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On Hollow Ground – ‘Blood Is Blood’ (Self-Released)

On Hollow Ground – ‘Blood Is Blood’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Jul 22, 2020 | ,

‘Blood Is Blood’ starts strong. Grabbing elements from multiple styles, On Hollow Ground have made an album that will fit into pretty much any playlist that is even close to the genre. John B mentioned before that sometimes you hear music as a kid and think it is more aggressive than it really was. This is like what you haveour memory. This is the aggressive tone you thought you were listening to back when you were playing ‘Tony Hawks Pro Skater’. When your parents were not listening. Assuming your parents in y were as strict as mine about music that is. If you are lucky you can’t relate to this memory.

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The Big Dirty – ‘The Sex’ (Self-Released)

The Big Dirty – ‘The Sex’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Jul 21, 2020 | ,

It seems to be becoming a habit for emerging bands to claim that they are the saviours of a certain sub-genre of rock ‘n’ roll or heavy metal, the cavalry riding over the hill to rescue it, drag it from the quagmires of perceived mediocrity and breathe new life into its dying corpse like a Netflix-funded superhero. Unfortunately, all too often, such “saviours” themselves have nothing new to offer, are themselves embedded in that same muddy mire and, to coin a phrase, merely guilty of spreading “fake news”.

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Thundermother – ‘Heat Wave’ (AFM Records)

Thundermother – ‘Heat Wave’ (AFM Records)

Posted by | Jul 21, 2020 | ,

Having originally formed as a five-piece and then stripped down to a quartet, the hard rockin’ Swedish ladies who make up Thundermother are about to put every weather forecaster in the Überverse out of business by defiantly declaring that there most definitely will be a ‘Heat Wave’ this summer, in the shape of their about-to-be-released fourth album…

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Pinnacle Point – ‘Symphony Of Mind’ (Escape Music)

Pinnacle Point – ‘Symphony Of Mind’ (Escape Music)

Posted by | Jul 21, 2020 | ,

John B rarely hears something that he finds totally unique, while still being well-grounded. While he would say this new album from Pinnacle Point is very much inspired by the ‘80s – and often that is a hard era to draw inspiration from and still be unique, as it is often that people fall into a rut and end up just copying – he’s not sure it would fit right in back then. While it is clearly inspired by the era, it also manages to be something new that he has not ever really heard anything like before. It is a masterpiece in uniqueness, as he now explains:

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