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All-star hard rock collective Black Swan - featuring Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), and Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) – unveil their new single and official video, “Paralyzed”, title track of the upcoming studio album set for release on February 27, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl.

Graham, thank you for the free PR... the Alcatrazz name has been trending quite nicely over the holidays. In a recent interview you seem to have had your say, so now we will have ours:

A strong word when applied to any situation and a word that would become inseparably associated with Nickelback in the mid-noughties after the release of their biggest selling album ‘All The Right Reasons’. With memes aplenty it clearly affected the band – as witnessed in the recent film documentary ‘Hate To Love’ – although they put on a brave face and, in the main, faced up to it with good humour. Criticisms aimed at them include lead singer Chad Kroeger allegedly not be

Nursing and Def Leppard; not the likeliest of bedfellows I grant you, but on another monotonous coach journey to our university base, I slipped a second-hand copy of ‘Pyromania’ into my portable CD player – yes, I’m that old – and a love affair began that has nearly stretched into its fourth decade!

Every once in a while, you receive an album that ticks all your musical boxes. Writing a review becomes easy, and the hardest decision you must make is how many superlatives you will throw at it in your final prose! Well, dear reader, this is mine, as Mammoth’s third album is sublime!

Are you ready to roll the dice with Andy And The Rockets? The Swedish melodic afficionados follow up their spotlight garnering 2023 full-length ‘Incognito’ with ‘Casino’, looking to come up big again with their brand of all-out Hard Rock. So how do the cards fall this time around?

Previously, only Van Halen and Eddie’s son Wolfgang have recorded at the legendary 5150 Studios in Los Angeles; however, that has recently changed, as Alter Bridge were invited there. The band went public to say how they were greatly inspired, and totally in awe of where they were. 

This House We Built hail from Scarborough, UK, and the band members are Scott Wardell (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Mayes (drums), Wayne Dowkes White (bass), and Andy Jackson (guitars, vocals). Wardell has written the song lyrics and the rest of the band have also contributed on the musical side. This is their second album and all the songs were produced, recorded and mixed by Dave Boothroyd at 6dB Studios, York and mastered by Sam Proctor.

Can you have enough Def Leppard? Don’t be silly, of course not! The boys have returned with a blistering live recording of their 2023 concert from Sheffield’s Bramall Lane. This gig, alongside Mötley Crüe, signalled the start of the European leg of their World Tour, which has seen them play countless shows around the globe, in front of an always enthusiastic audience. 

 I have been a fan of 38 Special for many a year, and have fond memories of trying to get hold of their albums, as even in their gold and platinum period in America they were fairly inaccessible in this country. So it was with great surprise and delight to hear that they were preparing to release their first new record in twenty-one years!  

In 2022 Sweden’s THE SONIC OVERLORDS unleashed a magnificent opus, ‘Last Days of Babylon,’ that remains an underrated gem in our opinions. A combination of powerful doom riffs and epic, melodic majesty of late '70s/early '80s heavy rock.

Today, rock icon JOHN CORABI is proud to announce his debut full-length solo album 'New Day,' due out on April 24, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. To celebrate, JOHN offers fans a first glimpse of the upcoming album with the release of it's title track, alongside an official music video, available below.

Street Symphonies Records & Burning Minds Music Group are excited to announce the release of "Killing Eyes", the second single from the self-titled debut album by Italian hard rockers, Mayhem Mavericks. The track is now available on all digital platforms for streaming, accompanied by an official music video.

Extreme’s sixth studio album was released worldwide on June 9th 2023 via earMUSIC and has continued to impact fans and fellow musicians around the world.

I will confess that I knew absolutely nothing about two of the bands on the bill, including the headliner. My review will be written from the perspective of someone who has walked in off the street, which is pretty close to the truth.

British rock institution THUNDER, known for their charismatic stage presence and distinctive sound, originally released ‘LIVE’ in 1998 - a work that marked a significant turning point in the band’s history. Now it is being re-released for the first time in a remastered version on vinyl, digitally, and as an exclusive digipak – a true rock document that revives the raw power of the original recordings in a contemporary sound.

Nocturnal Affair from Las Vegas opened proceedings. They have toured with Wednesday 13 before and so it obviously works. They are generally pretty heavy, straightforward Hard Rock with strobes and a few death growls, but behind this lies a lot of traditional skill.

Explosive riffs, high-energy vocals, and a full-throttle attitude — The Brazilian band Nite Stinger revives the glory days of hard rock with a modern edge. Drawing inspiration from icons like Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Def Leppard, and Poison, the band made their mark with the acclaimed 2021 self-titled debut, followed by the singles Beat It and Danger Zone – Live.

With 10 multi-platinum albums, FOREIGNER is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world, with a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-out tours and album sales, exceeding 80 million. Now, FOREIGNER will bring the ultimate holiday cheer by rocking the Stranger Things float in the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® on Thursday, November 27.

Dark, emotionally charged alt-rock trio Diamond Black unveil their long-awaited EP, Dark Anthems, via their own Shadow Cast label. The six-track release fuses cinematic darkness with anthemic hooks and unflinching honesty, featuring Chris Harms (Lord of the Lost) and Chloe Ozwell (Sister Shotgun), as well as a remix by The Birthday Massacre.