Hard Rock Reviews
As much as I like to call myself and this site Kevy Metal, my journey into music actually began with hard rock. Seventies and nineties hardrock – plus contemporary bands inspired by these styles – are still a significant part of what I listen to, and therefore, Album of the Week reviews on hard rock bands are published frequently. You can find all of them right here. Overlaps with my heavy metal reviews inevitably exist.
Looking for something specific, but can’t find it by browsing the reviews? Searching by artist name or release title using the search bar might bring up some Album of the Week reviews I have written before I started tagging my reviews properly.
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Album of the Week 22-2024: Slash – Orgy of the Damned
While I consider Slash to be one of the least bluesy guitarists to come out of the Los Angeles rock ‘n’ roll scene of the late eighties, the influence was undeniably there. Releasing a blues tribute in the shape of ‘Orgy of the Damned’ isn’t without precedent either. He toured…
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Album of the Week 17-2024: Navarone – Coda
While I don’t want to make a habit out of reviewing live albums here, sometimes a release pops up that is notable enough to warrant it. ‘Coda’, after all, is the registration of the final concert Navarone, arguably my favorite Dutch rock band, ever played. And a mammoth set it…
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Album of the Week 11-2024: The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
For a while, it seemed like tensions between the Robinson brothers had risen to a point where there would never be another Black Crowes album. Despite being a big fan of the band, I was fine with that personally, especially because guitarist Rich Robinson’s The Magpie Salute was far more…
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Album of the Week 47-2023: The Tea Party – Splendor Solis
If there is one thing The Tea Party deserves all the respect they can get for, it would be how immensely ambitious the Canadian trio have been pretty much from the beginning. ‘Splendor Solis’ can be seen as their debut album, since the self-titled album released two years prior was…





