COMES WITH 78 FREE SONGS AND BONUS INTERVIEWS! Issue 75 £5.99 SUMMER Jul-Sep 2016 9 771754 958015 75> EXPLORES THE BRIGHTEST VOID AND THE SHADOW SELF LITA FORD AND DORO INTERVIEWED INSIDE Plus: Blues Pills, Scorpion Child, Witness PAUL GILBERT F DARE F FROST* F JOE LYNN TURNER THE MUSIC IS OUT THERE... FIREWORKS MAGAZINE PRESENTS 78 FREE SONGS WITH ISSUE #75! GROUP ONE: MELODIC HARD 22. Maessorr Structorr - Lonely Mariner 42. Axon-Neuron - Erasure 61. Zark - Lord Rat ROCK/AOR From the album: Rise At Fall From the album: Metamorphosis From the album: Tales of the Expected www.maessorrstructorr.com www.axonneuron.com www.facebook.com/zarkbanduk 1. Lotta Lené - Souls From the single: Souls 23. 21st Century Fugitives - Losing Time 43. Dimh Project - Wolves In The 62. Dejanira - Birth of the www.lottalene.com From the album: Losing Time Streets Unconquerable Sun www.facebook. From the album: Victim & Maker From the album: Behind The Scenes 2. Tarja - No Bitter End com/21stCenturyFugitives www.facebook.com/dimhproject www.dejanira.org From the album: The Brightest Void www.tarjaturunen.com 24. Darkness Light - Long Ago 44. Mercutio - Shed Your Skin 63. Sfyrokalymnon - Son of Sin From the album: Living With The Danger From the album: Back To Nowhere From the album: The Sign Of Concrete 3. Grandhour - All In Or Nothing http://darknesslight.de Mercutio.me Creation From the album: Bombs & Bullets www.sfyrokalymnon.com www.grandhourband.com GROUP TWO: 70s RETRO ROCK/ 45. Medusa - Queima PSYCHEDELIC/BLUES/SOUTHERN From the album: Monstrologia (Lado A) 64. Chaosmic - Forever Feast 4. Star Crystal - Destiny ROCK/AMERICANA/FOLK www.facebook.com/medusa.musica From the album: Sunborn From the album: Follow Me www.chaosmicmusic.com www.starcrystalband.com 25. MGM - Sunny Days Gone By 46. Armed Cloud - Wounded Healer From the album: Sunny Days Gone By From the album: Obsidian Desert GROUP FIVE: MODERN/ALTERNATIVE 5. Alefla - End Of The World www.facebook.com/mgm.rock www.armedcloud.net ROCK From the album: End Of The World https://pt-br.facebook.com/band.alefla 26. Tempest Kings - Perfect Night 47. High Spy - Time Will Tell 65. Ed Stones & The BD3 - Turn Up From the album: Riffiti From the album: Paralysed and Your Jeans 6. Carmyn - Disposable Love http://tempestkings.com Hypnotised From the album: Cook Book From the album: One www.highspy.org.uk www.edstonesandthebd3.com www.carmyn.net 27. Wonderworld - Elements From the album: II 48. Three Days From Retirement (3dfr) - 66. Tikahiri - Get Closer to Me 7. Paolo Pellegrini Lexrock - Dreams www.wonderworld.no By The Power of Grayskull From the album: Son Of Sun Come True From the album: If We Keep Walking www.Tikahiri.com From the album: Dreams Come True 28. ThinLine Sid - Cover Girl Eventually We’ll Fall Off www.lexrock.it From the album: Soft Machine www.facebook.com/ 67. Hot Hell Room - Spark Until The www.thinlinesid.com THREEDAYSFROMRETIREMENT Flame 8. Black Aces - Back On The Chain From the album: Architect of Chaos From the album: Shot In The Dark 29. Still Square - Hard Rock’n’Roll 49. The Alchemy - Modern Age http://hothellroom.bandcamp.com Blackacesrock.com From the album: Hard Rock ‘n’ Roll From the album: Modern Age www.still-square.net www.thealchemyuk.com 68. Stone Broken - Better 9. Gabriel Sanchez - Victor From the album: All In Time From the album: Immortal By Sound 30. Black Neon Knights - Rise Up! 50. Atma Weapon - Autumn Leaves www.stonebroken.com www.gabrielsanchezmusic.com From the album: Rise Up! From the album: The Fields Where www.facebook.com\therealbnk Nothing Crows 69. Throne Of Eden - House of Fate 10. Staring Out The Sun - Where www.facebook.com/atmaweaponnc From the album: The Final Days Are We 31. Wild River - The Last Train twitter.com/throneofedenAL From the album: Dawn From the album: Burn Your Chains 51. Those Who Ride With Giants - The http://staringoutthesun.co.uk http://wildriverofficial.com Respect for the Old Beast 70. Left For Red - Reborn From the album: Numinous From the album: All Things Known 11. Shiraz Lane -Wake Up 32. Head Holmes - Delirium thosewhoridewithgiants.com and Buried From the album: For Crying Out Loud From the album: Jewel In The Darkness www.leftforred.com facebook.com/ShirazLane www.headholmes.com 52. Jack Potter - Cat and Mouse From the album: Celestial Adventures 71. Reality Suite - Conspire 12. Magick Touch - Trouble & Luck 33. Aged Mother - Hot Booty www.facebook.com/JackPotterMusic From the album: Skinn From the album: Elecktrick Sorcery From the album: Superhero www.realitysuite.com www.magicktouch.no www.facebook.com/agedmother 53. None Other - I, Replicator From the album: Than The 72. Manana Couch - Chasing Vampires 13. The Senton Bombs - Trailblazer 34. The Dues - Moonshine Common Plague From the album: Pocket Full of Pills