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Written by Ross Welford
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Monday, 31 October 2011 04:30 |
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 Being veterans of extracting the urine from hair metal - some of us with our real hair - the UR massive failed to warm to the charms of Steel Panther. But Ross Welford has formed a one man breakaway group, his mission to convince us that the band are worthwhile and that 'Balls Out', their sophomore release, proves that they are not a one trick pony....even if it does feature a guest appearance from Chad Kroeger from everyone's favourite band Nickelback. Read on for the details of this cum-fuelled 'comedy' curio.....
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Written by Fraser Munro
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Sunday, 30 October 2011 05:05 |
 With Halloween just hours away, Fraser Munro couldn't wait to get in a ghoulish mood with the new album from horror punk legends the Misfits. With mainstay Jerry Only now the band's longest serving vocalist it was time for him and Dez Cadena to open up their Pandora's box of songwriting excellence and let 'The Devils Rain' cleanse us all of our sins...or maybe not.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Saturday, 29 October 2011 05:00 |
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 "Send anything with the word 'moon' in the title" - that's what Dom Daley sarcastically told the postroom minions at URHQ after receiving a, let's just say, dubious promo disc to review in the not too distant past. How curious then that they should forward the new album from that very same band to the bosom of his reviewing talent....
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Written by Dom Daley
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Friday, 28 October 2011 05:00 |
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 Gene Louis, uber-approved frontman of Bullets And Octane and The Brave Ones, releases his sixth collection of solo tunes, 'The Cocaine & Whiskey Years'. Dom Daley bites his tongue and dips his dirty rock 'n' roll toe into iTunes' murky waters to discover the charm and quality of this digital-only release. Read on to see if selling his soul for your reading pleasure was worth it....
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Thursday, 27 October 2011 05:00 |
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 "Parental Advisory: This Recording Contains Art." Warrior Soul frontman Kory Clarke follows up his 2003 'Opium Hotel' solo album with its official sequel. Have the several years between records tempered any of Clarke's notorious angst? Yeah, right! Read on as Ben Hughes meets a Junky Stripper and America's New Cunt, all courtesy of one of this planet's finest voices...
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 05:00 |
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 Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith and Michael Anthony in 3D? Yes, that's right, 'III', the second album (!) from Chickenfoot, features innovative 3D packaging - you can almost feel Hagar's curly hairs tickling your tonsils. Mark Ashby checks it out and finds a super group rather than supergroup. All is explained when you click that 2D link.....
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Written by Gaz E
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011 05:00 |
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 Another day, another '80s band releasing a covers album. But what, amid a curious collection of Motley Crue, Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Styx, Led Zeppelin, Accept, Amy Winehouse, P!nk and Mr. Mister cover versions, did Gaz E hear to keep him from coughing up an almighty fur ball at the thought of further hair metal heresy? Read on to find out.....
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Written by Gaz E
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Monday, 24 October 2011 05:00 |
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 With a recent UK tour in support of the mighty Warrior Soul behind them, Swedish rockers Cheerleader release 'Vegas Or Bust', their hotly-tipped debut album. Gaz E, impressed by the band live, checks it out for your reading pleasure....
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Saturday, 22 October 2011 05:30 |
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 Formed by current Ozzy Osbourne & Firewind axemeister Gus G in the year 2000, Nightrage return with 'Insidious', a melodic extreme metal album happily better than the disappointing modern horror flick of the same name. Darrel Sutton gets the willies put up him and checks it out....
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Written by Johnny H
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Friday, 21 October 2011 05:05 |
 Fear not children of Uber Rock we have not gone all grime on you, nah the JMC in question here is Dat Dude from Scotland who plays guitar and sometimes sings for the legendary Heavy Metal Kids; yes, you can breathe a sigh of relief as JMC is in fact short for Justin McConville. Johnny H takes a musical trip with the multi instrumentalist via his debut solo release 'A Seventh State Of Mind'
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Monday, 31 October 2011 04:00 |
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 It's Halloween so what better place to start today's Uber coverage than with Cradle Of Filth and their latest release? Described by the band themselves as something of a stopgap release, 'Evermore Darkly' offers one new song, several reworkings and remixes and a DVD - we asked Mark Ashby to get his corpse paint on and check it out for you boils and ghouls.....
