The Swedish melodeath giants, Soilwork are back in 2022 with Övergivenheten (Swedish for “Abandonment”), as a thematic follow-up to pre-pandemic 2019’s Veklighheten (Swedish for “Reality). Truth be told, I was a megafan of [...]
England’s doom metal barbarians CONAN are back with a new album called Evidence of Immortality. Scheduled for release on August 19 by Napalm Records, this album is sonically dense, diverse, and impressive. Conan is Jon Davis (guitar/vocals), Chris [...]
Full disclosure, Arch Enemy is on a long list of bands that I jammed the heck out of when I was in high school, and have not revisited since, as my tastes have changed in later decades. In particular, Arch Enemy lost a severe amount of stock when they [...]
The vast majority of metal bands in all genres that achieve legendary status do so without getting a big break in the mainstream, so it’s normal to see the casual big 4 fan blowing their minds when listening to 80’s masterpieces like Coroner, [...]
If you look up Viking-themed metal, you get slapped with pages upon pages of content related to the Swedes in Amon Amarth. A twenty-five-year and twelve-album career later, they remain the poster children of the subgenre, and the standard against every [...]
Sweden’s stellar blackened thrash band Witchery are back in action with their new album called Nightside. From the distant drums rolling in on the opening track until the psychedelic death trip of the final title track this album is packed with [...]
The Tasmanian Devils in Psycroptic are back with their newest record Divine Council. This is their eighth studio record and follow up to 2018’s The Inherited Repression, and more recently, The Watcher of All EP which I reviewed positively here. Does [...]
Krisiun was among the long list of bands that I gave a cursory glance at and allowed to fall by the wayside, not due to any failure of the music they release, but for the fact that their brand of metal did not fit my tastes at the time. Just as wisdom [...]
While John Connolly may best be known for his blistering guitar playing in Sevendust, the musician also fronts the periodic supergroup, Projected. With the lineup comprised of John and Vinnie Hornsby of Sevendust, Scott Phillips of Alter Bridge and [...]
In the lead up to the release of ‘A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)’, the upcoming new album from Evergrey due to drop on May 20th, vocalist Tom Englund sat down with Carl Rourke to discuss the record. The pair also talked in [...]
Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie is set to release his fourth solo album called Beautiful Shade of Grey on May 20th via Inside Out Music. We had the honor of talking to James about Dream Theater’s latest Grammy win as well as getting his [...]
Best known for his work as part of the internationally acclaimed Halestorm, Arejay Hale recently sat down with Metal Wani’s Carl Rourke to discuss the band’s upcoming new album, ‘Back From The Dead’, their first studio [...]
While Jamie Dean is perhaps best known for his work as part of the internationally acclaimed Irish outfit, God Is An Astronaut, the composer and multi-instrumentalist intends to add another string to his bow in 2022. Jamie recently sat down with [...]
Progressive metal composer and guitar wizard Michael Romeo is set to release War of the Worlds Pt. 2 on March 25th via InsideOut Music. This cinematic metal masterpiece is the follow-up to War of the Worlds Pt. 1 released back in 2018. Michael [...]
So the last day at the Rockharz festival starts for me. After some extensive wake-up rituals after the big party yesterday I went to my first task of the day, which I have planned the day before: I would go on the “Devil’s Wall”. With [...]
After a late breakfast at the festival entrance, I went to the new shower facilities, which the organizers have newly announced this year. Honestly, I think the old ones are better and maybe I was unlucky with the hot water, but at least I was awake after [...]
Last time, three years ago, metal fans were allowed to enter an airfield to experience concerts at the Rockharz festival and just have a good time at this festival. For me, it was the first time after the long pandemic break that I could visit a festival, [...]
The last day of a festival is always the hardest, with energy levels ebbing and mosh pit bruises racking up. It’s up to Alestorm to bring up the mood, which they do admirably. Still, it’s a shame the pirate party metal band known for their [...]
As I am trying to gather my thoughts from April 22nd at Queen Elizabeth Theatre which is one of Toronto’s iconic venues to see such an astounding lineup, Opeth, Mastodon & Khemmis… this is a show I know better not to miss. Here are [...]
Norwegian prog-rockers Leprous recently concluded the North American leg of their Aphelion Tour with a show at the Opera House in Toronto. Supported by German progressive metal band The Ocean, the Aphelion tour consisted of 33 shows across the [...]
On Friday night, fans started off their weekend attending Mayhem and Midnight’s The Sanguine Sodomy of North America Tour. Midnight from Cleveland kicked off the night with their blackened heavy metal energy. Norwegian black metal [...]
On the evening of Wednesday, March 2nd, progressive metal legends Dream Theater graced the stage at Meridian Hall for the Toronto stop of their “Top of the World Tour”. This tour, which had been postponed from the previous fall, comes [...]
Australia’s largest and favourite travelling music festival, aka Good Things Festival, is officially returning to ignite mosh pits and more along the east coast in December – and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! With so few [...]
Download Festival, the world’s premiere rock event, has today announced major site improvement plans for 2022, including unparalleled accessibility improvements and sustainability initiatives. Making its highly anticipated return with [...]
Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event, has announced IRON MAIDEN, KISS and SYSTEM OF A DOWN as its 2020 headliners. They also added Deftones, Korn, The Offspring, Disturbed and [...]
With just two months to go until the return of Aftershock at Sacramento’s Discovery Park, festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have announced additional onsite entertainment and unique food offerings for the [...]
