Concert Reviews 2017

LIVE! | Fracture

by Anabel DFlux – Sr. Photojournalist — August 28, 2017 at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, CA. — Sometimes you come across a band that is just remarkable- plain and simple. Fracture […]

Music Reviews 2017

Rainbow | Live in Birmingham 2016

by John Kindred – Publisher — Many have clamored for Ritchie Blackmore to return his fire and brimstone days when he wielded his six-string Fender Strat fronting his band Rainbow. And in 2016, the unimaginable […]

Music Reviews 2017

Shaman’s Harvest | Red Hands Black Deeds

by John Kindred – Publisher — Shaman’s Harvest returns with the group’s sixth studio album, Red Hand Black Deeds, and second with Mascot Records. Red Hand Black Deeds features 14 songs, with underlying social and […]

Music Reviews 2017

SinHeresY | Domino

by Franco Cerchiari – Sr. Columnist — It’s a shame really that such a hierarchy exists, but it does. At one end of the spectrum are the true heavyweights within the genre of Female-fronted Symphonic/Melodic […]

Interviews 2017

Greta Van Fleet

by Steve Patrick – Sr. Columnist — Somehow with only the 4 songs from their debut EP Black Smoke Rising available to the public, the four-piece known as Greta Van Fleet has become the talk […]

Music Reviews 2017

Serious Black | Magic

by Franco Cerchiari – Sr. Columnist — For fans of Aldaria, Vanishing Point, Lords of Black, Astralion, or Sinbreed, Serious Black featuring members of some of the finest Power Metal bands around (Helloween, Blind Guardian, […]

Music Reviews 2017

Fiction Syxx | Tall Dark Secrets

by Derric Miller — Managing Editor — When Mark Allen Lanoue interviewed with Hardrock Haven earlier this month, the best thing he said was that the song, “Tall Dark Secrets” didn’t make this album—the title […]

The PR Wires

Europica Release New Album titled Part One

Europica has released a new album titled Part One with guest singers like Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden, Wolfsbane),Tim Ripper Owens (Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen Band, Iced Earth), Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire, Kamelot, Angra), Ralf […]

Concert Reviews 2017

Lokerse Feesten 2017

by Elsie Roymans – Sr. Photojournalist — August 6, 2017 at Lokerse Feesten in Lokeren, East Flanders, Belgium — The Lokerse Feesten is a city festival that takes place during the month of August over […]

Music Reviews 2017

Lynch Mob | The Brotherhood

by John Kindred – Publisher — George Lynch and Oni Logan return, once again, with their latest Lynch Mob studio album titled The Brotherhood, released on Rat Pak Records. The current Lynch Mob lineup includes […]

Music Reviews 2017

Seven Spires | Solveig

by Joe Mis – Sr. Columnist — If “Theatrical Metal” ever becomes a fully recognized genre American rockers Seven Spires will be the picture next to the definition. This very talented Boston-based quartet are blazing […]

Interviews 2017

Jake Thorsen of Death Valley Knights

by Marija Brettle — Sr. Columnist — London-based four-piece Death Valley Knights have been around since 2011, playing fierce and fiery British Hard Rock and Metal, carrying on the glorious tradition of music greats like […]

Music Reviews 2017

Eden’s Curse | Revisited

by Derric Miller — Managing Editor — (Disclosure: Hardrock Haven has been a strong supporter of Eden’s Curse members going back to before their debut. Bassist Paul Logue was introduced to and featured on Hardrock […]

Music Reviews 2017

Julian Angel | The Death of Cool

by John Kindred – Publisher — Poison meets L.A. Guns, Glam, and Sleaze … Julian Angel’s take on the ’80 Hard Rock scene is encapsulated within the confines of his latest studio album titled The […]

Interviews 2017

Mark Allen Lanoue of Fiction Syxx

by Derric Miller — Managing Editor — Fiction Syxx singer/guitarist Mark Allen Lanoue checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about the new band; how they hooked up with Andrew and MelodicRock Records; some of […]

Interviews 2017

Bobby Caldwell of Captain Beyond

by Steve Patrick — Sr. Columnist — Captain Beyond was one of the first bona fide super groups to ever grace the 1970s rock landscape. The pioneering psychedelic and space rock quartet originally consisted of […]

Music Reviews 2017

Phil Vincent | XX

by Joe Mis — Sr. Columnist — It is difficult for a talented group of musicians to find inspiration for a handful of good albums, but in some cases lightning strikes – and then strikes […]