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Written by John Oakley
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Tuesday, 08 February 2011 05:00 |
 Christian metal can be something of an acquired taste. So with the two long sought after Messiah releases having finally been given a full remastering job on CD we thought we'd test out John Oakley's taste buds for all things holy and see what his verdict would be. The result was not exactly what we expected.
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Written by John Oakley
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Monday, 07 February 2011 05:00 |
 Featuring within their ranks members of the Ross The Boss band, Ivory Night are a band who want to tell you all a story. The story may be delivered in the form of thirteen tracks of white-hot heavy metal but when it's a story about a nightmare world of sex, you can rest assured that John Oakley will be listening.
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Written by Nev Brooks
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Sunday, 06 February 2011 05:30 |
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 Norwegian gothic/doom metal merchants To Cast A Shadow cite bands such as My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Type O Negative and Tool as major influences and we asked Nev Brooks to check out their second album, 'In Memory Of'.....
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Written by John Oakley
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Sunday, 06 February 2011 05:00 |
 British rockers Promethium are giving John Oakley sleepless nights with their 'Welcome To The Institution' debut album. He's found himself in a classic music journo situation and can't quite work out why he's waking to find his Sabaton jammies soaked in sweat every night. Read on as he reveals his quandary.
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Written by Lewis B
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Saturday, 05 February 2011 05:00 |
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 Post-hardcore screamo from Savona, Italy? Time to hand the microphone over to Lewis B as he checks out 'Lost Inside Myself', the band's debut album released on German record label Antstreet Records. Read on for the thoughts of the youngest, and savviest, Uber Rocker on the block....
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Friday, 04 February 2011 05:30 |
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 Formed by members of noisemongers Medulla Nocte, Murder One and Underule, Anger Management release their 'Beyond The Threshold Of Pain' EP and our resident hard-edged and hard-nosed roving reporter Darrel Sutton was on hand to take another aural (that's aural) pounding in the name of Uber Rock...
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Written by Dom Daley
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 05:00 |
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 Alt rockers Skin Trade release their eleven track debut album 'Heretic' and name Stone Temple Pilots, Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop as major influences. Dom Daley pulls back the skin of the album and discovers that one of those bands has REALLY influenced Skin Trade......
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Written by Nev Brooks
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 05:00 |
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 Three years in the making, 'The Octopus', the ambitious and opinion polarising third album from Amplifier, is epic in notion and scale yet maybe not that easy on certain ears. We chose the ears of Nev Brooks to check out the album and they, in turn, abandoned all hope. Read on to find out why.....
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Written by John Oakley
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Wednesday, 02 February 2011 05:00 |
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  Canadian rockers Cauldron have had us boiling over (ouch) with excitement at URHQ for quite some time now with their contagious blend of NWOBHM riffing and early Eighties US rock. But will John Oakley be another Uber Rocker to join the ever-growing Cauldron Fan Coven? Read on to find out.
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Written by Craggy
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Tuesday, 01 February 2011 05:30 |
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 Formed in 2008 in Denver Colorado, Black Sleep Of Kali released their debut album through Small Stone Recordings at the tail end of last year and Craggy looked into the brooding eight track affair filled with mammoth riffs and crazed drumming. Read on for his thoughts.....
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Written by Dom Daley
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Monday, 07 February 2011 05:00 |
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 Agnostic Front's Roger Miret returns, with The Disasters in tow, with 'Gotta Get Up Now' the band's fourth album and their first for five years. Was it worth the wait? Hell yeah, says Dom Daley as he listens to an early frontrunner for 2011's album of the year.....
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Written by Lara Lackie
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Monday, 07 February 2011 05:00 |
 Studio album number eight from Swiss rockers Shakra, and this time they have a new vocalist in the shape of John Prakesh along for the ride. So will this really be an album to see the band get their hard rocking 'Back On Track' and see them filling arenas worldwide? Lara Lackie ponders that very question for us.
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Written by Russ P
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Sunday, 06 February 2011 05:00 |
 Australian rockers Grinspoon are about to hit the UK for a set of debut shows promoting their sixth album 'Six To Midnight'. We asked our resident Flying Doctor Russ P to unravel the band's sound and give you all a sneaky peak of what the band are all about....
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Written by Dom Daley
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Saturday, 05 February 2011 05:30 |
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 "A little bluesy, a little dirty, a lot offensive... never apologetic... and not for the weak at heart on social commentary." That is how The Raggies describe their brand of scuzzed-out rock and we asked Dom Daley if he agreed.....
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Written by Gaz E
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Friday, 04 February 2011 06:00 |
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 Oxford-based bruisers Desert Storm have supported the likes of Orange Goblin, Black Spiders, Winnebago Deal and Godsized and, with their album 'Forked Tongues', show that they were worthy additions to any of those bills. Gaz E checks it out....
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Written by Dom Daley
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Friday, 04 February 2011 05:00 |
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 New York born trash-fuelled rock 'n' roller Kevin K has turned out something special for his latest release, his 20th studio album 'Joey And Me', dedicated to his late feline companion. Arriving at URHQ accompanied by a great double DVD set and a fantastic book, the album forms only a part of the excellent 'K-Day Invasion' set that is an essential purchase for all peeps for whom music begins and ends with Johnny Thunders and Ramones. Dom Daley tells us why....
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Written by Mark Taylor
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 05:00 |
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 Bloody 'ell, Pallas!!!! Now that's a name we've not heard for a while here at URHQ. But with prog master Mark Taylor pretty much on the ball with all things related to the band, we thought we'd simply leave it to him to tell you all about the band's all new 'XXV' album.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Wednesday, 02 February 2011 05:00 |
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 Falling from their spaceship over Baltimore, The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad have become something of an overnight sensation in the States after appearing on a TV talent show. They might have impressed judges like Sheila E but will they impress hard-nosed rock monsters like Dom D? Read on as our man asks "Do you got a disease?"
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Wednesday, 02 February 2011 05:00 |
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 'Broken Heart Syndrome' is apparently an album steeped in the traditions of classic rock, and with Jim Rowland throwing names around like Whitesnake, Rainbow and Deep Purple who are we to argue? But is this an album that is Ready & Willing or one that is Bent Out Of Shape? We'll let Jim tell ya....
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Written by Gaz E
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Tuesday, 01 February 2011 05:00 |
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 Never heard of The Crave? That is about to change because 'Breaking The Silence', their impressive thirteen track album, has the potential to infect the world quicker the rage virus. Gaz E is frothing at the ears and you can read why......
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A Metal Thrashing Mad Ian Bell is ready to break his relative recent silence with this, his review of album number four from German thrash legends Assassin. Just don't get him started about the Big Four, OK...