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Backyard Babies – ‘Sliver And Gold’ (Century Media)

Backyard Babies – ‘Sliver And Gold’ (Century Media)

Posted by | Mar 1, 2019 | , |

Proving once again that Sweden is the glunk ‘n’ roll capital of the Überverse, Backyard Babies pummel their way into their 30th anniversary by proving that they are very much still at the top of their game with this, their eighth studio album – a collection of songs so hot that Monk had a fire extinguisher on one side his desk and a bucket of ice on the other in case his laptop ignited with the sheer level of excitement emanating from its speakers…

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Tim Bowness – ‘Flowers At The Scene’ (InsideOut)

Tim Bowness – ‘Flowers At The Scene’ (InsideOut)

Posted by | Mar 1, 2019 | , |

Being somewhat of a fan of Tim Bowness’s work, be that solo or as part of one of his projects, DJ Astrocreep was quite delighted when this release was passed across to us – even more so when he got to chat to him about it in advance. What he wasn’t ready for was quite how true to the album Tim was in his appraisal of it. Knowing his past solo material and basing it solely against that, the bar is already high – without any mention of his outside works. Tim mentions in the interview about how he feels it’s his strongest piece of work to date, a statement our resident DJ normally takes with a huge pinch of salt, as it’s easily trotted out. In this case, however, Tim has nailed it…

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Walls Of Blood – ‘Imperium’ (Metalville)

Walls Of Blood – ‘Imperium’ (Metalville)

Posted by | Feb 28, 2019 | , |

Walls Of Blood is the latest project from Canadian guitarist Glen Drover, who may be familiar to long-term ÜR readers for his brief stints with King Diamond, Megadeth, Testament and the first incarnation of Geoff Tate’s post-Queensrÿche project. Remarkably, he has been silent on the recording front for pushing eight years – since his debut solo album, the instrumental ‘Metalusion’ back in 2011. But, now he has re-emerged from the darkness of musical exile with this collaboration with an assortment of different vocalists, including the likes of Tim ‘Ripper’ Ownes, his old bandmate Chuck Billy, Todd LaTorre (oh, the irony in that one) and Firewind’s Henning Basse, among others.

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