To say that we've been counting down the days until this album's release is a gross understatement! The long-awaited album from legendary Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe and his (and we don't say this lightly) supergroup threatened to be something special and it doesn't disappoint. It was a 'Winner Takes All' cockfight at URHQ when this highly-anticipated album turned up for review and Dom Daley knew just enough dirty street-fighting tricks to wrestle 'Sensory Overdrive' out of the hands of his puny competition - read on for his thoughts on another early contender for album of the year........

Dinosaur Jr. mainman J Mascis releases his first solo album through Sub Pop, an all acoustic affair named 'Several Shades Of Why', and we asked Dom Daley, generally several sheets to the wind, to check it out for you, the humble Uber Rock reader. What were his thoughts? Read on for the lowdown.....

The good people at Small Stone Records deliver again, this time with the third album from Colombus, Ohio noisebringers Lo-Pan. Self-describing themselves as a fusion of crunk, classic rock and psychedelic, Lo-Pan get Jason Daniel Baker excited when 'Salvador' enters his nervous system. Why? Read on to find out......

'Welcome Home Armageddon', the fifth studio album from Welsh heavyweights Funeral For A Friend, is a major release and this fact has not been lost on the youthful face of Uber Rock as Lewis B revels in the fact that we have given him something meaty to get his ears around instead of the usual rubbish (his words, emo screamo bands of Surrey...sort of!). But what will the young stallion make of this wondrous opportunity? Read on.......

The legendary New York Dolls - now minus Sami Yaffa and Steve Conte - release the third album since their reunion, the wonderfully titled 'Dancing Backwards In High Heels'. Would this album be a return to the trashy sound of the band's origins or a more subtle affair in keeping with 2009's 'Cause I Sez So'? Dom Daley was the man given the task of hearing this album before the rest of us - my, how he suffers for his art......

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler has led a charmed, some would say reckless, life. Tarnished as being something of a trainwreck, whenever he announces a batch of UK dates bets are taken as to whether the gigs will actually take place. But take place they do as Ben Hughes discovered to his delight when Adler's Appetite, featuring members of Enuff Z'Nuff, Quiet Riot and Faster Pussycat, hit his home town. Read on to find out if the appetite was still there, or merely an illusion.....

If you didn't already know it, South Wales has become a breeding ground for heavy-as-fuck bands coursing with attitude, anger and the finest riffs known to humanity. Heading the list of 'Ones Most Likely' for some time has been Lifer but would their long-awaited debut album be the monster that we all hoped for? Too fucking right!!!!

It had been twelve years since Rob Zombie last set foot on a UK stage so, understandably, interest in his return to British shores was greatly anticipated. With Joey Jordison, Piggy D and John 5 providing Zombie with arguably his strongest band to date, this was one tour that Uber Rock couldn't afford to miss. Gaz E caught up with the Spook Show International on the last night of the tour......