I’m always excited by a new Iron Maiden album release. For the past 10 years, I’ve seen Maiden play live whilst they’re touring promoting new material. At the Sonisphere UK festival earlier in August 2010, lead singer Bruce Dickinson eluded to the fact that the new album, The Final Frontier, may have a few surprises up its sleeve. Well, he wasn’t wrong…

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I had no idea what to expect before listening to “Aquarius” by Haken. I have to be honest, looking at the album cover, I was expecting some pretty dark metal. I was wrong – instead I was greeted by a progressive mashup of a mix of influences and that was only after two minutes air time! Don’t judge a book by its cover and all that.

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Morglbl is fronted by French guitarist, Christophe Godin. Christophe is known for blending a variety of styles, including heavy metal, jazz fusion, funk and blues into his music and “Jazz for the Deaf” is no exception.

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Seven the Hardway is a 5-piece rock/metal band formed in 2009 by guitar virtuoso Tony MacAlpine. This self titled debut album is due for release in the summer of 2010 in time for the European tour planned in September 2010.

Tony MacAlpine’s credentials include playing with Steve Vai & Planet X and on this album he’s joined by drummer Virgil Donati (Planet X) and vocalist Mark Boals (Uli Jon Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen). Since recording this album, the trio have since recruited two additional members, bass player Doug Shreeve and 21 year old Stefanía Daniel on guitar.

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John5 may not be a household name to most people but I’m sure that most people would’ve heard of the artists John5 has played alongside over the years: Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Meatloaf, Lynyrd Skynyrd and KD Lang just to name a few. I first listened to John5’s solo work when he released “Songs for Sanity” album a few years back.

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Brazilian born guitarist Kiko Loureiro latest album “Fullblast” is an instrumental journey that can be enjoyed by fans of Satriani and Santana.

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