EXCALIBUR – The Bitter End [first time on CD remastered +10 bonus] (2021) No Remorse Records
British heavy rock band EXCALIBUR who emerged on the coat tails of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) in the ’80s, got their 1985 cult debut 6-track mini album “The Bitter End” reissued through No Remorse Records.
The newly remastered version contains a selection of bonus material including the band’s 1984 ‘Back before Dawn’ demo, and the previously unheard original EXCALIBUR own mix of ‘The Bitter End’.
DIESEL – Alone With Blues (2021)
DIESEL (Mark Lizotte) returns with a vital and exhilarating collection of blues classics and rarities playing every instrument on his first completely solo album, ”Alone With Blues”. Here, Diesel pays tribute to giants like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Otis Rush, etc, done his particular melodic style, but closer to home an Australian legend too; first single, ‘Six Steel Strings’ is a blazing original co-write with Ross Wilson.