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23 January 2026
Again, we’ve got a nice contrast here. Jared James Nichols was one of the highlights at Steelhouse 2024 for me, and here’s the new clip for ‘Pretend’, a song off his forthcoming album on Frontiers ‘Louder Than Fate’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL2BThWEzL4 And coming at things from a completely different angle is Carpenter Brut who draws inspiration “from John Carpenter and Dario Argento as much as from Slayer,” it says here. This is ‘The Misfits, The Rebels’ from the upcoming album ‘Leather Temple’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X16HGWUc8c

22 January 2026
Here’s another band I really like. Hungarian duo The Moon And The Nightspirit have a new album – their eighth – set for release by Prophecy Productions in April entitled ‘Seed Of The Formless’. This is the first teaser – the beautiful ‘Cosmic Seed’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k572MmzZaic . Meanwhile, Spains’s melodic death metal Bloodhunter, recently signed to ROAR, have a new clip on offer – ‘The Devils Own’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCLPIAUJlSA

21 January 2026

It’s a dreary, bleak day here, but if there’s anything that can lift the spirits it’s news of a live album from KALANDRA. Recorded in London in 2024, the album ‘Live From Lafayette’ is due on 27 February, and here’s a sneak peek with ‘Segla’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-G_6u10mnk Meanwhile, IRON SAVIOUR release ‘Awesome Anthems Of The Galaxy’ in March, a 17 track romp through covers of 80s’ pop songs including ‘Call Me’, ‘Relax’, ‘Fame’ and ‘Forever Young’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVTBKWy9N9A Got to admit that, much as I like the band, the jury’s out on this one...

16 January 2026
From their forthcoming album ‘With The End Comes Silence’ (due on Massacre Records in March), here’s Germany’s ASSIGNMENT with ‘Angel Of Berlin’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__6_JEbE8AE Meanwhile, there’s seemingly no stopping the people at Inverse Records as here’s another from their roster – Finnish symphonic metallers MEMORIA with a clip for ‘Dollmaker’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDGG9dnvbfI

15 January 2026

Happy New Year! Check these out: first up is the wonderful title track from a new band called DREAMFERNO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xUts79ojDw). No news on an album yet but I'm sure the people at Inverse Records will have that base covered soon. Also on Inverse come SUM OF SEVEN with 'Supreme' ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLCSY9yWlqI ), the first single off their 'Echoes Of the Hypermind' album, set for release in May. And although I can't find a clip for it there's a new single by NWOBHMers MORE entitled 'Spirits Of War' which is well worth chasing up. There's an album 'Destructor' due in March. More news to follow...

My Books

Monsters Of Rock, Castle Donington’s annual pilgrimage for the rock/metal community, began life in 1980 as an impressive way to round off Rainbow’s ‘Down To Earth’ tour.

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'Judas Priest - On Track' examines the band’s first fourteen albums, with comments from various people in the know including the late, great Chris Tsangarides, whose first break came when he worked on the ‘Sad Wings Of Destiny’ album sessions.

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A limited edition photobook produced by Iron Pages, '5 Years of BROFEST (UK)' charts the rise of the influential NWOBHM-themed festival.

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‘Neat & Tidy – The Story Of Neat Records’ examines the history of the label, its bands and their releases both through new interviews with many key players in the Neat Records’ story.

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A comprehensive biography of Whitesnake, covering the band’s career from David Coverdale’s early solo steps to the imminent arrival of the hotly-tipped successor to the ten million-plus selling ‘1987’ album.

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Never Surrender (Or Nearly Good Looking) – An Autobiography by Biff Byford and John Tucker

Biff Byford tells his story for the first time. Sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, but always brutally honest, ‘Never Surrender...’ lifts the lid on the myths surrounding Saxon.

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Am I Evil? – The Music, The Myths And Metallica by Brian Tatler with John Tucker

Brian Tatler founded Diamond Head in 1976. In ‘Am I Evil?’ he reveals frankly what it’s like to be chasing the dream of wanting to be a rock ‘n’ roll star, what it’s like when you attain it, and how it feels to see it unravel before your eyes – a story all too familiar to musicians of all genres.

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Suzie Smiled - The New Wave of British Heavy Metal

A personal perspective on the history of the NWOBHM, from its formation in the late Seventies through its peaks and troughs and on to its current status as one of metal’s most influential genres.

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