading


RATT’s 1980s Classic “Round N Round” Re-Entered The Billboard Top 20


Rejuvenated 1980s Glam Rock legends RATT have seen their 1984 hit song return to the Billboard charts thanks to the bands and the song appearing in a recent commercial for GEICO insurance. The song reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. The song has reemerged on #18 on the Top 20 Rock Digital Song Sales. The band commented: Continue reading