For over ten years, Dutch outfit Textures have been wowing fans with their blend of melodic and progressive metal, creating some truly impactful sounds. Particularly as a big fan of…

Germany has a reputation as the country that created and defined the power metal genre. Of course, we all know the giants of said genre like Helloween, Gamma Ray, Grave…

Stigmata wasn’t a name I had heard in the past, as a result of which dig into their past before listening to and reviewing their new album. I believe in…

January 2016 brings some fierce competition to the power metal world with A-list releases from Rhapsody of Fire and Avantasia (just to name a couple) but yet another highly anticipated…

Olve Eikemo announced his new project under his own stage name ‘Abbath’ soon after his departure from the renowned black metal band Immortal. Olve (or simply Abbath) is known for…

Time after time, Drowning Pool have had to face harsh times and overcome the darkness. Against the odds they have come out on top each time. A platinum selling metal act with…

In the recent past, the symphonic death metal bands Fleshgod Apocalypse and Septicflesh, and some others, have spearheaded the genre by pushing boundaries with their music. They have fused traditional…

Since the mid-nineties only one name has ruled the symphonic power metal scene – Rhapsody of Fire. So yeah, they’ve had a couple of changes, but the truth remains the…

“Good music or art in general does not have an expiration date, and the people behind creating the art go through changes just like everybody else.” – Mem Von Stein…