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Call of the Wild: The Big Bad Review
Hard Rock Hell: The Big Bad Review!
HRH ABC: The Big Bad Review

These Wicked Rivers, Gorilla Riot and 28 Double at The Hairy Dog!
Marco Mendoza & Bad Actress Rock Real Time Live!
Amped: Is This the UK’s Next Big Rock Show?
Daxx & Roxane, Dirty Sound Magnet and Rules of Engagement!
Ward XVI, Death Ingloria and Monastery at the Sal!
Rockin The Bowl: The Big Bad Review!
Kings of the Dairy Queen Parking Lot – Side B: Is it Somehow Even Better Than Everette’s Debut?
Sweet Poison: The Album to Finally Push The New Roses to the Top?

Dislike to False Metal: Have Nanowar Of Steel Become Major Players in Metal?

Here are Your Words: Is Burridge the New Wave of Pop Rock?
Plains of Oblivion: Are Blackment the Start of the New Wave of Finnish Heavy Metal?
Radiance: Are the Dead Daisies Back on Track?
Kingdemonium: My New Favourite Power Metal Album?
How to Shroud Yourself with Night: Are Lacrimas Profundere the Next Rise of Gothic Music?
Listen Up: Are Excuses Excuses the Next Big Thing in Radio-Rock?
Living Without Deaths Permission: The Ultimate Blend of Modern Rock and Metal?
Wishful Thinking: Are Patient Sixty-Seven the Future of Metalcore?
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What the Hell Have I Got Myself Into?: Another Fantastic EP from Emily Lockett!
Communication – Correction: 2022’s First Great Album?
Monsters & Heroes: Dark, Brooding Experimental Rock From Shoun Shoun
The Hammer Falls: The album to rocket Hutchinson into the Mainstream?
FTHC: The Punk Legend’s Magnum Opus?
For All We’ve Left Behind: Are Black Lakes The Future of Metal?
Just a Ride: A Solid Debut Album From Two of the UK Scene’s Sorely Missed Talents
Shades of Pale: The Next Big Thing in Death Metal?
With Regards From Home: The Debut Album to Send FES to the Stratosphere?
Decade of Silence: How Do Depressed Mode Sound After 13 Years Away?
The Fighter: The Next Great Blues Rock Album?
A Plague On All Your Houses: The Start of Something Beautiful for Hellblind?
Unlimited Love: Will The Return of Frusciante Help RHCP Finally Put Out Another Great Album?
Disarm The Gods: A Blistering Return From Above All

Senjutsu: Have the Metal Pioneers Still got it 45 Years into Their Careers?

Motorheart: A Return to Form for Britain’s Long Lost ‘Next Big Thing’?
Chrysalis: Are we Meeting The Next Big Extreme Metal Band?
No More Love: Are Dohny Jep Bringing an Even Heavier Sound to Pop-Rock?
Servant of The Mind: A Return to the Heaviness Volbeat?
IMPERA: Have Ghost Finally Started to Lose Steam?
Suffer in Silence: A Solid Sophomore Album From Assimilate?
STILL SUCKS: How does one of metal’s longest anticipated album hold up?
Let the Bad Times Roll: Can the Pop-Punk Legends Return to Form After Their Last Album?
We Will Ride: Can the Leaders of the NWOCR Movement Stay at the Top of the Genre?
WEIGHT OF THE WORLD: Does it Set up Florence Black as NWOCR’s Next Big Stars?
Voices: Metal’s Next Big Radio Band?
Battle At Garden’s Gate: Can the World’s Favourite New Band Keep Up Their Momentum?
In The Court of the Dragons: Do Trivium Somehow Top Their Last Two Albums?
Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood: Part Two of Ice Nine Kill’s Magnum Opus? Or the Continuation of Pushing Horror-Metal into the Mainstream?
Arrows in Words from the Sky: Can Robb Flynn and friends regain the fans’ favour after a turbulent few years?
MMXXI: The Next Era of AOR Bands?
Bullet For My Valentine: A Return to Form After a Disappointing Last Album?
Dead Writers: Among Spirits
The Myth of the Happily Ever After: How Does it Fair Compared to its 2020 Sister Album?
Lyoness: The Silence
The Missing Stone: The Next Great Symphonic Metal Album?
It Only Gets Worse From Here: One of the Flag Bearers For the Next Generation of Punk?
Higanbana, Pt One: A new start for Scarsun!
Casual Abrasive: Are Feverjaw the Next Big Indie Band?
The Skyline Lights: An Ambitious Project In a Tetralogy of Them!
The Collab Project: How do the Collaborations Help or Hinder Written by Wolves?
V: Will Halflives Continue to Build Their Momentum with Their Latest EP?
Eternal Blue: Can Spiritbox deliver on their hype with the release of their debut album?
SERPENT & SPIRIT: Has This Album Set Up Urne as Britain’s Next Big Metal Band?
Wallflowers: Will Jinjer Continue to Ride Their Huge Wave of Momentum?
The Ides of March: Does the Alter Bridge/Slash Frontman Have Enough Writing Chops on His Own?
Icon of Sin: Brazil’s own brand of NWOCR
Don’t You Feel Amazing?: Trash Boat’s New Album Brings Rock To The Pop Masses
Initiation: Are Napalm’s newest stars about to shoot for the stars?
Blue Kubricks: The Leeds-Based Band Ready to Take Over the Funk/Alt World
ATBPO: Have Night Ranger Still Got It?
NIRATIAS: Did Chevelle put out one of the best albums of the year and no one noticed?
Leave a Scar: Is the Twisted Sister Frontman Writing some of the Best Music of his Career?
Songs for the Saddle Sore: How Well Do Comedy Music and NWOCR Blend Together?
The Bitter Truth: Will Amy Lee and Co’s New Album Finally Measure Up to Their Debut?
Death By Rock and Roll: The Pretty Reckless’ 4th studio album
Closure: Will Attila Ever Mature?
Fortitude: Can Gojira Finally Take Their Place at the Top of the Metal World?
UNSTABLE: TETRARCH’S JOURNEY TO BRING NU-METAL BACK TO THE MAINSTREAM
Van Weezer: Have the pop punk legends still got it?
Scaled and Icy: Can Twenty One Pilots get back to their former glory?
Below: Have Beartooth got what it takes to take Hardcore Punk to the mainstream? 
Heist 2-11: A budding masked metal band making waves in the UK! 

The Nightmare of Being: Can At the Gates maintain the momentum they’ve had since their reunion a decade ago?
Mallavora: is this hard rock band the breath of fresh air the British heavy music scene needs?
Call of the Wild: can the German power metallers deliver another stellar album yet again?
This is NWOCR: a showcase of the best British new wave of classic rock scene
Nowhere Generation: Can this be the album that finally put Rise Against on top of the rock world where they belong?
Marching In Time: Can the Alter Bridge Guitarist put out an Album as Good as his Other Band Member’s This Year?

See What’s on the Inside: Have One of the Leaders of Metalcore Matured into Stadium Metal Juggernauts?

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