Month: January 2017

It’s been sometime since we’ve heard from Finnish progressive rock band Trusties, seven years actually. Apparently they’ve been busy working on Untouchable, a concept album, a psychological thriller, about Arthur the Martyr, a seemingly normal kid planning a mass murder. The story take place not so much in normal reality but the fantasy world of the protagonist. See the story teaser at the end of the review and following the music video for more details.

Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, best known for their hit singles “Metal Health” and “Cum on Feel the Noize”. The band was founded in 1973, by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni under the name Mach 1. They then changed the name to Little Women, before settling on Quiet Riot in May 1975.

Let’s start with a statement: if you are an AC/DC kind of rock fan, and worship bands like Airbourne (which I love by the way) and at the same time do not tolerate anything else, you will most likely not get this album at all.

Country: Finland
Genre: Progressive / Melodic Heavy Metal
Year: 2016

Anne Bertucci started her career when she was chosen to join the band “The Babys” (Featuring John Waite & members from Journey) as a featured vocalist for the entire 1979-80 tours. They toured nationwide as an opening act for Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Eddie Money, Ted Nugent, Journey, Styx and other major acts,

Category: West Coast/Lite AOR
Year: 1980/2016
Label: Preservation Records (Norway)

Ronnie Baker Brooks was born in Chicago, and started playing guitar around age six. At 19, he joined his father Lonnie Brooks, who by then had influenced some of the most well-known bluesman of our history: Jimmy Reed, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Winter, and Junior Wells. For 12 years the two would tour together, putting Ronnie out front with Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Koko Taylor.

The corpse of Rise To Remain was still warm when its surviving members announced their new venture, As Lions. Vocalist Austin Dickinson (son of Iron Maiden-Fronter Bruce Dickinson) has long been the focus of derision from trolls because his dad happens to be a certain frontman in Iron Maiden,

Warrior is the debut and the only full-length album by American rock band Scandal The album reached a high of #17 on the U.S.

Category: Westcoast/Lite AOR
Year: 1982
Label: Asylum (Japan)