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I'm not gonna lie, I've never heard of this band, but when the band make news for making a new album and that headline is it is their first in over 30 years than curiosity will get to me. Tune in to hear my thoughts on this album to see if the wait was worth it.

Atrophy - Asylum

When Dragonforce make an album you can expect it to be set to the pace of an F1 race and true to their style this album follows suite. Mostly. Tune in to hear my thoughts on their latest album.

Dragonforce - Warp Speed Warriors

Midnight Oil might be finished but Peter Garrett is not. On this episode we discuss his second solo album and latest effort.

Peter Garrett - The True North

After some years of not being on my radar the Kaiser Chiefs have come across my new release notes and needless to say my Intrigue turned into boredom. Tune into this episode of 5 Minute Reviews to hear my thoughts on their latest album.

Kaiser Chiefs - Easy Eight Album

Are you looking for an album that slaps hard? Then do I have just the slab of stoner metal that will deliver. Tune in to this episode for my take on the newest album by Leather Lung.

Leather Lung - Graveside Grin

If you think about Lynyrd Skynyrd chances are its the song Sweet Home Alabama and it is their most iconic and well known song. It was a song written as a diss track to Neil Young but it has a lot more to it. Also if this is the only song you know than you are missing out and need to hear this album. On this retro review I go in depth on the anthemic song Sweet Home Alabama and discuss the album including deep cuts and rate it. Tune in to hear my thoughts.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping

When you do power metal and are using a hammer than you truly need to have the king of all hammer's. Will Thor share his hammer? Well tune in to hear my thoughts on the latest album by Hammer King.

Hammer King - Konig Und Kaiser

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Thor - Ride Of The Iron Horse

It is with great pleasure that I am reintroducing the game that started this whole channel and for this episode I have a special guest with Brendan, the lead singer from the band All This Filth. For this episode Brendan gave me a list of his favourite albums while growing up so I picked 3 from this list and have made him decide - which would he see Live once only and never hear again, which would he Listen to forever and never see live, and what album would he Erase forever. Tune in to hear our discussion about these three amazing albums by Slipknot, Fear Factory and Nailbomb and don't forget to comment with your choices and why.

All This Filth - Tomorrow Will Be Better?

Well after the reception of my last Aaron Lewis I knew I had to do a follow up once he released a new album and 2024 is the year to be dropping politically charged music but the question remains - is it as bad as the last effort? Tune in to hear my thoughts.

Aaron Lewis - The Hill

Scott is having a great year. Reuniting his band Creed seems to have been a perfectly timed PR move for the announcement of his solo album too. Higher Power is his newest album and this is my review on the album. Tune in to hear my thoughts.

Scott Stapp - Higher Power

If there is one certainty in metal it is Al and his cutting takes on society delivered with the backing of his band in that signature Industrial Metal sound. They have been on the scene for 40 years and with this newest album it brings the total albums to 16 albums. Tune in to hear my thoughts on this record.

Ministry - Hopium For the Masses

For a debut album there are many pit falls when it comes to releasing a debut album. Will we be able to carve out our own sound or will it replicate our bands that influenced us? Will it shine or fall wayside? It's hard to tell in this day and age but I can say that Hands Of Goro is one of the few debut EP's that really shines while mixing their influences with their own style of music. Tune in to hear my thoughts.

Hands Of Goro - Hands Of Goro EP

If you are a Slipknot fan than you should be interested to hear that Anders Colsefni, former singer for the band, has re-recorded the Slipknot debut EP Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat with New Zealand band Kaosis. This is one hell of a shift for a style that could have been and an interesting insight into a different take on some old songs. Tune in to hear my thoughts on this album.

Anders Colsefni + Kaosis - Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat

Sum 41 are closing out there careers and to show us who is top dogs they have given us one last album, a swan song if you will. So how does it sound? Tune in to hear my thoughts.

