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Kimono Drag Queens – ‘Songs of Worship’ (Copper Feast)

Kimono Drag Queens – ‘Songs of Worship’ (Copper Feast)

Posted by | Nov 6, 2020 | ,

Let’s face it, it’s been a pretty tough year for everyone, but the music industry has been hit really hard by this ridiculous year we seem to have found ourselves trapped in. For a band releasing their debut album this could either be a terrible time to try and release because everyone is burnt out, or it could be the perfect time because no one has anything better to do than stay at home and listen to new music. Kimono Drag Queens are definitely hoping to capitalise on the latter with their debut album ‘Songs of Worship’ with a psychedelic nature that is bound to provide an escape from your four walls for a while.

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Alter Bridge – ‘Walk The Sky 2.0’ (Napalm Records)

Alter Bridge – ‘Walk The Sky 2.0’ (Napalm Records)

Posted by | Nov 6, 2020 | ,

Alter Bridge are the first to admit that this mini album (for want of a better description) is most definitely a stopgap offering to keep fans interested in the band and their brand. Like a lot of acts, the AB boys found their global touring plans suddenly grinding to a stop when the beer bug pandemic gripped the Überverse and sent everyone scurrying for cover. With live music irrefutably the most missed victim of the ongoing lockdowns, bands have had to find new and imaginative ways of interacting with their fans – or just surviving. Now, this is not the most creative of those solutions, in fact it is something of a well-trodden path, but needs must when necessity calls, and thus we are presented with this, six live recordings of fan favourite songs from the band’s last album, plus one brand new song, recorded within the strictures of social distancing…

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Primal Instinct – ‘Devastation’ (Primal Music)

Primal Instinct – ‘Devastation’ (Primal Music)

Posted by | Nov 6, 2020 | ,

We all know that the sophomore album carries a bit of a stigma for bands. It’s the time where you’re trying to continue to woo those fans who have been on board from the debut album but also trying to win a larger legion of fans. All this while generally still finding your feet as a band is a lot to juggle but it’s a hurdle all bands have to go through after all. Now there’s every chance that you won’t have heard of Swedish hard rockers Primal Instinct (unless you pay close attention to our Singles Club!) so the important question is: will their sophomore release ‘Devastation’ get you hooked?

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Millie Manders and The Shutup – ‘Telling Truths, Breaking Lies’ (Self-Released)

Millie Manders and The Shutup – ‘Telling Truths, Breaking Lies’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Nov 6, 2020 | ,

Millie Manders and The Shutup are a band that hails from Norwich/London and ‘Telling Truths, Breaking Lies’ is their self-released debut album, which is highly charged, political and full of energy that is just contagious and makes you want to move and dance around as you listen. They are a punky band at heart, but they’re not scared of combining pop, metal, hip-hop and some ska into the mix to keep the listeners on their toes.

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Motörhead – ‘Ace Of Spades’ 40th Anniversary Box Set (BMG)

Motörhead – ‘Ace Of Spades’ 40th Anniversary Box Set (BMG)

Posted by | Nov 5, 2020 | , ,

In the entire annals of hard rock and heavy metal, there are but a handful of albums which truly deserve the description “iconic”. One of them, most undoubtedly, is ‘Ace Of Spades’. As the press release which accompanies this massive, and equally deservedly so, box set treatment to mark it’s 40th anniversary states, ‘Ace Of Spades’ was nothing short of a gamechanger for all forms of hard rock. Like lightning in a bottle, it perfectly captured everything great about hard rock, heavy metal, and punk at the time, amped it all up to 11, and came racing out of the gates at what felt like a million miles an hour, pushing at every musical boundary. Just like its three creators, nothing was harder, nothing was faster – and certainly nothing was louder than Motörhead and the hand they dealt with this opus magnus, which still stands the test of time to this very day as one of THE defining moments in not just the history of heavy metal but that of rock ‘n’ roll as a whole…

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