Month: June 2023

In 1991 the funk-metal explosion was in full swing with albums from Extreme, Dan Reed Network, Living Colour, Kingofthehill and others seeing solid coverage in the press and airplay everywhere you could possibly look.

The Prince-meets-Glam Metal combination would prove to a short lived phenomenon that appealed to not only the headbanging nightclub goer but also to those that liked to get their groove on a bit whilst ‘banging their heads’. These bands had one thing in common: incredible musical chops.

Enter the Los Angeles’ funky, tri

Prins Svart is in a completely different league when it comes to rock in Swedish. Not boyishly charming like Håkan Hellström, not catchphrase-heavy Nynningen and not pretentious trollpunk either. Next I think of the recently deceased Pugh and his playful handling of his mother tongue in his own universe of verbs, consonants and pronouns. But the well-read guitarist Henrik Bergqvist is also a docent in linguistics, which may have a certain significance.

Mats Levén has an ore-toned lion’s voice that makes the words swi

JOHN WEST is one of the most respected rock singers in the world. John has an extensive resume that dates back to the late ’80s, yet his emergence as one of hard rock’s go to vocalists didn’t come until the next decade. Fronting such legendary bands as Royal Hunt, Artension and Sun Red Sun, as well as delivering several solo records, his unmistakable and powerful vocals founded a solid following of fans.

This collection of early works, some unreleased, some of which were released on cassette-only under his own name and the group name Destiny were all recorded between 1988 and 1991. Titled “Days Of Destiny“, this 13-tracker has been fully remastered. Despite of being originally released only o