It’s hard for a band to keep good quality when they have such a sequence of great albums in their belt, let alone when you surpass all expectations and provide a fresh breath of air in the scene. But looking at Hannes Grossmann and Christian [...]
Unleashed are one of those bands that have shifted their early sound into something less brutal and raw, cleaner and some would even say more “professional”. While this often turns acts into train-wrecks, the Swedish extreme metal royalty have [...]
It’s was hard to get excited about Running Wild’s new album. The band took to the trade like a duck to water and from 1987 onward they’ve kept the pirate’s flag flying (almost) nonstop rough seas, but have been sailing half-mast [...]
When I was in my big power metal phase – which was from 1999-ish until…well, today – I remember picking up Rage’s ‘End of All Days’ album and completely being blown away by the unique, Teutonic way of turning the [...]
Last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty, renowned tyrant, a victim of multiple plots against his life, primary suspect of putting an entire city in flames, matricide, and the first roman emperor to take his own life. Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus [...]
Finnish multi-instrumentalist and mastermind Lasse Pyykkö is back with the trendy, yet sinister death/doom that made his name in the scene with Hooded Menace. Having been around blowing minds with catacombic riffs, gloomy ethos, and crushing [...]
This is it, one of the most anticipated releases (if not the most) of 2021 is here. Having practically invented power metal, Hamburg’s Helloween is one of metal’s most fun and entertaining bands until today, so every release gets a lot of love [...]
From the wild west to the future. Orden Ogan’s themes’ reach is just as vast as their ability to play awesome power metal. With more than 25 years of activity, Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann and crew are growing more and more with each [...]