From the album: Mass Vendetta From the album: Thief of Time www.spyros-charmanis.com www.MananaCouch.com www.sentonbombs.com www.thedues.ch GROUP FOUR: SYMPHONIC ROCK/ 73. Ghosts of Social Networks - Love 14. V0iD - Keep Fighting 35. Soulstack - Just Don’t Call It The Blues POWER METAL/HEAVY METAL Potion From the album: Keep Fighting From the album: Soulstack From the single: Love Potion / www.v0idonline.com www.soulstack.com 54. Elvellon - Born From Hope Mockingbirds From the album: Spellbound https://twitter.com/gosnmusic 15. Heavy Star - Love N Affection 36. Robert J. Hunter -Three Shake Fold www.elvellon.net From the album: Electric Overdrive From the album: Before The Dawn 74. Iodine Sky - Eyes Wide Open www.facebook.com/HEAVY-STAR- www.robertjhunter.co.uk 55. Age Of Dust - Someday From the album: Tides 528181127261252/?fref=ts From the album: Messenger in a www.facebook.com/iodineskyofficial/ 37. Lauren Wolf Band - Rise Up Soulless World 16. Wild Rose - Summer Girl From the album: Rise Up www.ageofdust.es 75. Infinity Process - I Won’t From the album: 4 www.laurenwolfmusic.com From the album: Progress Of Elimination www.wildrose.gr 56. Crystal Gates - Wild Sons Of www.facebook.com/Theinfinityprocess 38. Sands Hall - Rustler’s Moon The Earth 17. The Defibrillators - Spend My Money From the album: Rustler’s Moon From the album: A Quest For Life 76. Matchstick Men - Numb From the album: Sin, Degradation, Vice, www.sandshall.com www.crystalgates.uy www.matchstickmen-band.com Insanity, Debauchery www.facebook.com/ragdollrock 39. Banjo Bones - Barstool Confession 57. Shades of Sorrow - Parade 77. Kill Confirm - From The From the album: The Place of of Lunatics Darkest Place 18. Sister Rose - King Of Cabaret Dead Roads From the album: Ascension From the album: Hell In The Cell www.sisterrose.co.uk www.banjobones.com www.shadesofsorrow.ca www.facebook.com/ killconfirmedofficial 19. Ragdoll - The World You Gave Us GROUP THREE: PROGRESSIVE/ 58. Simulacrum - Sky Divided From the album: Back To Zero INSTRUMENTAL/PSYCHEDELIC ROCK From the album: Sky Divided 78. Voodoo Sioux – Damage www.facebook.com/ragdollrock www.simulacrum.fi From the album ‘Grotesque Familiares’ 40. Marquette - The Last Kiss voodoosioux.wix.com/voodoo-sioux 20. Ursine Princes - Song For Kate 2011 From the album: Human Reparation 59. Devil’s Diner - Faceless Authority From the album: Lost Plunder www.marquette-music.com From the album: Edelmetal www.facebook.com/ursineprinces www.devilsdinerclub.de 41. Leap Day - God Of Wars 21. Mördwölf - The Deader The Better From the album: From The Days Of 60. Overlord SR - Full Speed Ahead From the album: Machines Of War Deucalion, Chapter 2 From the album: Still Standing www.mordwolf.com www.leapday.nl www.overlordsr.com IF YOU CANNOT ACCESS THE MP3s ON THE DISK VIA YOUR PC, MAC OR DVD/BLU-RAY PLAYER, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM: To access the 78 FREE mp3 songs and 38 page PDF, enter this link: http://freecd.rocktopia.co.uk (free registration required) CONTENTS EDITORIAL I’ve always had a penchant for female- Joe Lynn Turner ....................................................................... 4 fronted hard rock, done well. Whether ................................................................................ it was Lee Aaron’s ‘Metal Queen’, Headquarters: Ace Frehley 8 Fireworks Magazine Dan Reed Network ................................................................ 10 Heart in the 80s or Robin Beck’s debut 10 Dunnock Close, Offerton ‘Trouble Or Nothing’, which was on Stockport, SK2 5XD, UK Frost* ........................................................................................... 11 almost constant rotation for several [email protected] years. But a year before Beck’s 1989 www.rocktopia.co.uk Royal Republic ......................................................................... 12 debut an album was released that for Jorn ............................................................................................... 14 Editor: Bruce Mee me epitomised the marriage of female Ted Poley .................................................................................... 15 vocal with melodic hard rock – and Reviews Editor: Dave Scott Paul Gilbert ................................................................................ 18 that album was the self-titled release Deputy Features/SSSOR Editor: from Witness. While the album might Steven Reid Doro .............................................................................................. 26 have ended up as a corporate project, Erika .............................................................................................. 30 there is no denying the quality on Deputy Reviews Editor: Ant Heeks offer with virtually every track