ORDEN OGAN – Final Days

Since the band’s latest release, the superb „Gunmen“, ORDEN OGAN have been at the forefront of power metal. Now, after a few delays, the new album „Final Days“ will finally be released on March 12th, 2021. The album, once again produced by band leader Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann, is a real smasher and shows that the…

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IMPERIA – The Last Horizon

IMPERIA’s new album turned out to be the most epic IMPERIA album ever, and therefore it was chosen to be released as a double CD. The album features lot of different styles; from goth rock to metal songs, but also beautiful ballads and more folkish songs.There even is a Viking-themed song, “To Valhalla I Ride“,…

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VELVET VIPER – Cosmic Healer

VELVET VIPER’s new album “Cosmic Healer” presents the band as you know them from their energetic live shows; this time with more compact songs, often hovering in the upper tempo range. The basics of the 10 tracks were recorded with a lot of live feeling in the well-ventilated Jangland Studio by the well-established and well-rehearsed…

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SEPTAGON – We Only Die Once

“We Only Die Once” is an evolution of what started with the “Apocalyptic Rhymes”: Songwriting was rather a band-approach compared to the albums before. The new member Daniel fits right in and contributes with his own flavor of drumming. The songs on the album are a nice blend of thrash, “in-your-face”, speed, mid-tempo and atmospheric…

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THE QUILL – Earthrise

The ninth studio album of the Swedish hard rock institution. What do you do when the whole world stands still and everything suddenly comes to a sudden stop? For THE QUILL, the only option was to stay creative and keep working to keep a sane mind. Once again working with Erik Nilsson from 491 Studio…

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BONFIRE – Roots

It’s been more than two years now since Bonfire, following the outstanding debut of their current vocalist Alexx Stahl on Byte The Bullet (2017), were unanimously celebrated for their successor album Temple Of Lies (2018). Two years which saw the band rock countless stages at home and abroad before going on to set the bar…

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HELSTAR – Clad In Black

HELSTAR already gave you a first glimpse at this new release with the “Black Wings Of Solitude” 7″ which is available since October 2020 – but now it’s time for the HELSTAR to go for your throats! The digipak version of “Clad In Black” includes 2 CDs: The first CD includes both songs from the…

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EVERGREY – Escape Of The Phoenix

Gearing up for the release of their highly anticipated 12th album, Swedish progressive metal band EVERGREY is at a point in their career that many of their peers can only dream about. Since the release of “Hymns For The Broken” in 2014, EVERGREY has enjoyed increased notoriety and success with “The Storm Within” (2016) and…

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METALITE – A Virtual World

The update for modern Power and Melodic Metal will be coming sooner as expected – with a new album called “A Virtual World” the Swedish Power Metal quintet METALITE returns to the metal dancefloor. Not even 1,5 years after they returned with their new singer Erica Ohlsson – who brought in a massive amount of…

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