Richard Springthorpe, more commonly known as Rick Springfield, is often regarded as a legendary “one-hit wonder” despite his 17 fairly popular studio albums. His famed single “Jessie’s Girl” quickly dominated his career in the early 80s leading many to be more familiar with the single than the artist associated with it. On Feb. 19 Springfield released his 18th studio album “Rocket Science,” a release that pairs recognized characteristics of the artist with a clearly pronounced country rock influence. This latest release is successful in it’s delivery and is catchy enough to pull “Jessie’s Girl” fans into the Rick Springfield fan spectrum.

Альбом-компиляция архивных записей группы, не вошедших на дебютник "On the Sunday of Life".

Sometimes, when some bands deal with old Metal ways, they can find something interesting to show. There’s no formula to reach this point, just the idea that you must sound alive and with energy. Having this in mind, we can say that the Californian band WHITE WIZZARD is really a very good band, as we hear on “Infernal Overdrive”. They take influences from bands as ICED EARTH, SANCTUARY, and something from NWOBHM (especially IRON MAIDEN) and earlier Power Metal, and their musical work reminds a lot the way of what I always call US Metal, the way the North American bands of traditional Heavy Metal plays. Their musical genre is nothing new at all, but in their hands, it sounds so good to our ears that we can’t resist their melodies.

Концертный альбом записан на лондонском стадионе Уэмбли в 2013 году во время выступления легендарной британской рок-группы The Who в рамках мирового шоу, которое приурочено к 40-летию рок-оперы «Quadrophenia» (1973).

Sometimes when these older and previously more established named progressive rock bands try to reform or generally carry on trading upon the success of their previous greatness it can often prove to be a distinctly huge disappointment. But, believe me this seventeenth studio album by Kayak, due to be released in Europe on January 12th 2018, is quite magical, full of beautiful melodic passages, wonderful keyboard / guitar interchanges and lovely symphonic instrumental arrangements. In fact the entire affair is a total delight from start to finish completely refreshing with the more melodic “Kayak” trademark sound coming to the fore rather than their sometimes more jazz tinged complex musical side. Maybe the influence for this oh! so melodic album, so rich in piano and swirling keyboard patterns, was due entirely to the original and founder ‘Kayak’ member Ton Scherpenzeel who wrote and composed pretty well all of the material but much praise must be lavished upon axe man ‘Marcel Signor’ for providing oodles of utterly majestic and exquisite guitar.

Cпустя четыре года после ухода из группы Yossi Sassi, Orphaned Land выпустили новый шестой альбом "Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs". Работа получилась что-то вроде манифеста. Или, скорее, крик души тех, кто пытается сделать хоть что-то ради мира, но постоянно сталкивается с непониманием, нежеланием прислушаться к ближнему, а главное – тотальным безразличием. Оставаясь верными своему стилю, на первом плане в альбоме скрипки, виолончели и такие восточные инструменты как дарбука, уд, канун и саз. Хотя гитары и ритм-секция, конечно, играют важную, если не решающую роль. Всё звучит органично, и все инструменты прекрасно слышны – это заслуга не только группы, но и Jens Borgen (микширование) и Tomas Lindgren (мастеринг).