Even more out of sync with the prevailing trends upon its release – Suede had hit the U.K. and Brit-pop's incipient reign was under way, while the U.S.A. still wanted its rock as manly grunge straight up – Blood Music at once wasn't quite the best follow-up in the world and yet worked much better as an album than Whirlpool, which given that it was constructed from almost as many different sessions as the first album ranks as even more of a surprise.

In 1985, Connecticut’s Erik Barath and Dennis Gergely birthed I.N.C. out of the frustration and annoyance arisen by the cookie-cutter bands plastering videos on the sole cable station to bring music alive and deliver it to the masses, MTV. This hunger to create more than the norm was what harnessed Erik and Dennis’ energy to form Indestructible Noise Command. Intent on not wasting their precious time on such feeble pursuits, they drove the angst they felt into the type of music they wanted to see assaulting them from off the small screen; Angry, resentful, aggressive, violent, and vicious. As soon as guitarist Anthony Fabrizi and ex-drummer Gary Duguay got on board, I.N.C. starting booking local gigs – playing anywhere that their message could be heard.

Genial, the Steelpreacher is back and he has played every effort to inspire us. Without question belongs to the band with the hottest and most iconic in the independent German underground. Once again without a label on it in the back is the band's more than pride and they also can be and have a lot of enthusiasm for the metal and three beers now created their fourth album and is again increased. This is true this time for all aspects of how songs, singing, production, and cover everything.

A Hill To Die Upon are a blackened death metal band from Peoria, Illinois consisting of four members Adam Cook (vocals), Ravn Furfjord (Bass), Michael Cook (drums), and Elisha Mullins (guitar). The band originally started in the winter of 2004 and released several demos while performing at a large number of shows. Their debut entitled Infinite Titanic Immortal was released in 2009 courtesy of Bombwork records. The album was successful in the underground music scene for its aggressive and dark tone. The praise it received lead the band to participate in the 2009 Destruction Fest and to tour Mexico in 2010.

This 1984 album came near the end of The Kinks tenure with the Arista label. Though the band had enjoyed some of the greatest commercial success of their career on Arista, 'Word Of Mouth' sank with nary a trace upon release. Ironically, the record is now quite clearly seen as their finest work of the decade. For the most part, 'Word Of Mouth' is toned down from the volume and pace of its predecessors (State of confusion, Give The People What They Want), and there's a calm and quiet that pervades the whole album. This actually stands in marked contrast to the tumult and chaos the band was in the midst at the time this was recorded.

New album from Dutch multi-instrumentalist Matt Yanzen. A wide plethora of styles blend together in a wrapper of electronics. Originally a guitarist, Matt was heavily influenced by '70's Prog giants like Yes, Barclay James Harvest, Rush *and* the 80's/90's synth driven music (Missing Persons, Propaganda, Kraftwerk, Device, Duran Duran…). This album contains dancy tracks like 'Wild' & 'Starbirth & Death' but also a Progressive rock anthem 'Luna's Tentacles' & some shorter ambient/experimental tracks.

There are a multitude of options open to the modern rock star wishing to announce to the world that they have embarked on a new album. You can give interviews, allow webcams into your studio, offer a free download as a taster. Or you can appear on Andrew Marr's Sunday morning politics show in a feathered headdress, playing the autoharp over an incessant, off-key sample of the Four Lads' 1953 hit Istanbul (Not Constantinople), while a nonplussed Gordon Brown looks on….