RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMifUtcBLBs The two skilled vocalists that are Anette Olzon (ex-Nightwish) and Russell Allen (Symphony X) have teamed up with multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Magnus Karlsson for another epic slab of melodic metal full of grandeur and lofty ideas. Army of Dreamers is essentially huge-sounding symphonic metal swathed in sweeping keyboards, soaring…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://taboo.band/ Taboo is a sparkling new hard rock/melodic heavy metal outfit from Denmark that includes one legendary guitarist named Ken Hammer (Pretty Maids) in its ranks, and this is a crunchy, modern-sounding opus that packs a serious punch and contains some stellar compositions. Sharp as a razor and as heavy as…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/RingOfFireMetal Mark Boals (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Shining Black) possesses one of the greatest voices in rock, and it is pretty much always a treat to listen to something that features his unique voice, which leads me to this brand-new album by neo-classical power/progressive metallers Ring of Fire. It has been eight years…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.rising-steel.fr/ The previous offering by these French metal freaks, more specifically the loud and crushing Fight Them All (2020), was an entertaining albeit slightly uneven ride through power metal, NWOBHM, and thrash metal. I am pleased to announce that nothing has changed in the outfit’s camp as the latest effort titled…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/GinevraRock/ What a wicked surprise this potent slab of melodic heavy metal/hard rock is. Featuring the talented singer Kristian Fyhr (Seventh Crystal), renowned guitar-slinger Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear, The Ferrymen), kick-ass bassist Jimmy Jay (H.E.A.T.), and drummer Magnus Ulfstedt (Nordic Union), it is safe to say that these dudes know exactly…
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS GLUE – NORSKE ROCKELEGENDER TIL LOADED De gjorde et særdeles etterlengtet og deilig – og uventet – comeback i 2018, og de har heldigvis ikke tenkt å stoppe med det første. Gluecifer tar med seg hitparade og et stykke norsk rockehistorie til Kontraskjæret neste sommer. Med en katalog…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/erinyesmetal/ The Erinyes is a rather interesting new project by Frontiers Records in that its three female vocalists deliver some divine melodies and harmonies on top of a thick blanket of epic-sounding power metal, or symphonic metal, if you will. Musically, everything holds up well without the songs necessarily being outright…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/KillerKingsRock/ Killer Kings is a new project by Frontiers Records in which vocalist Gregory Lynn Hall (ex-101 South) and the kick-ass guitarist Tristan Avakian have joined forces and are backed by Nicholas Papapicco on drums and the ever-present Alessandro Del Vecchio on bass and keyboards. Not exactly a bad line-up, right?…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://bran-bohemia.bandcamp.com/ When is the last time you heard something as good as Emperor’s 2nd album “Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk”? True, Dimmu Borgir tried to get there on “Enthrone Darkness Triumphant” and Cradle Of Filth on “Cruelty And The Beast”, and those are just the ones I can think…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: http://www.martinpopoff.com/html/killing-the-dragon-dio-in-the-90-and-2000s.html Renowned author and music critic Martin Popoff never fails to impress and inspire me thanks to the quality and depth of his written works. Killing the Dragon: Dio in the ’90s and 2000s is no exception to that rule. This one is actually the kind of book that I had…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://facebook.com/fallofseraphsofficial/ While there’s no shortage of death metal bands these days, few can match the power, the technicality and the seemingly effortless catchy brutality of the genre purveyors such as Death, Monstrosity, Morbid Angel (especially the first three albums), Immolation or Suffocation, without exaggerating either the brutal or the catchy…
Interview with drummer Jere from Finnish pop-metal act Segmentia, a relatively freshly established band – first release is from 2019, but is already skilled at putting together intense symphonic sounds, melancholic riffs and pop beats. We get to find out a bit more about their musical style and inspiration and plans for the future Introduce…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/products/glam-when-superstars-ruled-the-world-1970-74-published-on-7th-july-2022 What a lovely and evocative delight this colorful and captivating piece on the birth and creative peaks of glam rock is. Filled to the brim with pictures of bands, concert posters, album adverts, fan club newsletters, badges, and single and album covers, author Mark Paytress has composed a most impressive…
Norsk headliner leder an når Tons of Rock slipper 15 harde pakker til neste års festival Tons of Rock holder som lovet og serverer 15 harde pakker i førjulsgave til publikum. Under festivaltreet finnes amerikanske punkrockfavoritter, britisk metalcore-fenomen, trøndersk stjerneskudd på 13 år med internasjonal platekontrakt og ikke minst Norges største rockeband. –…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/grandthebandsweden/ The Swedish outfit named Grand recently released this self-titled offering of theirs via Frontiers Records, and I must say that this is a highly promising debut album that shows potential and hints at even greater things to come. With their roots being firmly planted in melodic rock and AOR, these…
INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2023 har offentliggjøret hvilke dager banda skal spille på. TORSDAG 6. APRIL Emperor Cannibal Corpse Dark Funeral Djevel Mork Nervosa Mutilated Tyrant 1914 Stormruler Ingested FREDAG 7. APRIL Amorphis Godflesh Wolves In The throne Room Odium Harakiri for the Sky Masacre Lili Refrain Darvaza Dordeduh Hulder Beaten To Death…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.deprofundistheband.com/ De Profundis’ 5th installment, “The Blinding Light Of Faith”, had been a fantastic release, one of 2018 highlights for me, so I awaited the British blackened death metal quintet’s next album with baited breath at the edge of my reviewer’s seat. “The Corruption Of Virtue” released in October is…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022 BAND URL: https://www.instagram.com/iamorianthi/ The hugely talented Orianthi is keeping busy and staying creative these days, which is great to see, and her latest LP entitled Rock Candy is a fine entry in the awesome lady’s discography. That hard and sharp sound of the record suits the material quite nicely, and I love the…
RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/album/diabolic-slaughter These Polish scumbags deal in face-melting thrash metal with blistering riffs, deadly solos that fly like bullets, and a pounding rhythm section capable of bashing your skull in. What immediately becomes apparent here is that these dudes are clearly quite capable of coming up with storming, aggressive metal with a…
Photographer: SamAndMaxPhoto Jazz metal band with medieval melodies – is what comes up if you’re looking up the band CKRAFT, and they probably few out there who can say they release a ‘Gregorian Jazz’ song. The French quintet is something that prog or djent fans will appreciate and below you can find a quick interview…