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Saturday, 29 October 2011 05:30 |
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  Who would have thought that going to a gig by Kunt and the Gang would have pointed Darrel Sutton's manly gaze in the direction of his new favourite band? Featuring a former member of the legendary Snuff, this new album from Wonk Unit has him in a frenzy of excitement - read on to find out why....
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Friday, 28 October 2011 05:05 |
 US blues guitarist Popa Chubby hits the UK for some well deserved live dates next month and Jim Rowland for one is certainly looking forward to finally seeing the guy. This larger than life '77 CBGBs veteran concocts a potent mixture of punk rock and old school blues on his latest album 'Back To New York City' and Jim can't wait to tell you all about why you should get yourself a ticket too.
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Thursday, 27 October 2011 05:30 |
 Prog rock legend Steve Hackett is back, guitar in hand, for the latest in a series of high profile solo albums from the ex-Genesis man. Lucky for us that Jim Rowland is on hand as the album title alone would have sent some of us at URHQ to sleep. With Amanda Lehmann once again on vocals is 'Beyond The Shrouded Horizon' about to make one Hackett-head a very happy man indeed?
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Written by Nev Brooks
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 05:30 |
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 Bringing industrial/electronica music kicking and screaming into the 21st Century it takes true innovators to drive a genre and that's why Nev Brooks is welcoming this, the 14th album from Canadian experimentalists Skinny Puppy, like a long lost child. But will Brooks get just what he is looking for from 'HanDover' or will the leaders have simply become followers? Click on the link to find out...
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Written by Rob Watkins
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011 05:30 |
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 With their first album in English, French AORsters Isis Child unleash le parp with 'Strange Days'. Uber Rob Watkins discovers a severe Seventies influence running through the record and, namechecking the likes of Free and Bad Company, finds himself in classic rock heaven. Possibly. Read on to see if any of this intro is true.....
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Written by Fraser Munro
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Monday, 24 October 2011 05:00 |
 It's a staggering 21 years since Fast Eddie Clarke last released a Fastway album, the guitarist tactfully avoiding both grunge and nu metal by simply not recording anything. Fraser Munro uncovers the subtleties of the band's new album 'Eat Dog Eat' featuring ex Little Angels/Gun frontman Toby Jepson on vocals and finds them sounding as fresh and vibrant as ever and proving that the world really does wait for you when you play great classic rock..
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Written by Dom Daley
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Sunday, 23 October 2011 05:05 |
 What's this? A new album from the mighty Jane's Addiction and every one of the muthas at URHQ who worship at the temple of Farrell and Co want to pass on the review? Fear not though as Dom Daley picks up the story behind why 'The Great Escape Artist' is provoking such a strong reaction and in turn ends up paying tribute to one of THE bands that really did kill hair metal.
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Written by Ross Welford
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Saturday, 22 October 2011 05:00 |
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 The frontman of UK rockers Exit State's brother is a former Premiership footballer, Andy Bright to be exact. Ross Welford wonders what, if any, relevance this has to his band's promo material as he checks out their genre-twitching second album, out now on Rocksector Records.
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Written by Fraser Munro
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Friday, 21 October 2011 05:00 |
 Having witnessed Anthrax on pretty much every one of their UK tours to date, there was only ever one man at URHQ destined to review the band's first album with Joey Belladonna back on vocals. Step up to the plate Fraser Munro a man so dedicated to the 'Thrax cause that he even saw them with Dan Nelson, but will he be ready to worship their new music or will he cry, cry, cry for the Indians? Read on to find out.
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CD Reviews 
If you thought that Steel Panther review below was gonna split the UR Massive then this album is sure to drive a wedge wider than Udo's waistline between some factions of our ass-kicking collective. Lou Reed's collaboration with the mighty Metallica on a work based on a century old play about one of Jack The Ripper's victims is likely to be the most talked about release this year, good or bad. Jamie Richards is on hand to convince you all that not only is this album worth a listen, but also worthy of some kind of reverence. Read on for the shocking truth...