Strange Karma – Cold Blooded 2016


I never thought the day would come when I would be reviewing vinyl records. I know their popularity has grown in recent years, especially amongst the Hipster crowd, but I never imagined I would be receiving full-length LPS in the mail for review. Crazy!

Making things even better is the fact that Strange Karma is a really good, melodic hard rock group from Australia. This is hard rock like I grew up with circa the 80’s and early 90’s when bands wrote full-length albums that were cohesive from beginning to end, and not just one-off singles to sell for .99 cents.

The songs on Cold Blooded are catchy, with big choruses an

Corroded – Defcon Zero (2017)


Ånge, Sweden’s Corroded are set to release a new album titled Defcon Zero (Despotz Records) in April with the lead single, “Fall of a Nation,” due on February 17th.

Commented the band: “Friends and foes, ladies and germs, the wait is finally over. Our latest single ‘Fall Of A Nation’, from the upcoming album Defcon Zero, will strike down upon you like a sledgehammer. When you have listened to its might and fall down to the floor in awe, the only thing that we can say to you is in the words of Shakespeare “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.”