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Goro and INTERCONTINEN7AL Reviewed
September 21, 2024
Goro – Emperor Prophet
Most of the bands that try to do too much end up doing much at all. The idea of crafting songs that go from one musical style to another sounds appealing. But in reality, other than The Beatles and Ween, it’s not something that too many…
When Ritchie Blackmore Finally Got His Way: Top 11 Rainbow Songs
September 21, 2024
Rainbow was the brainchild of guitar magus Ritchie Blackmore and unapologetically an attempt to gatecrash the charts. With the side project active for more than two decades, Rainbow did manage to secure hits and, what’s more, to incorporate trends that varied wildly…
Certain Death and Chapel of Roses Reviewed
August 23, 2024
Certain Death – Paranoid
It’s hard not to smirk a little bit when hearing all the internet personalities advertising a lifestyle where a greater quantity of fruits and whole grains are consumed. Surely, these people are Luddites. What’s next? Do I have to show…
Goia Paranoia and Påls butikk Reviewed
August 15, 2024
Goia Paranoia – Black Out
It’s the people who can keep calm in most situations, keep their wits about, and observe what all of the others are doing that tend to win at the game of life. Those people are usually Nordic Europeans. It’s their education that makes…
Vision Video and Silver Dust Reviewed
July 28, 2024
Vision Video – Balaclava Kiss
I am sorry to say, but the gruesome, terrible events of the past have not scared us off repeating them. People are drawn to power, to violence, to doing nasty things to one another. Because of this, sadly, extreme right-wing or…
Sun the Silent Killer and StickyBongWater Reviewed
July 18, 2024
Sun the Silent Killer – Around the Horn
The people whoa re massively successful are hardly ever also happy. If they’d stop to be happy, they would just stop working on the thing that makes them successful. And, only naturally, for most people, that thing, the one…
Lightwatch and Amongst Liars Reviewed
June 13, 2024
Lightwatch – Adrenaline
Maybe it’s just a matter of attitude. The biggest athletes in the world train a lot, sure. But when it comes to games that could win them a medal, they have the confidence that they have precisely what it takes to make the anthem be played…
The 10 Best Songs by Guns n' Roses
May 27, 2024
Guns n’ Roses was the last outpost of dirty, lecherous trad rock in a modern, idealistic alt-rock world. But Axl Rose had a secret. He, too, loved the indie bands and their ideas and couldn’t help but integrate them into some of Gn’R’s best songs.
Say what you want about Mötley Crüe, their collective playing ability, or recent accusations of using pre-recorded tracks on stage, but the band could deliver songs designed for giant arenas.
Much of this was due to band leader Nikki Sixx and his ability to zero in on…