Sum 41 - Heaven :X: Hell

It has been a long wait for fans of Mammal but we finally have their latest album and it does not dissapoint. Tune in to hear my 5 minute review on the Australian rock group in what can only be described as one of the best Aussie exports since VB (not Fosters - we don't drink that swill!).

Mammal - The Penny Drop

Have Judas Priest become the Rolling Stones of metal or do they still have some power left in their sound? Tune in to hear my 5 minute review on their latest album by the group.

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

After a lengthy holiday I am back and what better way to kick things off than to discuss the new Bruce Dickinson album The mandrake Project. Jon me as I discuss this album on my 5 minute review.

Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

Dream Theater are a band full of extremely talented musicians who write music at the peak of the prog metal genre, most of the time. For this episode I am going to discuss all their albums ranked from worst to best in my opinion. Please feel free to share your list.

When checking out the Aussie metal scene it is important to soak it all in. As is the case with this new album by All This Filth, a band I stumbled across by this band by chance and needless to say I was impressed by the sound the band have created on this album. Tune in to hear my thoughts on this album.

All This Filth - Tomorrow Will be Better

This song has one interesting history and has been covered numerous times over the years, however for the focus of today's episode of Retro Review we are looking at the 2004 version by Australian 90s rock icons Spiderbait and how for a brief moment they seemed to have newfound success breaking into the international scene but suddenly disappeared from the scene.

Spiderbait - Black Betty

Well its safe to say I know very little about Darkest Hour. In fact only a few hours before recording this video I had never heard of them. All of this would change with the bands newest album Perpetual Terminal. Tune in to hear my thoughts on the album.

Darkest Hour - Perpetual Terminal

If you love your Nu Metal era sound than you are sure to enjoy this new album by Ashes Like rain. On this episode I discuss the latest debut EP by the band and give my thoughts on what a new wave of the genre sounds like.

Ashes Like Rain - Ashes Like Rain EP

With a long and super rich history in the prog rock game I knew I had to check out Steve Hackett's newest album, The Circus And The Nightwhale, his 28th as a solo musician and considering I haven't heard a lot of his stuff before I can say I will be checking out his stuff soon - this album blew me away. Tune in to hear my thoughts on the album.

It can be hard stepping out of your past shadows but Blaze Bayley has been doing so for 20 plus years. Released just a few weeks before another certain singer's solo album from another certain band it stands to question. Is this more than just an album? is this a statement? Tune in to hear my thoughts on the latest album by Blaze.

Blaze Bayley - Circle Of Stone

With Ace Frehley releasing his newest solo album the real question on anyone's mind is does this effort make Paul look like an imbecile like Ace said it would? Tune in to hear my thoughts on the newest album by the ex-Kiss guitarist.

Ace Frehley - 10,000 Volts

There is a rich history in KMFDM. That is why I plan to ignore it and talk instead about the latest album by the band and give you my thoughts on it. Tune in to hear these thoughts.

50 years of Deep Purple's Burn. A quick recap on a legendary album by he band.

Deep Purple - Burn

I finally get around to doing a review on Polkadot Cadaver after being suggested to do a this album due to a comment a follower made on my Dog Fashion Disco 5 Minute review. I am sorry this one took so long but tune in to hear my thoughts on the album.

Polkadot Cadaver - Echoes Across The Hellscape

Youtube is no stranger to its host of negative comments and my channel is not immune from such dealings. When you are offering a view on music there is a good chance the other person watching may not share this viewpoint. While some comments can be diffused with a discussion others just don't care. The following are a few comments I thought were worthy of a response to. Also watch out for the Coneman saga (truly worth it).

In the world of music it often happens that a band can get lost to time and fade out. Codeseven is a band that probably falls into this category with a few albums in the 90s and early 2000s but they just faded away from the scene. Well after 20 years they are back with their latest album and this is my review on it.

