Jester Race Review
Japanese edition of the Swedish metal act's 1995 album includes two bonus tracks, demo versions of 'Dead Eternity' & 'The Inborn Lifeless'.
Jester Race Review
White Flames Review
Inner Mounting Flame Review
Come Clarity (Bonus Dvd) (Spec) (Dig) Review
The Always Open Mouth Review
The Always Open Mouth is an album that will restore faith in alternative music. It will make people remember that music was not meant to be a mass of copycat bands, but it was meant to push boundaries and reinvent itself.
I've Got To Change - Early Sessions 1956-59 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 2CD SET Review
Deep In America Review
Following Fats' premature death in 1986, the band laid dormant until the release of Mr. Blake's Blues on Blue Collar Music in 1997. Released under the banner of Big Al Blake & The Hollywood Fats Band, Mr. Blake's Blues reunited all four surviving members of the Hollywood Fats Band including Al Blake, Fred Kaplan, Larry Taylor and Richard Innes, along with top-flight guitarists Kid Ramos and Junior Watson. Years later, upon hearing the young emerging guitar virtuoso Kirk 'Eli' Fletcher, Blake rechristened the band as The Hollywood Blue Flames and incorporated the blossoming talent of this promising new guitarist. Their 2005 Delta Groove debut Soul Sanctuary received unanimous praise and earned a Blues Music Award nomination for Comeback Album of the Year. A sophomore release, Road To Rio, soon followed, surpassing critics and fan expectations alike as the band delivered another solid effort, only this time with the inclusion of a bonus disc containing previously unheard live performances of the original Hollywood Fats Band. The Hollywood Blue Flames were again recognized with another Blues Music Award nomination honoring them for Historical Album of the Year. Road To Rio also landed the #5 spot on Living Blues Magazine's Top 50 Blues Recordings of 2006.
Deep In America follows true to the formula of the band's previous two-disc set, Road To Rio, once again throwing open the vaults and treating fans to a virtual treasure trove of classic archival material obtained from two different eras of the band. Disc one gathers together a collection of recordings by The Hollywood Blue Flames featuring stellar support from guitarists Kirk Fletcher and Junior Watson, all drawn from various studio sessions over the years with previously unreleased material that includes outtakes, alternates and some newly recorded songs. Disc two contains more vintage live recordings taken from various sources of the original Hollywood Fats Band, showcasing the amazing talent of Hollywood Fats and the evolution the band was undergoing before his untimely death in 1986. Deep In America stands as a testament to the strength and power of a band whose music continues to burn ever so brightly after igniting that very first flame more than three decades ago.
IN FLAMES COLONY Review