The Three Tremors is no less than Tim 'Ripper' Owens, metal siren Harry 'The Tyrant' Conklin and Sean 'The Hell Destroyer' Peck. Each of them is known as an excellent singer and frontman.The three guys teamed-up under the moniker The ThreeTremors and unveiled with 'Invaders of the Sky' a first appetizer of the upcoming album.... Continue Reading →
ALMANAC tour dates for 2019
ALMANAC recently completed their 2018 festival season and seemingly can't get enough of playing live to their fans. So today they’re pleased to announce a headline tour, that will start early in 2019. Victor comments: “ After our tour at the beginning of this year and the amazing summer festivals we played at, ‘Werner-Das Rennen’ for example,... Continue Reading →
CD review SINBREED ‘IV’
(7/10) German melodic metal outfit Sinbreed went through some changes over the last years. Two new members are on board and a switch of labels took place also. The 2016 album ‘Master Creator’ has been released by AFM Records and it’s the new album being Sinbreed's premier for Massacre Records. Regarding the line-up, too important positions... Continue Reading →
CD review BURNING WITCHES ‘Hexenhammer’
(8/10) Swiss-based metal hopefuls Burning Witches debuted in May last year with a self-titled album. The release received great feedback from fans was critically acclaimed too. With this positive response in mind, the five girls from Switzerland started to work on the sophomore release. 'Hexenhammer' is the name of this new metal strike, being Burning Witches'... Continue Reading →
CD review ASHES OF ARES ‘Well of Souls’
(8/10) 2018 seems to be a busy year for former Iced Earth frontman Matt Barlow. The singer teamed up with composer Jonah Weingarten and the duo released a self-titled album a few months ago. After such a cinematic and soundtrack-like release Barlow returns with Ashes To Ares. Next to Barlow, it was Freddie Vidales and... Continue Reading →
CD review WITHERFALL ‘A Prelude to Sorrow’
(9/10) It was in 2017 when Witherfall debuted with 'Nocturnes and Requiems', an album that created a big wow amongst metalheads. Looking at the background of the musicians involved explains the quality of the debut. Iced Earth, Ross the Boss, Fortress and Sanctuary are just some of the bands Witherfall members have been or are still... 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 WARREL DANE ‘Shadow Work’
(9/10) One of the most talented singers in metal, Warrel Dane, passed away on December 13th, 2017. The news hit the metal community hard. Grief and sadness were recognized everywhere. With his rather unique voice, Dane enriched albums of bands like Sanctuary and Nevermore and all of a sudden this voice became silent. Therefore you... Continue Reading →
CD review FIFTH ANGEL ‘The Third Secret’
(9/10) 2018 is the year of two glorious comebacks of Seattle-based bands that released milestone records in metal during the 80’s. Prog masters Heir Apparent is one of them and Fifth Angel is the other one. The latter released a terrific debut in 1986. Songs like ‘In the Fallout’ and ‘Fifth Angel’ belong to the... Continue Reading →
Live report TARJA / STRATOVARIUS / SERPENTYNE, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht – 07.10.2018
On a Sunday evening, Dutch highways led me to Utrecht. It was a Finnish package that drew my attention with former Nightwish singer Tarja and power metallers Stratovarius performing a co-headliner show under the header of ‘A Nordic Symphony ‘18’. Before the Finns entered the stage it was up to the London-based quintet Serpentyne to... Continue Reading →
CD review SHELTON/CHASTAIN ‘Edge of Sanity – ’88 Demo Session’
(10/10) There are releases that are beyond any score or rating. The value of these kinds of releases is far more than what can be summed up to a rate. ‘Edge of Sanity – 88’ Demo Session’ is such an album. The true value of ‘Edge of Sanity – ’88 Demo Session’ is the fact... Continue Reading →
HEIR APPARENT’s Terry Gorle & Will Shaw talk about ‘The View From Below’
October 15th is the day when prog metal veterans Heir Apparent will release their highly anticipated third studio album, 'The View from Below'. Fans of excellent US metal and acclaimed progressive metal were hungry for this release and what was a dream for decades became real. MHMB contacted Terry Gorle and Will Shaw to get... Continue Reading →









