After years of silence, the guys from SWORD never thought that a box of demos and company rejects from the late 80’s would light a fire under their asses, hot enough to want to revisit this (new old stock) in order to actualize it with the vengeance it deserved. The result? You be the judge!…
ELEVATE: transitive verb 1: To lift up or make higher 2: to raise in rank or status 3: to improve morally, intellectually or culturally 4: to raise the spirits of Lee Aaron is on a roll. The award winning, songwriter, producer and Canadian vocalist blazed back onto the rock scene in 2016 (after a ten…
Well, here we go again, gang – another KILL RITUAL album is headed your way! After 2 releases during the COVID shitshow in the form of “The Opaque And The Divine” and “Thy Will Be Done”, KILL RITUAL as usual just kept grinding the gears and focused on making another slab of metal that touches…
UGLY KID JOE are back! With “Rad Wings Of Destiny” the Californians release their first studio album in seven years! For the new songs, the band once again worked with producer Mark Dodson, who was already responsible for UGLY KID JOE’s multiplatinum debut album “America’s Least Wanted” in 1992, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this…
AFTER ALL are best known for their original take on speed metal song writing, where killer riffs lay the foundation for songs with hooks and big choruses, lavishly garnished with guitar leads and harmonies. Over the years the band payed countless shows as headliner or together with bands like “Judas Priest”, “Overkill”, “King Diamond”, “Anthrax”,…
“Dawn Of Annihilation” recreates the future obliteration of humanity by a supreme and malevolent A.I. Leaving behind the gore and dark humor from the previous album “Tortura Macabra”, “Dawn Of Annihilation” imagines our grotesque demise as perpetrated by sentient machines. The new line-up allows the band to explore deeper lyrics and a more articulated song…
lmost 10 years ago, Candlemass legend Leif Edling made the doom metal world a darker and ultimately more interesting place with a new band, Avatarium. Over the next eight years the band released two EPs, four critically acclaimed full-length records, and a live DVD, ‘An Evening With Avatarium – Live in Stockholm’. Edling eventually left…
Canadian melodic metallers BOREALIS are returning with their fifth studio album called “Illusions”. Arguably the bands most complete album to date, the band states “We are so excited to release this new record, considering how long it’s been and what the world has been through over the last 2 years! With the extra time we…
JADED HEART are back with their new album “Heart Attack”, which is heavily influenced by 80’s metal. It was recorded with the most natural sound possible, and neither drum samples or computers were used during the recordings. “Heart Attack” turned out very melodic and really heavy at the same time and comes with a modern…
Sometimes, there are constellations where you just know immediately: This is hitting the nail on the head! The perfect match! Like Herman Frank and David Reece! Which takes us right into the topic at hand: Iron Allies, the new band of the two esteemed rock/metal gladiators who both once played with Accept, albeit at different…
