Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 80: Douglas Blair
Douglas Blair is the lead guitarist of the American heavy metal band W.A.S.P. He is a long-serving member of the band that he originally joined in 1992.
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Author: roppongirocks
EP review: Mors Verum “The Living”
Canadian dissonant death metal trio serves up a decaying stew of smashing music.
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Album review: Steve Conte “Bronx Cheer”
The New York Dolls and Michael Monroe guitarist takes centre stage with his new solo album.
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Album review: Omnium Gatherum “Origin”
Finland’s Omnium Gatherum returns with a new line-up and an album filled with progressive and pop-influenced melodic death metal with a difference.
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Album review: Carl Sentance “Electric Eye”
Great new solo album by Nazareth’s vocalist.
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Album review: Häxkapell “Eldhymner”
Excellent Swedish black metal on the debut album by Häxkapell.
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Album review: Warfare “Songbook of Filth”
Warfare serves up a full English metal-punk breakfast filled with raw energy and attitude on a new compilation which features plenty of deep cuts.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 79: Michael Monroe
Michael Monroe fronted Finnish glam rockers Hanoi Rocks and later embarked on a solo career and worked with bands such as Demolition 23 and Jerusalem Slim.
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Album review: Lucifer “Lucifer IV”
Lucifer drags us back to the graveyard for another sinister night of 70s hard rock dancing.
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Album review: Motörhead “Everything Louder Forever”
A proper career-spanning 4 LP compilation of some of Motörhead’s best songs.
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Album review: Zornheym “The Zornheim Sleep Experiment”
Swedish symphonic extreme metal band Zornheym revisits the asylum and its twisted characters on its splendid new album.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 78: Anette Olzon
Anette Olzon made it big as lead singer for Nightwish from 2007 until 2012. In recent years, the Swedish vocalist has continued to create music as a solo artist and with the bands The Dark Element and Allen/Olzon.
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Five Records That Changed My Life, Part 77: Brian Stephenson
In the past, he has played bass for Annihilator and sung for Skull Fist. Now Brian Stephenson fronts fierce punk rock band Fore and creates terrific rock music with his own band Old James.
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