Black Country Communion recorded their third album, 2012′s Afterglow, in a matter of weeks, and it shows. Its songs sound by and large looser and more spontaneous than the oftentimes…
Black Country Communion – Afterglow (2012)
Slash – Made in Stoke 24/7/11 (2011)
Recorded live at the Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England in 2011, Made In Stoke 24/7/11 spans two discs…
Slash – Apocalyptic Love (2012)
If you were wondering why Slash, one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, chose to throw in his lot with Myles Kennedy, one of the greatly undistinguished hard rock vocalists of his…
Dio – Strange Highways (1994)
The final Warner Bros. release for Dio after an 11-year run of hard-edged post-Sabbath recordings, Strange Highways is almost a return to early ’80s form for a…
Dio – Lock up the Wolves (1990)
Ronnie James Dio assembled a new version of Dio for Lock Up the Wolves, to no apparent change in the band’s sound. Nevertheless…
Dio – Dream Evil (1987)
Dream Evil is by no means a departure from the Dio formula that was so successful for his first three solo albums. All of the elements that made…
Dio – Sacred Heart (1985)
Although relatively strong sales at the time of its release would appear to refute this claim, Dio’s third album in three years, 1985′s Sacred Heart, was a…
Dio – The Last in Line (1984)
Following the extremely warm reception given his self-named band’s well-deserving debut album, Holy Diver, Ronnie James Dio figured there was no…
Dio – Angry Machines (1996)
Originally released on Mayhem in 1996, then reissued by Spitfire in 2000, Angry Machines was Dio’s first effort away…
Dio – Inferno: Last in Live (1998)
Ronnie James Dio never sounded more inspired than he does on Inferno: Last in Live, an outstanding two-CD set recorded…
Dio – Magica (2000)
Dio’s rock-solid 2000 concept album Magica would have better fit the musical climate 15-25 years beforehand, but a good album is a good album. Ronnie…
Dio – Killing the Dragon (2002)
Ronnie James and his latest version of Dio roll out another collection of songs on Killing the Dragon, steeped in the requisite medieval imagery he loves…
Dio – Holy Diver (1983)
After playing a major role in five positively classic heavy metal albums of the late ’70s and early ’80s (three with Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and two with Black Sabbath), it…
Dio – Master of the Moon (2004)
There’s something about a post-millennium album cover that features a giant blue-horned minion of Satan in pre-pounce with an illuminated crystal…
Jon Lord Will Never Die (2012)
Dying is not ceasing to exist. Nothing ceases to exist. That is not the way nature works. It is completion and/or abandoning of a form known, felt and seen by the others and…
Kingdom Come – Rendered Waters (2010)
Remember when, in the 1980s, the hard rock landscape was littered heavily with Led Zeppelin impostors? The apex of this so-called movement was probably…
Bad Company – Live at Wembley (2011)
When legendary classic rockers Bad Company performed at the historic British venue Wembley Arena in London on a beautiful April 2010 spring night…
Bad Company – Desolation Angels (1979)
By the time Bad Company released Desolation Angels, it was evident that even Rodgers and Ralphs were getting tired of their…
Bad Company – Bad Company (1974)
Bad Company’s 1974 self-titled release stands as one of the most important and accomplished debut hard rock albums from the ’70s. Though hardly…
Bad Company – Straight Shooter (1975)
One year after Bad Company’s multi-platinum self-titled debut, the British band returned to London to record a follow-up. Utilizing…
Bad Company – Run with the Pack (1976)
It was no surprise when Straight Shooter, Bad Company’s second album, came out sounding like a carbon copy of their…
Bad Company – Burnin’ Sky (1977)
The string finally ran out for Bad Company with their fourth album, Burnin’ Sky. Their approach was so simple that it almost inevitably…
Bad Company – Rough Diamonds (1982)
Rough Diamonds is the sixth album by rock band Bad Company released in August 1982.Rough Diamonds, like its predecessor…
Bad Company – Fame and Fortune (1986)
For the Irish game show, see Fame and Fortune (television). For the U.S. game show, see Fame and Fortune (US).Fame And Fortune is the seventh…