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Written by Rob Watkins
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Friday, 02 March 2012 05:00 |
 Featuring more guest players than it is physically possible to mention in one album review, Rob Watkins tackles Jeff Scott Soto's fifth studio release as a solo artist solely from the angle of the songs contained within 'Damage Control'. Question is, after 2009's 'Beautiful Mess', would Jeff finally be getting back to his hard rocking roots? Rob is the man with all the answers.
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Thursday, 01 March 2012 05:15 |
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  Discovering some of the best new bands in the land can sometimes just happen. Like when Darrel Sutton stumbled into a Dirtbox Disco gig and proceeded to get his mind blown by their infectious brand of punk rock. Being a sucker for the likes of Turbonegro and The Babysitters Sutton wants you all to welcome their bastard offspring from Burton on Trent. So Uber Rockers, 'Are You Ready?'
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Thursday, 31 March 2011 06:00 |
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  Cursing us for thinking that we had handed him yet more metalcore shite, Darrel Sutton is soon eating humble pie (read 'cock') when he slams 'Liars' from Italian hardcore mob If I Die Today into his stereo. "The perfect mix of aggression and melody" - to say that Darrel likes this album a little is a gross understatement. Read on as he gushes......
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Written by Dom Daley
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Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:00 |
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 It has been five years since Nikki Sudden died suddenly of a heart attack after performing in New York, yet another rock 'n' roll maverick taken way too early. Cool as fuck UK record label Easy Action have released 'Playing With Fire', a collection of material recorded during the sessions for Sudden's last two studio albums that featured appearances from the likes of Ian McLagan, Mick Taylor, Darrel Bath and his old sparring partner Dave Kusworth. Dom Daley goes through the emotions as he checks it out....
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Written by Jason Daniel Baker
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011 05:30 |
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 Jason Daniel Baker discovered Drive Faster in highly Uber Rock approved fashion - catching the band live and being impressed enough to investigate further. With debut album 'Frame Of Mind', Drive Faster fuse moments of 80s sounding electro pop to bursts of electric guitar with interesting results. Read on for the wise words of JDB......
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011 05:30 |
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 Von Hertzen Brothers are a trio consisting of...er...three brothers from Finland whose music is often described as 'prog-related'. Ben Hughes checks out the band's fourth album, 'Stars Aligned', and likes what he hears. Is he in danger of becoming Uber Rock's resident prog rock expert? Get your cards, son!!!
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Written by Gaz E
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Monday, 28 March 2011 06:00 |
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 After going on 'indefinite hiatus' in 2008, US pop punks Yellowcard have reunited and signed a new record deal with Hopeless Records, culminating in their seventh studio album 'When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes'. Gaz E asks if a couple of years in the pop wilderness is a near death experience.....
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Monday, 28 March 2011 04:00 |
 Graveyard are causing a real buzz within the underground metal scene right now, and we wanted to know exactly what it was that's setting them apart. We asked Jim Rowland to spend some time alone with the band's all new second album and experience exactly what it means to be full of 'Hisingen Blues'
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Written by Dave Prince
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Saturday, 26 March 2011 05:30 |
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 Scandinavian hard rockers M.ILL.ION return with their seventh album 'Sane & Insanity' and we asked our melodic metal marauder Dave Prince to turn off his new Tiffany album and give it a whirl. Did he like it? Well, he describes one track as "an almost heaven-like slice of Euro rock" so I guess that answers our question. Read on for other pearls of wisdom from the Prince Of Parp!
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Saturday, 26 March 2011 05:00 |
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 Some things in life you can depend on, one of them is NYHC legends Agnostic Front never delivering a dull album. 'My Life, My Way' is their first new studio album in just under four years, and Darrel Sutton is ready to get (Vinnie) Stigmatised, all in the name of Uber Rock....
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Thursday, 01 March 2012 05:30 |
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 Auction For The Promise Club are a female-fronted three piece from Cornwall who, with this, their debut EP, 'One', have impressed the bejesus out of Über Röck's Ben Hughes. Read on to find out why........
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Written by Gaz E
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Thursday, 01 March 2012 05:00 |
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 Miss Guy, frontman of celebrated Uber Rock favourites the Toilet Boys, returns with a five track EP that, although happy to satisfy fans of his DJ work, showcases a surprising maturity that takes UR's Gaz E a little by surprise. Read on to find out why......
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Thursday, 31 March 2011 05:30 |
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 The new dark indie darlings in waiting? That's how Ben Hughes describes Ulterior, whose debut album 'Wild In Wildlife', a slab of goth-tinged electronica, is getting promising reviews from every ear that it touches. Could this combination of a Sisters Of Mercy and The Mission sound combined with jagged guitar and electronic pop be the next big thing? Read on to find out....
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011 06:00 |
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 Yet another great Welsh band for you to discover. 'Con-Demned' from Bridgend noiseniks Smiler is a nine song blur of social commentary that has Darrel Sutton thinking of DRI, Cryptic Slaughter and Adrenalin OD. Read on as he checks out this noisy throwback to the 1980s.....
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Written by Gaz E
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011 06:00 |
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 No, retro glam fans - not that Ragdolls. This bunch of schlock rockers come from Sweden and are certainly reading from the Murderdolls manual. Fusing horror punk with sleaze metal, this band could be the ghouls all the bad guys want. Gaz E investigates...with the light on...
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Written by Dom Daley
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011 05:00 |
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 Long before Airbourne there were a slew of acts trying to ride the coattails of AC/DC on the highway to commercial success in an attempt to get their noise polluting millions of ears. The only one named after both an odd-toed ungulate and a watertight vertical cylinder were Rhino Bucket, returning with their ninth album and now featuring former Kix guitarist Brian 'Damage' Forsythe. Dom Daley checks out their straight-ahead, hard rockin' return.....
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Written by Russ P
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Monday, 28 March 2011 05:00 |
 When the first solo album from ex-Thin Lizzy/Motorhead guitarist Brian Robertson arrived at URHQ we had to fight each other to get to review it. Winner of the office 'Sudoko off' was Russ P and Wild Horses wouldn't drag him away from his 'Diamonds And Dirt'. Read all about this storming debut album right here....
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Written by Gaz E
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Sunday, 27 March 2011 05:00 |
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 Best feeling in the world? Sex? Scoring a goal? Having a shit when you're busting to go? How about seeing a band that you've never heard of appear before you and blow you away? That's what happened when Gaz E saw OXP live last month. Read on as he checks out their four track EP.....
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Saturday, 26 March 2011 05:00 |
 When it comes to reinventing a genre, Marillion are probably one of the most successful bands at performing this feat. Some twenty two years after Steve Hogarth first replaced Fish as the band's frontman Jim Rowland rediscovers the band in all of its new found stripped down glory...and still very much (a)live and well.
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Friday, 25 March 2011 05:00 |
 Proving once again that they are definitely not from Sweden after all, Washington D.C.'s finest exponents of melodic death metal, Darkest Hour, are back and welcoming Darrel Sutton to their world of 'Human Romance'. Cue plenty of killer riffs and cue Sutton moaning about his headbanger's neck for weeks to come.
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Retro rockers Grifter are set to support Orange Goblin next month so what better time to check out their self-titled album? With songs like 'Asshole Parade' and 'Bucktooth Woman', Über Röck's Jamie Richards could hardly wait to get his handy jotter out...