In spring this year Nighthawk released with ‘Prowler’ an outstanding longplayer. Melodic metal at its best is what the album offers and to keep the fire burning Robert Majd and his crew follow up the release with a live EP. The band played four of the songs live on December 2nd, 2022 in Stockholm and... Continue Reading →
Review HITTEN ‘While Passion Lasts’
Heavy metal from Spain has been closely associated with the name of Hitten since 2011. The guys from Murcia joined forces in this year to embark on an exciting journey through the world of hard and heavy rock music. Ten years ago, the Spaniards released their debut album 'First Strike With the Devil' and now,... Continue Reading →
Review HIGH SPIRITS ‘Safe on the Other Side’
And once again the auditorium fills up when Chris "Professor" Black invites you to a further 41-minute event on the subject of rock and metal. Black founded High Spirits 14 years ago and what began with 'Another Night' was continued on three further albums. Each of these albums has been a treat for fans of... Continue Reading →
Review COVEN JAPAN ‘Earthlings’
Sometimes good stuff just finds you. That's how you could describe the new album from Coven Japan. They are a relatively young band from the land of the rising sun. It was in 2016 when guitarist Akihiro Ito and singer Taka founded the band. Coven Japan allowed them to provide an outlet for their passion... Continue Reading →
Review SADUS ‘The Shadow Inside’
The story of Sadus begins in 1985 in California. Darren Travis, Rob Moore, Steve Di Giorgio and Jon Allen joined forces and created Sadus, an outlet for their passion for metal. Sadus released a total of three albums during this era, before it took nine long years for their fourth longplayer 'Out for Blood' to... Continue Reading →
Review NAIL WITHIN ‘Sound of Demise’
Nail Within are an established metal outfit, hailing from Tel Aviv. The band started in 2001 and after a few on/off years Nail Within returned in 2022. After the debut album hit the shelves in 2003, Nail Within launch the sophomore album 20 years later. ‘Sound of Demise’ is the title of an album that... Continue Reading →
Review SOLEDRIVER ‘Return Me To Light’
Alessandro Del Vecchio is involved in many of Frontiers Music's productions and this time the multi-instrumentalist is working with Michael Sweet, who many of you may know as the voice of Stryper. The two are operating as Soledriver and are releasing with 'Return Me To Light' an album packed with eleven songs. As you would... Continue Reading →
Review DOGMA ‘Dogma’
Dogma is a four-piece band that releases their new album these days. Lilith, Lamia, Nixe and Abrahel, these four girls are Dogma and they are on a mission that they have summed-up in 13 principles and commands, listed on their website. It’s about freedom, independence, and self-determination while any kind of oppression is unacceptable. The... Continue Reading →
Review KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD ‘Dirt on My Diamonds Vol. 1’
Kenny Wayne Shepherd belongs to the most relevant blues and rock guitarists of current times. Shepherd released numerous excellent albums and it is ‘Dirt on My Diamonds Vol. 1’ that will prolong the discography. The album features eight songs, coming from project-like work at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The songs tell the story... Continue Reading →
Review FEINE SAHNE FISCHFILET ‘Alles glänzt – Alles live’
What Feine Sahne Fischfilet were lacking after six studio albums was a live record. The punk rockers from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have been among the trailblazers of contemporary German punk/ska for many years and have succeeded in continuously increasing their popularity. The last studio album 'Alles glänzt' made it to 3rd place in the German longplayer charts... Continue Reading →
Review MASTER’S CALL ‘A Journey for the Damned’
Master’s Call isn’t what you could call a new band as the foundation date was back in 2013. So, it’s the ten years anniversary and right in time for this special moment in the band’s history, the debut album will hit the shelves. It was in 2019 when the guys launched wit ‘Morbid Black Trinity’... Continue Reading →
Review TARJA ‘Dark Christmas’
‘Dark Christmas’ isn’t the first album by Tarja, related to the holiday season; but is the darkest one she released to date. The successor of ‘From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)’ is a gloomy soundtrack that features twelve classic and/or modern Christmas carols. Each of those underwent a total re-arrangement and there... Continue Reading →
Review SODOM ‘1982’ – EP
A band that truly belongs to the trailblazers of German thrash metal are Sodom. The band from Altenessen, a district of Essen, Germany, started in 1982 when heavy metal was a musical revolution and while bands of the NWoBHM started to gain momentum, thrash metal was still in its very early days. Still there was... Continue Reading →
Review D’VIRGILIO, MORSE AND JENNINGS ‘Sophomore’
It was in early 2022 when three masters of progressive rock music came together to record an album called ‘Troika’. It was Nick D’Virgilio (Big Big Train), Neal Morse (Transatlantic, NMB) & Ross Jennings (Haken, Novena) who released beautiful songs and now the journey continues with ‘Sophomore’. Driven by the joy and appreciation of the... Continue Reading →
Review HELMET ‘Left’
At the end of the 80s, guitarist and singer Page Hamilton started a band that created furore - Helmet. The timing could not have been better. Traditional metal in its various subgenres was on the decline, which opened up an opportunity for new types of hard music. Bands like Prong and Life Of Agony have... Continue Reading →








