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Written by Ross Welford
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Monday, 09 January 2012 05:00 |
 It had to come in the end, didn't it? After Korn fused dubstep with nu metal to close out 2011 we just knew that a glam/hardcore fusion was only just a guyliner pencil's width away from a screamo vocal. Step forward Canadian metal futurists Blessed By A Broken Heart, as Ross Welford looks to get his 2012 off with a bang reviewing the band's third album 'Feel The Power'.
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Saturday, 07 January 2012 05:00 |
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 Dr Living Dead! are a mysterious Swedish mob hiding behind, not only masks and crazed stage names, but also one of the best album covers to grace these hallowed pages for a while. Mark Ashby investigates and finds a worthwhile exercise in noise, the influence of the likes of Suicidal Tendencies, DRI and SOD haunting proceedings.....
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Written by Russ P
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Friday, 06 January 2012 05:05 |
 It's too early in the year to be fighting at URHQ, but South African alternative/pop band Dear Reader have sparked more heated discussions than a Reckless Love album with this, their creature themed album 'Idealistic Animals'. Whilst it might not be your typical Uber Rock type of thing it most certainly is "different" and for that reason alone we allowed Russ P to drink from the normally poisoned chalice of "concept album". But what did he find?
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Written by Dave Prince
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 05:10 |
 Only one man at URHQ could get quite so excited about the recent series of reissues from '80s AOR also rans Tokyo and, of course, that man is Dave Prince. We are talking music that will have you rolling up your satin jacket sleeves, kicking off your espadrilles and fanning out that wild at the weekend hairstyle like it's 1984. It's all aboard as The Prince takes us on a magical melodic rock mystery tour to a time and place some may never have escaped from.
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Wednesday, 04 January 2012 05:30 |
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 Ourfamous Dead are a young five piece out of Leeds who have shared stages with the likes of Funeral For A Friend and The Blakout and now aim to entertain with their debut EP, 'I Am Human'. Ben Hughes checked out the four track affair that fuses rock and dance to great effect......
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Written by Dave Prince
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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 05:05 |
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 Back in the early '90s NYC rockers Beggars & Thieves were perhaps best known for simply featuring ex Ozzy Osbourne bassist Phil Soussan within their ranks, which was a shame as their 'self titled' debut was apparently a classic in the melodic rock mould, and something that passed most of us by at the time. Not so Dave Prince though - nah he's a long time fan and now he's championing their return via 'We Are The Brokenhearted' as something approaching an AOR second coming. Read on to find out why.
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Written by Gaz E
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Monday, 02 January 2012 05:30 |
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  In the first week of the new year is it too early to lay claim to a potential winner of the 2012 album of the year? Not a chance if that album is the highly-anticipated second full release from Hate Gallery. 'Viva La Resistance' wraps a chilling vision of the state of the modern world around essential rock 'n' roll and, as Gaz E found out, will struggle to be beaten by any record over the next twelve months....
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Written by Ross Welford
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Monday, 02 January 2012 05:00 |
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 The Dogs Divine are a Southern-tinged metal outfit who fuse a Pantera-style groove and heaviness to a more traditional straightahead rock sound. Ross Welford was the Uber Rocker entrusted with reviewing this bad boy for your reading pleasure........
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Monday, 31 January 2011 05:00 |
 Hailing from Coventry, Finish Him are a band who simply defy categorization. Darrel Sutton is the man at URHQ who poses the difficult question "but is that such a great thing?" as he goes in search of the missing song structure.
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Written by Johnny H
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Saturday, 29 January 2011 05:00 |
 Released earlier this week, this triple whammy of Thin Lizzy reissues had H Bombz all weak at the knees when they landed at URHQ. Discover why he feels the need to share some graphic childhood memories with you, as the boys really are back in town...
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Written by Dave Prince
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Saturday, 07 January 2012 05:15 |
 Back in June 2010 Angeline's debut platter 'Confessions' had our resident AOR sceptic Gaz E proclaiming it to be an Uber Rock approved slice of rifftastic rock. Fast-forward to the fading months of 2011 and the band's sophomore release 'Disconnected' is about to send Dave Prince off into a heaven of AOR superlatives. But as the saying goes "good things come to those who wait"...
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Written by Ross Welford
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Friday, 06 January 2012 05:45 |
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 UK glam titans Wrathchild return with 'STAKKATTAKKTWO', an album whose title looks like Zoot made it up. Ross Welford, Uber Rock's resident cock-rocking, hair-metalling, lipstikk 'n' laced loverboy, dips a painted toe into the curious depths of the band's fourth album and finds plenty to entertain himself with. Klikk that link to see if you could possibly agree.....
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Friday, 06 January 2012 05:00 |
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 Mark Ashby checks out the new, four track EP from Birmingham-based metallers Collision Process and finds a hugely promising young band with echoes of Pantera, Lamb Of God, even The Prodigy, filling their original sound. Read on for the lowdown....
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Written by Russ P
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 05:00 |
 Excuse me? Did I just see the words "easy" and "listening" being used to describe an album here on Uber Rock? Well given the fact that we are always banging on about challenging our readers we can forgive Russ P for that analogy, just, as we journey into the fragile world of Laura Gibson.
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Wednesday, 04 January 2012 05:00 |
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 With a founder member of the band also founding the Church Of Satan in his native land, Root have recruited a dark legion of black metal legends to aid them on the recording of this, their new album. Nergal, Mayhem mainman Blasphemer and Watain frontman Erik walk the left hand path with the band as Mark Ashby checks out 'Heritage Of Satan'....
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 04:45 |
 Album number two for Dutch occult rockers The Devil's Blood crept out from a rather dark and eerie place at the tail end of 2011, a place called 'The Thousandfold Epicentre'. We asked our man with the cloven-hoofed basketball boots Mr Jim Rowland to step inside this album full of psychedelic surprises and just look what he came out with.
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Monday, 02 January 2012 05:15 |
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 Rob Mancini is an Irish guitarist of German-Italian descent who plays every instrument on this new 13 track album, sings on it, produced it, and got his wife to do backing vocals. Mark Ashby finds a DIY affair that also includes a curious Kate Bush cover.......
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Written by Dave Prince
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Monday, 31 January 2011 05:00 |
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 Avenue Of Allies, the German melodic rock peddlers, turn back the clock and resurrect 80s parp-meisters Moritz, the UK band of melodic rockers who originally split up in 1988. The ruggedly handsome Dave Prince stops teasing his perm for a moment to wax lyrical on 'Undivided'
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Written by Johnny H
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Monday, 31 January 2011 05:00 |
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  Hailed by many as the saviours of rock in the UK, Johnny H is the man with the task of separating hard fact from possible fiction as he wraps himself up in the debut album from the perma-touring Black Spiders. So are the five dudes from Oop North really going to save the rock 'n' roll world in 2011? Read on to find out...
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Written by Dave Prince
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Friday, 28 January 2011 06:00 |
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 Following support slots with the likes of AC/DC, Black Label Society and Alter Bridge, and appearances at Wacken and Rock Am Ring, German riffmongers The New Black unleash their second album, 'II: Better In Black' and we thought it was time that Dave Prince listened to something other than girly pop music on the Frilly Pink record label.....
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Four albums into their career and The Love Me Nots are evolving with each new album and although Dom Daley has only recently become aware of their work he seems mightily impressed with the sounds pouring out of the URHQ CD player as 'The Demon And The Devotee' takes us on a skanking Farfisa driven garage punk joyride. You wanna join him on the journey?