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Written by Mark Ashby
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 05:15 |
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 'The Forgotten King' is the debut album from Scottish outfit Achren who, as Uber Rock's Mark Ashby discovered, play brutal, blackened death metal. Read on to find out just why this quartet offer both power and promise....
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Monday, 30 January 2012 05:30 |
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 'Probiotic' is the debut album from Norwegian trio Okular which, as our wanton reviewer Mark Ashby found out to his ear-peril, features ten tracks of progressive death metal that fall somewhere between Opeth and Dimmu Borgir: read on to find out why....
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Written by Röb Watkins
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Monday, 30 January 2012 05:00 |
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  We're still in January yet we have yet another early contender for 2012's album of the year. Cincinnati's sultriest sons Foxy Shazam follow up their 2010 self-titled classic with 'The Church Of Rock and Roll', the band's fourth studio album that sees Justin Hawkins of The Darkness twiddling production knobs. Rob Watkins twiddles his own as he bows down at the altar of Eric Sean Nally and Foxy Shazam.....
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Written by Matt Blakout
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Saturday, 28 January 2012 05:00 |
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 Compiled with the assistance of Gillan's John McCoy, this career spanning collection from Atomic Rooster's John Du Cann had Matt Blakout dusting down his dirty denim for a trip back in time. Read on to discover if he made it back or is indeed stuck in the Eighties.......
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Written by Matt Blakout
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Friday, 27 January 2012 05:30 |
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 Only Matt Blakout could read the names Loverboy, Survivor and Balance on a band's biography and still be willing to give them a go. Here he checks out the new album, and re-released debut, from Swedish melodic rockers Coastland Ride. Yes, the parpy starts here......
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Friday, 27 January 2012 05:00 |
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 Surname seem familiar? Miles Nielsen is the son of Cheap Trick guitar legend Rick Nielsen and spent most of his childhood on various tour buses, seemingly assuring him of a future career in music. Miles hasn't followed his old man faithfully though, his music is more Americana than California Man.....as Ben Hughes was lucky enough to discover.....
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Written by Nev Brooks
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:15 |
 So what does electronic progressive post punk sound like then? Well, look no further than this debut album from Brighton duo World Secret for the answer. Mixing so many music styles into their sound we actually lost count on first listen, we left it to Nev Brooks to totally submerge himself in an album so electric we thought he'd hate it.... Oops! Read on to discover what his verdict was.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 05:30 |
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 Death By Death Ray might come from a land down under, where beer flows and men chunder, but the Melbourne-based female fronted hardcore crossover quartet are most definitely not playing to the typical Australian stereotype, as Dom Daley discovers with this, the band's second EP.
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Written by Emily Richards
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 05:30 |
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 StayOkay! are a Dublin-based pop rock outfit whose new four track EP had Emily Richards questioning her own culinary tastes. Have the boys left a bad taste in the mouth of their target audience? Read on to find out.....
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Written by Russ P
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Monday, 23 January 2012 05:20 |
 Your father was the guitarist in one of the most influential British bands of the Eighties, but at nineteen years of age you don't really want to be riding on his coattails, so what do you do? You record under the name of Man Made and release an EP of music more akin to American alt rock than Manchester indie. Russ P visits the intriguing musical mind of one Nile Marr.
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Written by Matt Phelps
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 05:00 |
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 Family get togethers at Pearl Aday's house must be hard work, pushing past Scott Ian to get to the bathroom only to find Meat Loaf hogging the liquid soap...or something like that. Pearl follows her 'Little Immaculate White Fox' debut with a live, acoustic album that is available only as a download. Matt Phelps checks out 'The Swing House Session'......
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Written by Ross Welford
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Monday, 30 January 2012 05:15 |
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 London outfit Medusa release their sophomore album and fill it with a curious mix of influences, with a heavy Nineties grunge sound rubbing shoulders with somewhat unexpected soundalikes. Ross Welford finds out if one look at this album would turn him to stone....
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Written by Ross Welford
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Saturday, 28 January 2012 05:15 |
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 What's in a name, eh?! ZombieShakerBox aren't the typical shock horror troupe that their dubious moniker might suggest; instead they worship at the temple of Alice In Chains. Ross Welford checked out their latest, self released album, 'Encrypted'
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Written by Dom Daley
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Saturday, 28 January 2012 04:45 |
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 Phoenix fuck-ups the Crash Street Kids return with a new album, 'Sweet Creatures', but remain firmly rooted in the glorious glam rock stomp of the sick Seventies. In fact, the only thing different about this record is that is showcases a band who have seriously upped their game. Dom Daley takes it to the street with an uber-approved throwback for the attack....
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Written by Ross Welford
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Friday, 27 January 2012 05:15 |
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 Nu year, nu metal? Uber Rock playa Ross Welford is living a Life Of Lies as he checks out the latest album from Texan 'ghetto rock' outfit Downsiid. Produced and engineered by the legendary Roy Z, this band channel Papa Roach and Soil...and throw in a Prince cover version to boot......
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Written by Jamie Richards
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:30 |
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 Riotgod contain within their ranks a couple of former members of Monster Magnet so no prizes for guessing how this album might sound. Jamie Richards tries to catch a glimpse of the 'Invisible Empire'.......
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Written by Ross Welford
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:45 |
 When Ross Welford turned in his review of this, the eleventh album from hardy US rockers Lillian Axe, perhaps the last words we expected to be seen being used to describe the metal genre on offer here, were 'progressive' and 'power'. However it appears we may not be alone in getting our preconceptions regarding the band completely wrong as Ross is all too quick to point out.
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Written by Russ P
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 04:45 |
 "There's a new sound from Nashville and one that you wouldn't ordinarily associate with that musical mecca. This is the sound of melodic, punky pop rockers fORMER", so proclaims uber scribe Russ P. So what exactly could he be so excited about? Well, if I were to tell you that these guys might utter the odd prayer at the church of Butch Walker would that get you interested? Read on for the powerpop discovery of 2011.... only in 2012.
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Written by Jamie Richards
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 05:15 |
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 Dead Shed Jokers are a Cardiff-based bunch of alt rockers who, with their self released debut album 'Peyote Smile', have given our man Jamie Richards even more reason to believe that the music scene in our fair country is as vibrant as ever.
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Written by Rob Watkins
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Monday, 23 January 2012 05:14 |
 Four years in the recording studio producing their latest album 'The Old Man And The Spirit' German progressive metallers Beyond The Bridge were hardly going to penning frivolous tat about partying with groupies now were they? Rob Watkins unravels a concept album that deals with the polarity of human sensuousness and superhuman awareness, but would he rather be listening to Steel Panther? Read on and find out.
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You'd have to be in some kind of Oklahoma coma not to want to get down and get with it to a soundtrack of badass Southern garage rock 'n' roll. Safety-pinning Supersuckers and Nashville Pussy patches onto the AC/DC altar, Motortrain have our man Craggy rough and sweaty......