Saturday, May 4, 2024

They Came From The Hills… Cadaverous Condition

Austrian death metal veteran act Cadaverous Condition is back with new single ‘They Came From The Hills’. The single serves as a fiery introduction to...

Album Reviews

Ian Hunter shows Defiance Pt 2:Fiction

Hot on the heels of last year’s excellent Defiance Pt. 1, Ian Hunter is back with the follow-up, unsurprisingly titled, Defiance Pt. 2: Fiction....

Live Reviews

Blind Guardian: The Bard’s Song lives on in Manchester

After an eight year wait, the mighty Blind Guardian made their way to our shores, armed with a brand new album, The God Machine,...

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Under The Spell of Old Trees – A Retrospective Glance at Nidingr’s Rehearsal 1996

Today, I figured that it would be interesting to cast a flickering yet hopefully illuminating light on a rather obscure release from that gloriously...

RAMzine Classic: Stevie Salas Colorcode

For an artist that has appeared on over 70 different albums with artists from George Clinton, Justin Timberlake and Buddy Miles to Mick Jagger...

Reflections on Bill Ward’s outstanding solo album

Legendary drummer Bill Ward (ex-Black Sabbath) released an overlooked gem of an album back in 1997 entitled When the Bough Breaks, and I figured...

See The Light by Jeff Healey – RAMzine Classic

There are many ways of finding a new artist, especially in this internet age - it wasn’t always that easy. An example of one...

Imaginaerum by Nightwish – RAMzine Classics

November 30th 2011 saw Finnish power metal legends, Nightwish, release their 7th studio album, Imaginaerum. A less traditional concept album that is more held together...

The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys go well beyond being merely a group of musicians. It wouldn’t be inappropriate to describe them as a cultural, even maybe...

Queensryche by Ross Halfin (Rufus Rock ‘n Roll Publications)

Back in their heyday, Queensryche were blessed (or was it cursed?) with the epithet “the thinking man’s heavy metal band,” a tag they carried...