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Words That Burn – ‘Pyres’ (Self-Released)

The sign of a great band is when they are able to take a number of apparently disparate influences and mould them into a clear, cohesive sound of their own. Many bands fail, because they jump from style to style, trying to be too many things different people, without giving consideration to the overall blend of the sound and creating a solid, clearly identifiable niche of their own. Words That Burn have managed to walk that fine line and, in the process, hit and album that hits hard and caresses you lovingly in equal measures.

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Rotten River Blues Band – ‘Electrophant’ (Vandango Levyt)

The Rotten River Blues Band hail from the delta… the Mätäoja delta of southern Finland, that is. But sound could be as firmly rooted in the mudflats of the Mississippi as it is the swamps of the river from which they take their name, as the quartet mix the heavy psychedelia of New Orleans with the dense suvern blooze of the Louisiana bayou as easily as they do with the sleazier side of the rock ‘n’ roll spectrum for which their homeland is better known.

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Wheels Of Fire – ‘Begin Again’ (Art Of Melody Music/Burning Minds Music)

‘Begin Again’ is something of an appropriate titled for this, the third album from Italian hard rockers Wheels Of Fire. Why? Well, it has been seven years since the release of their last opus, ‘Up For Anything’, and therefore it could be argued that this is very much a new start for the band, with three new members joining the core creative duo of Davide Barbieri and Stefano Zeni.

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