(7/10) Former Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley is working in his solo career for many years. These two bands have been a springboard for the singer from Birmingham, UK, inspiring his solo release up to date. In total 10 albums saw the light of day and after having finished the second leg of... Continue Reading →
AMON AMARTH documentary premiers in cinema
Swedish Amon Amarth will release a documentary DVD / live album entitled 'The Pursuit Of Vikings: 25 Years In The Eye Of The Storm' on November 16th. Prior to the release date, the band announced two cinema premiers of the documentary. The band will be present, with a Q&A- and signing session included at the... Continue Reading →
SOILWORK release a new video
Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK have released the brand new track, 'Full Moon Shoals', from their impatiently awaited 11th album, »Verkligheten«, which marks their first in more than three years and also the first to feature Bastian Thusgaard on drums, who replaced Dirk Verbeuren in 2016. »Verkligheten« is set to be released on January 11, 2019 via Nuclear Blast. The first edition digipack, as... Continue Reading →
HAKEN will be on the road on March/April 2019
... and here are the dates: 15th February – Academy 3, Manchester, UK 16th February – St Luke’s, Glasgow, UK 17th February – The Fleece, Bristol, UK 19th February – Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany 20th February – Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany 21st February – Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg, Germany 22nd February – Lille Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark 23rd... Continue Reading →
ROBBEN FORD releases ‘Purple House’ today
Robben Ford is a guitarist that might not be known by all of you. However, the ones being deeper into rock and blues might have heard his name earlier since the guitarist is known for his contribution to great projects with Chick Corea and B.B. King. 'Purple House' is the Ford's newest album and it's... Continue Reading →
CD review SLEGEST ‘Introvert’
(8/10) Norwegian Slegest unveils their new album ‘Introvert’ mid-November this year and the season couldn’t have been chosen much better. The blackened rock’n’roll of the album, done in eight songs, fits perfect into the dark season of fall and winter. My Norwegian I far too bad to tell you what the lyrics are about and... Continue Reading →
CD review IMPELLITTERI ‘The Nature of the Beast’
(8/10) Three years, that was the waiting time of Impellitteri fans for a new longplayer of the guitar wizard from the US. On October 12th, the wait is offer. It's the day when the eleventh album of the six-stringer arrives at the record stores. Named 'The Nature of the Beast' the album comes with 12... Continue Reading →
CD review HAKEN ‘Vector’
(8/10) Haken is a band that releases records on a quite regular base and after their first live album has been launched some months ago it is the next studio album that reaches the record stores end of October. 'Vector' is the fifth studio album of the London-based prog rockers and it's for sure an... Continue Reading →
CD review BLOODBATH ‘The Arrow of Satan is Drawn’
(8/10) 'The Arrow of Satan is Drawn' is album number two of the Nick Holmes era and it is the premiere of Craft guitarist Joakim Karlsson on the six-string guitar. Four years after 'Grand Morbid Funeral' alighted from the abyss it is the new album that delivers new morbid songs. Two oldschool smashers kick-off the album.... Continue Reading →
CD review NECRONOMICON ‘Unleashed Bastards’
(7/10) A few days ago German thrashers Necronomicon unveiled their newest album. 'Unleashed Bastards' is already album number nine in the band's discography. Things took its course in 1986 when the debut 'Necronomicon' has been released, followed by two additional records. Things slowed down in the 90's before Necronomicon gained speed again in the first decade of... Continue Reading →
CD review NORTHWARD ‘Northward’
(9/10) Northward is an exciting project that needed quite some time to grow. It was in 2008 when Dutch singer Floor Jansen and Pagan’s Mind guitarist Jorn Viggo Lofstad started to work together on new songs they planned to record and release under the banner of Northward. Due to busy agendas and other commitments, things... Continue Reading →
CD review METALLICA ‘… And Justice For All’ (Remastered)
(*/10) '...And Justice For All' was Metallica's fourth album and it became the most successful one up to that date. After 'Master of Puppets' manifested the move from the underground to a wider audience Metallica had to go through a tougher time. It was on September 27th, 1986 when the band had a bus accident... Continue Reading →









