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Velvet Viper rose out of the ashes of Zed Yago and released a debut album back in 1991. An additional longplayer followed before a hiatus took over. Jutta Weinhold and bandmates returned in 2017 and a streak of release followed. Two years after having delivered the ‘Cosmic healer’ album, Velvet Viper has a new album... Continue Reading →
Essen-based The Night Eternal belong to the rising starts in the current times. The first time The Night Eternal appeared on the scene was in 2019 when the guys released a self-titled EP. With the pandemic ahead, the timing wasn’t perfect, and it speaks to the willpower of the band to bit through. Commitment and... Continue Reading →
Withering Scorn is new outfit, featuring Henning Basse on vocals, Glen Dover (g), Joe Dibiase (b) and Shawn Dover on drums. The band was founded in 2020 and is the brainchild of Dover brothers. The four-piece band focusses on heavy metal without frills and gimmicks. The power of the riff is what drives the sound... Continue Reading →
'Beyond the Black Sun' is the next single release of Chris Bolendahl's Steelhammer; a song taken from the upcoming album 'Reborn in Flames'. Album release will be on July 28th, 2023 and you can listen to the new single here: https://youtu.be/y8YGNcBRL9Q And this is how the entire tracklist looks like: Reborn In Flames Fire Angel... Continue Reading →
Velvet Viper will release their newest longplayer 'Nothing Compares to Metal' on July 21st, 2023. It will be the band's sixth studio album and it will be released via Massacre Records. With 'Invisible Danger' and first single has been revealed already and now follows the title track. "It's time again for some appreciation! Here is... Continue Reading →
‘Tailgunner’, that is a song from Iron Maiden who published the track on the ‘No Prayer For the Dying’ album and I guess it isn’t a coincidence that a new powerhouse from UK named themselves Tailgunner. Inspired by the NWoBHM and the sound of the 80s, the quintet from England charged their album with a... Continue Reading →
Jag Panzer belongs to the spearhead of heavy metal and their debut ‘Ample Destruction’ is a timeless milestone album to date. Unfortunately, the band disbanded in 1988 but returned five years later. Since then, Jag Panzer is a constant deliverer of great metal, even if the time between releases is rather long. This time it... Continue Reading →
Fifth Angel belongs to the bands, hailing from the greater Seattle area. Bands like Queensryche, Sanctuary and Heir Apparent have/had their homebase there. Fifth Angel comes from the same area although Bellevue, Washington is on the other side of the Lake Washington. However, Fifth Angel belong to the bands I’m following since the very early... Continue Reading →
Primal Fear will release a new album called ‘Code Red’ on September 1st, 2023. With ‘Another Hero’ a third single, taken of the upcoming longplayer, is available and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/JUISvCi3hyA Tracklist: Another Hero Bring That Noise Deep In the Night Cancel Culture Play A Song The World Is on Fire Their Gods... Continue Reading →
Talking about Necrofier without mentioning Oceans Of Slumber is practically impossible, because after all three of the four band members have/had already been involved with the progressive metallers from Houston. Guitarist Semit Özerkan is an active member of Oceans Of Slumber and the same goes for Dobber Beverly. Moreover, Mat Aleman had already played with... Continue Reading →
California-based metal powerhouse Ruthless announce a new album. 'The Fallen' will be the band's forth longpplayer which will be released end of the year via Fireflash Records. Stay tuned for more info. Photo: Alex Solca
Elegant Weapons is an interesting new constellation of musicians, with the line-up including Richie Faulkner, a long-time Judas Priest guitarist. In addition, Ronnie Romero lends his voice to the band, while the rhythm section consists of Dave Rimmer (Uriah Heep) and Christopher Williams (Accept). Thus, there are experts at work in the band. The fact... Continue Reading →
A.I. also starts to enter the metal world. Asked by Nuclear Blast, Corinne Larre (Twisted Hooves Studio) created an animated music video for Type O Negative’s ‘Halloween in Hell’ and shared the following: "When Nuclear Blast asked me to make this video using artificial intelligence, I was eager to explore the thousand possibilities offered by... Continue Reading →
German metal band Rebellion release these days with ‘X – Live in Iberia’ a live album, the first one in their 22 years long career. As the title suggest the album was recorded in Spain. The Teutonic metal force played a show at Paberese Club in Valencia on May 15th, 2022. The setlist contained 15... Continue Reading →
‘The Hallowed’ is the title of the upcoming Jag Panzer album. To bridge the waiting time, the band unveil a third track taken from the album. ‘Edge of a Knife’ is the name of the galloping metal anthem and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/hnD4bEVJJa8 In addition, Jag Panzer provided a 14-minute documentary about the making... Continue Reading →
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