International reviews

(Self-released/Hemifran) 2022.
CD/digital
Roots music/country rock/country pop/pop rock – USA

Doug Collins is well experienced musician, as the newspaper said well-dressed, and one of the rare composer, who knows how to connect Beatles-esque pop with roots music, country rock and country pop tendencies. His latest 2 albums also  have been nominated/voted by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and “Good Sad News” as a #3 best American release in Spain’s “Ruta66 Magazine”.

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(Total Metal Records) 2020.
CD//LP/digital
Thrash/power metal – GERMANY

As many of you well-know, Necronomicon are one of the pioneers of the German thrash metal scene. They are known for their uncompromising playing, as well as their constant performer’s affinity with power metal tendencies.

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(Sounds Of Subterrania/Bite It Promotion) 2023.
CD/digital
Electro punk/synth punk/post new wave/Italo /electro disco  – GERMANY

One interesting product comes out from “Sounds Of Subterrania” label kitchen. This is the actual release of duo Johnny Notebook, titled “Johnny Notebook And The 28th Century Mates”.

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(Chancho Records/Idvi Agency) 2023.
CD/LP/digital
Various metal/rock genres – NETHERLANDS

Meeting with the music of group Pendejo! was a nice, great and new experience. I have received their actual CD from “Idvi Agency”, titled “Volcan”, and this is their fourth album. Fourth release of group based in Netherlands, practicing singing in Spanish. This is unusual combination, but group’s message and music views are also pretty interesting.

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(Squeezed Fresh Productions) 2023.
CD/digital
Americana/folk/acoustic – USA

I had the great pleasure of receiving a CD from Emily White these days of her current album, titled “Songs You Didn’t Know I Wrote About You”. This is her 5th album and release, where we can find 13 emotionally driven songs.

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(Self-released) 2023.
CD/digital
Neo-progressive/art rock – USA

Out of Syracuse, New York comes Ned Greenough, artist, performer, keybord player, arranger . With actual release “Parting Divide”, he has recorded also one more full-length and few singles/EP’s. I have pleasure to receive from him his actual product, and previous album ” A Drop In The Bucket” from 2019 year, and improve my knowledge about the work, thoughts and actions of this artist.

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(Glitterbeat Records) 2023.
CD/LP/Digital
Afrobeat/world music – GHANA

King Ayisoba is composer and  Kologo ( guitar ) performer . This is national Ghana instrument, and this Ghana artist is well-known as a free-style author, shamanic performer and experimenter. He is from the Upper East region of his country, bordering Burkina Faso.

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(Hev Het Tune) 2021.
CD/digital
Art rock/progressive – SLOVAKIA

Slovakian group Fairy Tale is one of the acts, whose editions I had the opportunity to meet in earlier years, and also write about them. Some days ago, the leader of the group, guitarist/composer Peter Kravec, sent me  few of his latest works/projects, and I’m really in good mood, to be in contact with him and his team again.

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(Metal Scrap Records) 2022.
CD/digital
Groove/death metal – POLAND

Out of Czestochowa, Poland, comes Chaos Engine Research band, whose career started in 2007 year. During the period of existence Polish fellows suffered from some personal changes, but with recognizable activity, and with two recorded albums behind them. First one the group has released in 2014, entitled “The Legend”, and actual one “Faces” in 2022.

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(Self-released) 2023.
CD/digital
Ambient/dark wave/piano music/various genres – USA

Out of South Lake City comes The Rose Phantom, and this is the alter ego of  Theodoric Newsom, pianist/vocalist/songwriter, whose musical story, as same as his indie discography started in the first part of post 2000.

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(Entourage Contempo/Absilone/Socadisc/VeevCom) 2023.
CD/digital
World music/canzone Napoletana/various genres – FRANCE

Roberta Roman is established French guitarist/author and artists, and her musical views as well as compositional confrontations deviate from the usual known standards. The current work represents a sort of conceptual album, which simultaneously examines historical and political events, which were followed by the tragic fate of Second world war.

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(Fastball Music/Bob-Media) 2022.
CD/digital
Melodic Metal – SWITZERLAND

DevilsBridge is Swiss melodic metal band with female fronted singer. During the late October of previous 2022 . after one EP and some singles, a group has released debut full-length, with 11 tracks in + “Intro”.

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