Codeseven - Go Let It In

If you asked the kids of the 90s what was one of the biggest and best punk albums most would agree it was Dookie by Green Day but why is that? On this special episode of Retro Review we look over this massive album and discuss the reasons why the band took off when they did and the ripple on effect it would have as well as of course discussing the album in depth on this episode of Retro Review.

Green Day - Dookie

In the world of music not all albums are created equally and I certainly felt this album was underwhelming on my initial playthrough. This opinion changed on the subsequent playthroughs. Tune In to hear my thought on the album.

Alkaline trio - Blood, Hair and Eyeballs

Black metal is something I have been slowly getting into and so I knew I had to do a review on this band who had an album dropped recently. Tune in to hear my thoughts.

When Wayne Static passed away in 2014 we thought that would be the end of his band Static-X hoever after many years his demos were found by his former band mates and after a few delays they were edited into not one but TWO albums. This is my review on the second album that came out today so tune in to hear my thoughts.

Static X - Project Regeneration Vol 2

Well it's been a minute since I did a review on Saxon and at last this time it's original material. Tune in to hear my thoughts on their latest album.

Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

When I heard Neil Young was releasing a new album late last year, his fifth in three years, I had a feeling it would be one from the archives and not new material and I was right. Nothing wrong with that - Chrome Dreams was released earlier in 2023 and despite being sitting in his archives for decades that album was amazing but this latest effort is a different approach, from many different eras, and with vastly different songs that can come across as both parts intriguing and as lifeless as the albums cover art. Tune in to hear my thoughts on this record.

Neil Young - Before And After

After a string of terrible albums Green Day needed a win and would Saviours prove to be that album that put Green Day back on the map? Tune in to hear my thoughts on this album.

Green Day - Saviours

1984 by Van Halen came out on this day 40 years ago. What do you think of the album?

Van Halen - 1984

The question is simple: What If Kurt Cobain Never Died?

What would have happened? On this episode I discuss my thoughts on what Cobain might have done after 1994 and the type of music he would have written. We also discuss the major impacts on the music scene as well as the minor impacts.

On this day 10 years ago Iced Earth would release their album Plagues Of Babylon. What do you think of the album?

Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon

It's always been big news when Rockstar drops a new trailer for their GTA games and considering we have to wait until 2025 for the new game we have nothing but time to speculate every minor detail we have seen from the newest trailer but of all the videos I have seen they all seem to omit one important piece of information: the choice of music.

On this episode I talk about previous GTA trailers, music used in each one and my thoughts as to what the new GTA trailer and the music that was chosen could be interpreted as.

Tom Petty - Fallen Moon Fever

It's time to reign in the new year and how better than with a killer sound track. Here is my top 20 tracks of the year an as always make sure to let us know if you have any to add.

With the year wrapping up - and the Best albums mentioned - it's time to give the dishonourable mentions. The albums that were...not so great. So tune in to hear my top 10 worst albums of the year with a bonus list.

As promised I have planned to do cover all of The Rolling Stones albums in a tier list with my guest Wazza and in detail. To start off we are bringing you episode 1 which focuses on the bands releases from 1964 and includes their self titled record (UK edition) as well as their album 12x5 (US edition). Join us as we discuss these records and see where the land on the tier list.

2023 is wrapping up and to bring the year to an end I have a list of my favourite albums of the year with a few bonus albums thrown in for good measure. Hope you enjoy and don't forget to comment and tell me your favourite album of the year.

Bad Wolves are one of those bands I haven't done a deep dive on and with this latest offering I have the excuse I need to venture into their music but how does their latest album sound? Tune in to hear my thoughts.

Bad Wolves - Die About It

This album has to be the biggest curveball in a loooong time. Andre 3000 has released his long awaited first solo album and it turns out it is not a hip hop record. Tune in to hear my thoughts on this record.

Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun

It has been a long time since Peter Gabriel has released a new album and on I/O we find the musician trying out a new approach with the same record presented as two different versions. Tune in to hear my thoughts on the record.

Peter Gabriel - I/O