South African / Dutch Rock Singer-Songwriter Jacques van der Merwe (performing under the name When Angels Came) is back with his commanding new single ‘About You’ (produced by Mark Beling). This riffy rock belter serves as a stern warning not to take family and friends for granted in your daily drive for success. Jacques shares…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/WIZRDTHEBAND/ Fancy something different? The musically enticing new act named Wizrd is about to release this spirited and energetic slab of utterly cool and catchy rock music via Karisma Records, and let me start out by saying that you should add it to your list of albums to check out if…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.heatsweden.com/ The incredible Swedish hard rockers H.E.A.T parted ways with the amazing singer Erik Grönwall a while ago and then welcomed the return of original vocalist Kenny Leckremo, and what I can tell you about this stadium-sized juggernaut of delicious hooks titled Force Majeure is that it is the band’s finest…
Photo credit: Runar Haugeland IN THE WOODS. – New Album ‘Diversum’ via Soulseller Records – Details revealed Norwegian avant-gardists IN THE WOODS… have announced a new full-length album! “Diversum” will be released via Soulseller Records on November 25th 2022 on CD, various limited vinyls and in digital versions. It was recorded in Kristiansand, Norway and mixed…
Foto: Carl Eek Nå er snart tiden inne for Kampfar siste infernalske skaperverk, men først slippes en aller siste singel. Rekviem er ute overalt idag. Hør nye singelen “Rekviem” her og se videoen her: Kampfar melder: What if I told you that I was about to sing you a song? And that this song…
Photo: Rune Isaksen Pil & Bue Is Back With Emotive and Energetic New Double Single: Special Agents and Never Stop (part 1). Pil & Bue are a fierce duo from the very North. With one of the best vocalists from Norway, Petter Carlsen, on vocals and guitar, and Gøran Johansen slaying the drums, they are…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/henrikhydra/ This one nearly got away from my pile of stuff to review, so before that warped brain of mine forgets completely, I should probably write a few short and concise lines about this eleven-track effort, right? Melodic rockers Hydra from Sweden are a relatively new band and also a new…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/hemesathband/ The German act named Hemesath is something quite different and hard to pigeonhole in terms of style and genre. Using such diffuse terms as alternative rock and alternative metal often blows ass simply because they tell you very little about the actual music, but in this case, I have no…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/collections/frontpage/products/god-only-knows-the-story-of-brian-wilson-the-beach-boys-and-the-california-myth This legendary and outright essential book on Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, which originally saw the light of day back in 1978, was extensively updated by author David Leaf quite recently and then published by the ever-reliable purveyors of quality literature, namely Omnibus Press. What we have here is…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.jordan-red.com/ Thanks to the good people over at Stampede Press, I got my hands on a copy of the upcoming debut offering by British hard rock/alternative metal outfit Jordan Red, and this is one album that packs a lot of punch. Loud and crunchy guitars, interesting layers and textures, superb lyrics…
Photo: Sebastian Ludvigsen See Norway‘s GOTHMINISTER Awake Your “Demons” In Brand New Music Video! New Album, “Pandemonium”, Out On October 21st Via AFM Records! With his captivating debut ‘Gothic Electronic Anthems’ in 2003, Gothminister Bjørn Alexander Brem took the dark music scene by storm, unleashing a thunder of pitch-black magic. Powerful metal riffs march relentlessly…
Dutch thrashers Project Pain deliver a fast, hard & heavy unapologetic punch in the face comprised of chugging riffs, breakneck solos and a no nonsense attitude. New single ‘’Mean Metal Machine‘’ out now, from upcoming ” Digital Disaster “, out October 29th! Watch the lyric video below Project Pain is founded in January of 2011…
MUNROE’S THUNDER, fronted by Ronny Munroe, have released their new sinigle “Echoes of the Dead” on all streaming platforms. The song is from the upcoming album The Black Watch which is slated to be released on November 11th Ronny Comments: “Echoes of the dead is about those who fought the battles and lost their lives in…
UGLY KID JOE release the official video for “Failure”, the new single taken from Ugly Kid Joe’s upcoming album “Rad Wings of Destiny” which is released on October 21st 2022. You can watch the video here: About UGLY KID JOE Ugly Kid Joe are an American rock band formed in Isla Vista California in 1989.…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/NordicUnionMusic/ I fell head over heels in love with the near-flawless Second Coming (2018) by the wicked constellation that is Nordic Union as that was a fabulous slab of melodically strong and muscular hard rock that ticked all the right boxes for me. Needless to say, I was truly excited about…
Negative Øhio – Welcome To Cuddle Country, Pardner! “Welcome to Cuddle Country” is the Norwegian/American Avant-Garde duo’s third album, and is an epic double album with a deceptively wholesome name. Side A focuses mostly on combining Avant-Garde Metal and Digital Hardcore in various weird ways, while side B consists of freeform, atmospheric jams and noise…
AMS Records releases the reissue of the first album of the historic Prog band. The 1979 debut of the Franco-Turkish formation: CD papersleeve and yellow vinyl, remastered audio and new graphics Asia Minor: Crossing The Line! AMS Records | BTF Vinyl Magic [9 tracks | cd papersleeve | Lp gatefold yellow] Crossing the…
Multinational symphonic power metal band Asterise releases their debut album on December – First single Falling Stars out now! Multinational symphonic power metal band Asterise is set to release their debut album “Two Worlds” on December 2nd 2022 via Finnish record label Inverse Records. The first single ‘Falling Stars’, which features Jimmy Hedlund (Falconer), Tristan Harders (Terra…
IGORR Announces “Distortion 2023 Tour” Through Europe for March of Next Year French phenomenon IGORRR have just announced a European headline tour for March 2023. Support comes from Amen Ra, Der Weg Einer Freiheit and Hangman’s Chair. Distortion Tour 2023 IGORRR + Amenra + Der Weg Einer Freiheit + Hangman’s Chair 09.03.23 – NL –…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/SunstormMusic/ The previous effort by the talented hard rockers Sunstorm, more specifically Afterlife (2021), impressed me greatly and was a musically accomplished opus in every sense of the word. Enlisting Rainbow vocalist Ronnie Romero and including him in their ranks was a stroke of genius, and it fills me with joy…
