hard rock
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AC/DC – Flick Of The Switch
AC/DC released one of their most underrated records “Flick Of The Switch” 40 years ago in the summer of 1983. Yet it’s one of their best ever efforts with its back to basics riffs, down to earth production, hard as a rock rhythm by Phil Rudd for his last album with the band for a…
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Silver Bullet – Bruno Proveschi interview
Silver Bullet, a power metal band with symphonic elements, are releasing their excellent 3rd album, Shadowfall, and – after the dark pandemic years and postponed tours – things are finally looking bright for the band. Steel Mill had a pleasure to have a chat with the frontman, Bruno Proveschi. http://kkdowning.net/steelmill/Interviews/silver-bullet-bruno-proveschi-interview/
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Gary Hughes (Ten) – Steel Mill Interview
British melodic hard rock masters Ten have been forging their brand of AOR-influenced music for almost 25 years. The band’s new surge of creativity saw them release a new album “Gothica” last year. Steel Mill talked to band’s vocalist and song writer Gary Hughes on the new record, his influences, Ten’s past, present and future.…
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A Journey through the Ages: Gary Hughes (Ten) Interview
British melodic hard rock masters Ten have been forging their brand of AOR-influenced music for nigh on 25 years. The band’s new surge of creativity saw them release a new album “Gothica” last year. Steel Mill talked to band’s vocalist and song writer Gary Hughes on Ten’s past, present and future.
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UFO – Helsinki 29.5.2014
One of the most long awaited concert performances yet to be experienced had to be British cornerstones of hard rock, UFO. They have soldiered on now for amazing 45 years. Few years ago, the band was scheduled to play a show here at Nosturi but due to vocalist Phil Mogg’s voice problems that particular gig…
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Shiraz Lane – Steel Mill interview
There’s obviously something special about Shiraz Lane, a young band playing hard rock in the spirit of such 80s legends as Skid Row, Guns’n’Roses and Hanoi Rocks. These five Finns in their early twenties have already taken huge steps during their short history: showcase gigs both in Toronto and Tokyo, as well as an appearance at…
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ON A HIGHWAY TO HELL – BON SCOTT 70 Years
AC/DC-legend Bon Scott would have turned 70 this July. His legacy however lives on, not least in the songs still heard live today. Here’s a look at man who started it all: Bon Scott, the mischievous and wild vocalist. By the time I was half alive I knew what I was gonna be Ronald Belford…
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Q5 – NEW WORLD ORDER (Frontiers 2016)
Q5 are back. One of the leading cult heavy rock bands of the 1980’s have today released their first new studio album in whopping 30 years with “New World Order.”
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MAGNUM – Helsinki 7.4.2014
[three_fourth] MONDAY night in 2014, one of the greatest British hard rock institutions and a band I had not yet seen live. Those were the necessary ingredients for a good evening and now I could finally tick off one box from a personal concert list. Magnum’s last show in Finland took place amazingly over 25…
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Götz Kühnemund interview
‘Rock Hard’ – probably only a few people will disagree if I say that it is the most important metal magazine in the German-speaking area nowadays. Since starting in 1983, it has become more than just a magazine, not to say a bible, for its readers. The people working for ‘Rock Hard’ are very well-known…