Metal Talk

1 week ago | metaltalk.net | Brian Boyle

An ivory-tickling goliath, whose Joanna seducing fingertips have illuminated some of the world’s biggest rock anthems, is probably underplaying the genius of the great Don Airey. Not content with scoring a fourth Number One album in a row with his regular day job in Deep Purple, he has now put on his solo hat for his new album Pushed To The Edge.

4 weeks ago | metaltalk.net | Brian Boyle

In 2020, Adrian Smith and Ritchie Kotzen teased rock fans the world over with a picture of their well-travelled guitars mysteriously and carefully placed against a load-bearing pillar. What subsequently followed was a critically acclaimed debut album that lit a fuse under the backside of classic rock. Four years on, the Smith/Kotzen are at it again with Black Light/White Noise.

1 month ago | metaltalk.net | Robert Adams

With the latest Ricky Warwick solo album released Friday 14th, March, MetalTalk caught up with him via Zoom from Glasgow yesterday to chat about Blood Ties, The Almighty, Black Star Riders and sobriety. Ricky pops up on my Zoom screen bang on 10 am, looking fit and fresh with a “Hi Robert, great to see you again,” greeting. I had briefly spoken with him after his gig at The Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes last Sunday.

1 month ago | metaltalk.net | Brian Boyle

If you thought that touring their gargantuan debut album, Permission To Land, was a sign The Darkness were taking the easy route and dropping down a gear, think again. The Lowestoft legends are back in the creative saddle with their eighth long player Dreams On Toast. Release Date: 18 March 2025Words: Brian BoyleSelling albums is hard work these days. But you gotta do what you gotta do, and that includes sliding down a fireman’s poll on Michael McIntyre’s Big Show.

1 month ago | metaltalk.net | Robert Adams

Ricky Warwick returns with his eighth solo album, Blood Ties, and it is the most personal album that Ricky has ever released. Oh, it rocks like a hurricane as well. Release Date: 14 March 2025Words: Robert AdamsMusic has always been the driving force in Ricky Warwick’s life. After being given his first guitar at fourteen, he has never looked back. His career has been varied and plentiful – Touring guitarist with New Model Army, The Almighty, sic, solo, Thin Lizzy and Black Star Riders.