Metal Deli Rocks out with Sandstone
The Metal Deli is a pod cast site in CHICAGO.
Kimmi at the station is displaying stunning taste :) by playing Sandstone all week.
Please check this out it features some top class metal.
You can click the image below to go and listen to the show.
 

Metal Hammer gives Sandstone an approving 8 out of 10
"It's unlikely we'll hear a better homegrown act this year."
See the full review in our reviews page...

GreekRebels Magazine
After their stunning review of Purging the Past in which GreekRebels magazine described the album as "Perfect!" they have now published an interview with Sean and Stevie. Click below to see the English translation of the interview:

Kerrang! Give Purging the Past KKK
"Packed with compelling guitar work and engagingly written, well performed (if a little too reminiscent of Axl himself) vocal hooks which do make for an enjoyable listen." See the full review in our reviews page...

Metal Observer give 'Purging the Past' 9 out of 10
“Purging The Past” is an album that is excellent by virtue of its versatility; SANDSTONE picks all the right elements of Prog,
Power, Melodic, and Heavy Metal that allow them to create a truly interesting sound. This record is catchy, angry, and complicated
all at once, making for an incredibly unique listening experience. I know it sounds clichéd, but “Purging The Past” is one of those records that truly has everything: great songwriting, awe-inspiring musicianship, and a fresh sound that sounds like a perfect mesh
of the right ideas rather than an embarrassing mishmash.

Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson adds 'Son Of Carthage' to the Friday Rock Show playlist on BBC Radio 6. It received it's first airing on 27th of February 2009. Rock On Bruce!!

Purging The Past is CD of the year at Concrete Web
Tony Holemans of Concrete Web has given Sandstone's new CD Purging the Past 100 out of 100 and nominated it for CD of the
year. To read the full review click on the link below:

New CD 'Purging The Past' Due out Feb 23rd 2009
Casket Records will be releasing our second CD early this year.
This will feature songs that Stevie and Sean have recorded over the last 18 months. It will be available via the usual outlets.

SANDSTONE is a four piece Melodic/Power Metal band from Derry Northern Ireland featuring: Sean McBay - vocals and guitar, Stevie McLaughlin - guitar David McLaughlin - bass, Paddy (Power) Flemming - drums
The band formed in 2003 when Sean and Stevie began writing and recording in their home studio.  In 2006 Sandstone signed to Copro/Casket Records and released their debut CD “Tides of Opinion”

 "It's been a long time since I've heard such a truly good Hard Rock album" Concrete Web
"Tides Of Opinion" is an album that earned me as a listener, made me think and feel" Behind the Veil
"Touching, sensitive and brutal at the same time" AOR Dream Zones

2006-2007 saw the band tour the UK and Ireland to rave reviews and 4 Ks from Kerrang:

"it takes only a minute of their Guns'n'Roses-meets-Maiden bellow to knock you flat on your ass. Shaded vocalist Sean McBay shimmies across the stage amid a tornado of string-bending heroics"  Kerrang! issue # 1130

Purging the Past is Sandstone’s second CD and continues with their Neo-NWBHM with a hint of prog sound.

For fans of Iron Maiden, Guns’n’Roses

For bookings and more info email stevie@sandstonerocks.com
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