NWoBHM-veterans Tygers Of Pan Tang unleashed a new EP called ‘A New Heartbeat’. In a way, a new heartbeat is the credo of the 2022 release since the band introduce with Francesco Marras a new guitarist and Huw Holding, a new bass player, while Gav Grey provided the groove for this release. The EP contains... Continue Reading →
Review DESERTED FEAR ‘Doomsday’
German death metal power engine Deserted Fear premiered with ‘My Empire’, an album that brought the band some attention. Things started to move more rapidly after having signed a record deal with Century Media, the label that also releases the fifth full-length longplayer of the Eisenberg, Germany based band. Three years after ‘Drowned by Humanity’... Continue Reading →
Review MOUNTAINEER ‘Giving Up the Ghost’
Mountaineer hail from sunny and warm Oakland, California. Formed in 2015, the band has released three albums since then. Bloodletting', their third album, was published in 2020 and now it's 'Giving Up the Ghost' that again allows the listener to dive into post-rock oriented soundscapes. Acting as a sextet since 'Bloodletting', Mountaineer delivers a balanced... Continue Reading →
Review TYMO ‘The Art of a Maniac’
Edmonton, Canada isn’t just the home of one of the best ice hockey teams. The headquarter of thrash metallers TYMO is also based in Alberta. TYMO started in 2014 and released two longplayers to date. These days the third longplayer has been unleashed to excite metalheads all over the world. TYMO is purely based on... Continue Reading →
Review SCORPIONS ‘Rock Believer’
The artwork of Scorpions longplayers often created some attention and sometimes even led to controversial discussions. What is remarkable with their new album ‘Rock Believer’ is the screaming person on the cover, reminding of the iconic artwork of the ‘Blackout’ album from 1982. The good thing is, that it isn’t only the artwork that reminds... Continue Reading →
Review CHOREOMANIC ‘Choreomanic’
Dutch bass player Joost van der Graaf is known from his time with bands like Dew-Scented. His bass can be also heard on Pestilence’s latest album ‘Exitivm’. In 2020 Van der Graaf started with Choreomanic a solo project and the self-titled album is the debut. Musically Choreomanic has not that much to do with the... Continue Reading →
Review TEN ‘Here Be Monsters’
‘Here Be Monsters’ is the title of the new album from UK melodic rock powerhouse Ten. At the same time, it is the first of two longplayers Gary Hughes, John Halliwell and bandmates worked on during the days of pandemic. There is now real link between the two records. It was more the great flow... Continue Reading →
THE PINEAPPLE THIEF announce updated tour dates
The Pineapple Thief had to postpone their tour and announced the new dates: 23.2.22 Trezzo sull'Adda (Milan) (IT) - Live Club24.2.22 Roncade (Treviso) (IT) - New Age25.2.22 Roma (IT) - Auditorium "Parco della Musica"26.2.22 Firenze (IT) - Viper Theatre27.2.22 Aarau (CH) - KIFF1.3.22 Barcelona (ES) - La Nau2.3.22 Madrid (ES) - Caracol3.3.22 Toulouse (FR) -... Continue Reading →
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM re-issue the first two demos
Metal veterans Flotsam And Jetsam re-issue the first to demo via Vic Records on March 25th, 2022. 'Iron Tears' and 'Metal Shock' have been released in 1985 and paved the way for a deal with Metal Blade Records, followed by the release of the legendary debut 'Doomsday For the Deceiver'. 'Iron Tears & Metal Shock'... Continue Reading →
Review IMMOLATION ‘Acts of God’
New York-based Immolation isn’t a band that floods the market with new releases. Their release pattern entails a new longplayer every 3-5 years and considering the fact of ‘Atonement’ having been unveiled in 2017 the time was right in early 2022 to launch a next smashing metal album. Immolation is still driven by the two... Continue Reading →
Review BLOOD INCANTATION ‘Timewave Zero’
Blood Incantation released ‘Hidden History of the Human Race’ an album that combined the brutality of death metal and the math of metal in a pretty good fashion. Being harsh on the one side a multi-layered too created extra tension which benefited the album. Three years later the quartet from Denver, Colorado returns with ‘Timewave... Continue Reading →
Review MORTUARY DRAPE ‘Wisdom – Vibration – Repent’ – EP
Italian metal outfit Mortuary Drape might have been ahead of the curve when they started their journey into extreme metal in the mid ‘80s. At least they belong to the pioneers when it comes to European death- and black metal. Driven by main man Wildness Perversion the band premiered in 1994 with ‘All the Witches... Continue Reading →
Review D’VIRGILIO, MORSE, JENNINGS ‘Troika’
It seems like the pandemic hasn’t had an impact on the musical creativity of Neal Morse. The musician from California has various outlets for his creative flow and with D’Virgilio, Morse, Jennings a next project was started by the singer and multi-instrumentalist in 2020. Sometime during the pandemic and lockdown, Morse wrote songs that in... Continue Reading →
Review SERIOUS BLACK ‘Vengeance is Mine’
Serious Black is the brainchild of bassist Mario Lochert and the early days of the band included well-sounding names like Thomen Strauch, Roland Grapow and Urban Breed, to mention just some. That was in 2014 and there have been some line-up changes along the time with the good news, that the quality never suffered. Two... Continue Reading →
Review RECKLESS LOVE ‘Turborider’
The ones of you who thought that Judas Priest’s ‘Turbo Lover’ included far too many keyboards should not even consider pressing the ‘Start’-button of ‘Turborider’. This album can be seen as dentist’s delight since it includes so much musical sugar that it’s hard to swallow. Reckless Love always appreciated a catchy melody and although the... Continue Reading →









