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Swiss garage post-punk outfit Baffo d’Oro has released “What We Want,” the lead single from their highly anticipated

Oslo-based artist Sondre Thomassen Thorvik has officially launched his music project, Raging Lines, with the release of a

This is the fifth album from UK progressive rock band Black Orchid Empire. Black Orchid Empire revealed themselves to be one of the best contemporary heavy/progressive rock bands around on 2023’s Tempus Veritas, and also showed their chops in the live environment at last year’s Mangata Festival. All of which is to say that the … Continue reading “Black Orchid Empire – LORE (Review)”

It forced them to drop one of their most famous songs for the first time in decades. Continue reading…

Five-piece punk rock band HET UP! returns with a 7-inch split backed by fellow Toronto, Ontario band Almighty Trigger Happy on Cursed Blessings Records. HET UP describes their track “Smile…(see you in hell)” below:

“[Smile…] is about the struggle between good and evil and battling inner demons.  A constant theme that can be applied in multiple aspects of life. How little choices can shape and define your path and your future. Redemption or ruin are around every corner.”  

Stream “Smile… (see you in hell)” below:

Physical copies of the split can be pre-ordered at Cursed Blessings Records website.

Canada, HET UP! has a couple shows coming up. Check them out at the dates below:

May 15 – The Opera House – Toronto, On w/ the Buzzcocks

June 13 – Way Too Fest – Welland, On

These artists rock your world and haunt your dreams. Continue reading…

“A lot of people bought the single and came to our shows thinking we were a black act”

Review: Jayler – Voices Unheard Silver Lining Music – May 29th, 2026 Reviewer – Grant Foster This West Midlands four piece’s recent profile is highly impressive. A rake of high profile support slots in the U.K. and abroad that most young rock outfits would give their eye teeth for. They certainly look the part. Snake skin […]

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“Rising like a crazy balloon”

It’s not one of the more celebrated tracks from the Dio era of Rainbow but I really enjoy Snake Charmer from the first album of the era, 1975’s Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow.

A funky, wah-fuelled Hendrix-y rocker, Snake Charmer is no great shakes in terms of riffs and songwriting but it has a joyous energy and wonderful performances. In particular, bassist Craig Gruber excels. There’s a palpable chemistry as his lively, roaming basslines power a dynamic. expressive guitar solo from Blackmore.

At the time I got into Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, I was listening to loads of old Skynyrd and early Whitesnake and songs like Snake Charmer ensured that Rainbow fit right in with that rootsy, sunny mood. The album’s more fantastical and weighty tracks might be the standouts but Snake Charmer is a crucial part of the Rainbow debut’s eclectic and colourful charm.

If you paid close attention to what’s happening on the regional scene, it seems like the metallic hardcore