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Written by Ben Hughes
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Friday, 23 December 2011 05:15 |
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 Low Level Flight are a Toronto-based bunch of indie rock types returning with their sophomore album, 'Through These Walls'. Ben Hughes, Uber Rock's alterno-scribe par excellence, checks the album out and finds a surprise winner wrapped in off-putting cover art......
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Thursday, 22 December 2011 05:30 |
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 OZ, the legendary heavy metal band from Finland, return with 'Burning Leather', an eleven track metallic beast of an album that mixes new tracks with re-recorded classics from the band's studded back catalogue. Mark Ashby checks it out - read on for his Flying V Verdict......
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Written by Jamie Richards
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Thursday, 22 December 2011 05:15 |
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 Swedish retro rockers The Quill return to action with a new album, 'Full Circle', and a new vocalist in the form of Magz Arnar. Jamie Richards checked out the new album and found brontosaurus-sized riffs - read on to find out if they survived his aural asteroid.....
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Written by Johnny H
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:30 |
 Already dubbed "the best looking CD of all time" by this very website, thanks to its amazing die cut card sleeve, would the music contained on the disc itself actually measure up to the same high standards? Johnny H investigates these almost 3-decade-old Twisted Sister live recordings that somehow capture the sweat of the Old Marquee Club. Read on to find out more.
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Written by Jamie Richards
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 05:15 |
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 The name Johnny Bennett might be similar to the ones you see scrawled across the chalkboards of pubs and clubs the length and breadth of the UK....but this one is different. Jamie Richards discovers a singer songwriter talent previously hidden way too far under the surface. Read on as Uber Rock uncovers another rare gem....
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Written by Emily Richards
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Monday, 19 December 2011 05:15 |
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 A massive Uber Rock welcome to Emily Richards, the newest and youngest member of the UR Massive, as she rides into URHQ to save the souls of the olds by reviewing the bands that, let's be honest, we just don't get!! For her very first review she looks at the new release from Chesterfield outfit Take The Seven....
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Written by Gaz E
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Monday, 19 December 2011 05:00 |
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 With a Best Score Academy Award win for their soundtrack to 2010's 'The Social Network' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross return, alongside director David Fincher once again, with a three hour long score released over various impressive formats. 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' is Fincher's take on a bestselling Swedish crime novel that is as dark and enthralling as they come. Gaz E listens, and listens, and listens......
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Written by Lewis B
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 05:00 |
 Some scribes at URHQ will have you believe that The Dirty Youth are an almost identikit band that Airfix could make en masse - sexy front woman, band haircuts that scream 'individual', with clothes from Top Shop. Lewis B however hears and sees it all a little differently as he gets a 'Red Light Fix' of South Wales' hottest new band?
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Friday, 16 December 2011 05:01 |
  When a band as established as My Ruin decide to give their latest album away for FREE you know the industry is looking pretty screwed up. However when you've been fucked over by the same industry as many times as Tairrie B. Murphy and her husband Mick, you have to wonder "Do they really need the industry?" Darrel Sutton is the man with all the answers.
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Written by Matt Phelps
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 05:30 |
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 There is, seriously, only one place where that glorious album cover is gonna end up....but first, Matt Phelps unleashes the fury contained within it as he checks out Swedish metalballs Lechery, who feature a former member of Arch Enemy within their ranks. Read on for the lecherous lowdown.....
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Written by Dom Daley
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Friday, 23 December 2011 05:00 |
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 Prolific songwriter Gene Louis had five minutes off while working on the next Bullets and Octane record so he decided to knock out another eleven tracks with his 'other' band, The Brave Ones. Available as a physical disc rather than just as a download like his recent work, this self-titled opus has Dom Daley back flipping - read on to find out why.....
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Written by Johnny H
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Thursday, 22 December 2011 05:30 |
 Released a few months ago, it's taken (lightning) Johnny H until now to get to the bottom of this early career spanning box set from Coverdale and Co. Spanning a total of 9 CDs, a DVD and a 7" we can almost forgive our scribe, but what else is he supposed to do on his 'Lonely Days, Lonely Nights'? Uber Rockers this is about as much classic Whitesnake as you can cram into one box, but is it worth the money? Read on to find out.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:30 |
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 Have a look at the classic album covers featured on the sleeve art of this new release from a bunch of power pop-afflicted Midlanders and tell us that you're not interested in what they have to say via the gift of rock 'n' roll!! Dom Daley finds out why 'The Kids Don't Wanna Bop Any More' with The Breakdowns......
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:00 |
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 Illnath are a female-fronted Danish death metal outfit who, with latest release 'Third Act In The Theatre Of Madness', have Uber Rock's Mark Ashby thinking of Angela Gossow fronting Mercyful Fate: if that tickles your metal fancy then click that link to discover more......
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 05:00 |
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 Produced by heavyweight Rick Beato (best known for his work with Shinedown and Fozzy), 'Gravitas' is the self released album from Brighton five piece Furyon, widely hailed as one of the big white hopes of the British heavy metal scene. Mark Ashby checks it out for Uber Rock.....
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Written by Russ P
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Monday, 19 December 2011 05:00 |
 "Dark, gothic and shamanistic" so writes Uber scribe Russ P when describing the sound of Icelandic trio Dead Skeletons. Forging their eclectic mix of musical influences with dark imagery to conjure up some 'Dead Magick' why not join him in a musical world where one man's poison is another man's meat?
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 05:00 |
 Only a few weeks ago Uber Progger Jim Rowland had rejoiced in the splendour of the current Yes line up live at Hammersmith Apollo, so you can understand that he was more than just a little excited to be reviewing this, the band's umpteenth live album. With just one key member of the band changed between the two encounters what would our man be getting as he relaxed with a pipe of shag, pint of twigs 'n' dishwater and his trusted comfy slippers?
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Written by Ross Welford
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Friday, 16 December 2011 05:15 |
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 Ross Welford checks out 'Untapped', the new album from Texan rockers Drought and finds an album of polished contemporary American rock produced and mastered by former Beautiful Creatures guitarist Anthony Focx. Read on to find out if any great tunes make their way out of the fog....
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Written by Russ P
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Friday, 16 December 2011 05:00 |
 AOR fans alert!!!! This latest album from London based melodic rock guitarist Greg X features vocals from Ken Tamplin, and it's also a bit of a belter, or so Russ P thinks anyway. We ask if he really is dreaming as we discover the power and majesty of sweeping operatic guitar sweeps plus a four active vocal range!
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Written by Ross Welford
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 05:15 |
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 'Chains On Fire', the new release from metal warriors Lords Of The Trident, turned up at URHQ with the most ludicrous bio in known history. Telling the tale of how the band's vocalist was born when a volcano containing metal and steel erupted, this heavy metal mirth had Ross Welford expecting a studded version of Steel Panther - he was wrong: read on to find out why....
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What is it with dodgy reformed glam bands and various incarnations using the same name? The Sweet's bassist Steve Priest savours his time in the sun as his version of the seminal Seventies stompers release a live album recorded in California. Mark Ashby is the hellraiser entrusted with reviewing it for your reading pleasure....