(8/10) Athens, Ohio based Skeletonwitch released their sixth album end of July this year. 'Devouring Radiant Light' is the band's first release in five years and it shows a shift that happened over during this time. The first thing that's new is the singer. Adam Clemans joined Skeletonwitch in 2016 and the new album is... Continue Reading →
CD review MAD MAX ’35’
(8/10) I have to admit that I'm always looking forward to a new Mad Max album with full excitement. It was their fourth album, ‘Night of Passion’, that put a spell on me and since then new longplayers by Michael Voss’ melodic metal outfit always have been a delight. Nothing changed when I heard about... Continue Reading →
Special RUNNING WILD signing session at WACKEN festival
... for the ones of you being in Wacken this year.
TOM MORELLO announces ‘The Atlas Undergorund’
Tom Morello announced a new collaboration he started, leading to an album entitled ‘The Atlas Underground’. The list of guests, contributing to the longplayer, features musicians like Marcus Mumford, Portugal. The Man, Bassnectar, The Wu-Tang Clan-Members RZA and GZA, Vic Mensa, K. Flay, Big Boi, Gary Clark Jr., Pretty Lights, Killer Mike, Steve Aoki and... Continue Reading →
New video from RIVERSIDE
Riverside unveiled a new video and HERE it is. The song's taken from the upcoming Riverside album, entitled 'Wasteland'. Release date is September 28th and the record comes via InsideOut. Tracklist: 1. The Day After 2. Acid Rain 3. Vale Of Tears 4. Guardian Angel 5. Lament 6. The Struggle For Survival 7. River Down... Continue Reading →
CD review ARTIZAN ‘Demon Rider’
(8/10) Jacksonville, Florida is the homebase of Artizan, a US metal powerhouse that has its fourth longplayer in the pipeline. 'Demon Rider' follows the 2015 release 'The Furthest Reaches' and features, in the standard version, 5 songs. A limited version includes, next to the 5 songs, the title track with no less than Jag Panzer's... Continue Reading →
Live report GENE SIMMONS BAND, 013, Tilburg – 19.07.2018
It doesn't happen very often that Kiss mainman Gene Simmons comes to Europe with the Gene Simmons Band. The iconic bass player is a regular guest with Kiss, but having him unmasked on stage with his solo band is a rare thing. On June 19th 'The Demon' came to Holland for playing a show at... Continue Reading →
TARJA invites to a Q&A session on Instagram – tonight
... and here comes the link: https://www.instagram.com/stoneman_band/
New album and video from SLASH ft. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS
After having finished the touring activities with Guns'n'Roses, guitarist Slash is in the starting blocks for releasing a new album. Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will launch their next studio album, entitled 'Living the Dream’, on September 21st via Snakepit/Roadrunner Records. The album has the following tracklist: Call of the Wild Serve You... Continue Reading →
CD review GRAHAM BONNETT BAND ‘Meanwhile, Back in the Garage’
(8/10) British vocalist Graham Bonnett, well known from his days with Rainbow, Alcatrazz and Impellitteri, always had solo releases too with 'The Book' being the latest one to date. Two years after 'The Book' was unveiled it is 'Meanwhile, Back in the Garage' that opens a new chapter of Bonnett's solo journey and it's an... Continue Reading →
CD review REDEMPTION ‘Long Night’s Journey Into Day’
(9/10) One of the bands that constantly delivered excellent music over the last few years was prog metal powerhouse Redemption. The band is the brainchild of guitarist Nick van Dyk and debut in 2003 with their self-titled first album. After some years with InsideOut the band released the first album for Metal Blade in 2016.... Continue Reading →
New VOIVOD song revealed
Canadian thrasher Voivod will release their next strike on September 21st and 'Obsolete Beings' is a first song, taken from 'The Wake'. Enjoy the song HERE.
SAXON’s ‘Thunderbolt’ as special tour edition
British metal pioneers Saxon will release on September 7th their latest longplayer 'Thunderbolt' in an special tour edition. The album contains two live bonus tracks plus a 10"x10" photo of the band on tour. Tracklist: Olympus Rising Thunderbolt The Secret of Flight Nosferatu (The Vampire’s Waltz) They Played Rock and Roll Predator Sons of Odin... Continue Reading →
CD review NIGHT DEMON ‘Live Darkness’
(8/10) I had the chance to witness the Night Demon live show the band performed at this year’s Rock Hard Festival and I can tell you that the upcoming live release captures the enormous power of the Californian metal outfit as good as it can be done on CD. Jarvis Leatherby and his metal warriors... Continue Reading →
CD review MARILLION ‘All One Tonight (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)’
(9/10) Rock pioneers Marillion have a long track record in music. The band, that debut with 'Script for a Jester's Tear', has unveiled many brilliant rock albums from then till now. Most Marillion longplayers went right into the charts, some of those even achieving gold status. The latest studio release of Steve Rothery and bandmates... Continue Reading →









