Among the biggest issues facing artists writing sophomore (or later) releases is that anticipation breeds expectation. The longer the wait, the greater the two become – just ask fans of Tool, Necrophagist and…

You could be forgiven for hearing ‘With Primeval Force’, the sophomore album from Gothenburg’s Vampire, and immediately assuming they are a hidden gem from the late ’80s underground that you…

The Doomsday Kingdom is a side-project idealized by Candlemass founder, lead songwriter and bassist Leif Edling. Leif is well known in the metal community for being a multi-instrumentalist, master songwriter…

Mat Sinner is a very busy man with projects like Primal Fear, Rock Meets Classic project and Voodoo Circle, but he has again managed to come up with another Sinner album about to be released in the…

You probably know Steve Hackett as the guitarist of the legendary progressive rock outfit Genesis but Hackett has been making solo music for a longer period than the time he spent with the…

Though Cut Up are a relatively new band to the scene, having only formed in 2014, none of the quartet could be described as anything other than a veteran in…

What will you do when you run out of time? Mastodon‘s latest album, ‘Emperor of Sand’, challenges this question.  Stephen King wrote – “Time takes it all, whether you want…

If you long for the days when glam rock was king and  big hair, make-up and incredible guitar solos ruled the airwaves, LA’s Steel Panther have you covered… kind of.…

Metal and horror have always gone hand-in-hand, ever since Tony Iommi bashed out his first evil riff in the ’60s. And no subgenre of metal has been so devoted to…