For an established band, the biggest challenge usually lies in consistently developing its own personal style with each new album while simultaneously enhancing it with exciting new elements. It’s precisely this difficult balancing act that international power metal group Pyramaze has successfully achieved on its latest offering, ‘Bloodlines’: Every one of the ten songs impresses…
Flashback: February 2020. The SHAKRA album “Mad World” is released, and the band is ready for all mischief. And suddenly the world stands still. As if someone had pulled the plug. Just like that. There was a need for a deep breath. But: What do you want to do? It is the way it is.…
Southern German power metal act Winterstorm, who launched their career in 2008, already have four highly acclaimed studio albums to their name, including high chart positions for their 2016 release ‘Cube Of Infinity’. But the five-piece surrounding vocalist Alexander Schirmer and guitarist Michael Liewald has never been satisfied with resting on their laurels, always regarding…
When the mission is so clear, one can – no MUST – express this unmistakably. And so, under the banner of ALL FOR METAL, the metal enthusiasts Tim “Tetzel” Schmidt (known as the singer of the band Asenblut as well as a strength athlete and fitness influencer) and Antonio Calanna (former singer of the hard…
AFM Records / Believe is proud to announce the re-signing of Canadian Rock act DANKO JONES to a worldwide deal (except Canada). After having a rich history with the company before (Wild Cat #13, A Rock Supreme #21 in Germany and various chart entires in Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway or Finland) and reaching #1…
What do you get if you combine one part samurai, one part viking, one part “Bob the Builder” on steroids, one part mustache, one part fashion and one part Gothenburg? That’s right, you get DEMOTIONAL. A Swedish melodic metal band that has been kicking ass since their debut album STATE: IN DENIAL in 2013 and…
ELEGY REUNION 2023 After almost 25 years Elegy celebrate the release on special picture disc vinyls of their entire 8 album collection with “THE REUNION” tour starting in 2023. Looking back upon their long spanning career ‘Elegy’ who have sold more than 250,000 albums in more than 60 countries worldwide. The origins of the band…
“Call Of The Sirens” is the fourth installment in the legacy of CRAVING – an epic extreme metal band hailing from Germany. Following the successful album “By The Storm”, the band furiously continues their concept of melodic black metal and melodic death metal with a portion of traditional heavy metal epicness, and is ready to…
When the style-defining artists of the metal scene come up for discussion, one name cannot be missing: Ross “The Boss” Friedman made music history as co-founder of Manowar, but also of The Dictators – his influence in heavy metal and punk can still be felt today. The first six fable works of Manowar, in which…
The snappy hungry beast is hunting again. Greedy, voracious and with a bite that leaves clear traces; Hamburg’s metal maniacs GODSNAKE will release their second album “Eye For An Eye” in May 2023 via Massacre Records. Contemporary heavy metal with significant references to some of the big old masters: straight, hard, rifforientated, but never missing…
