5th January 2016
Despite having been around since 2004, it was not until 2012 that the band felt ready to release their debut album. And personally, I feel that it was well worth the wait. One the surface, […]
4th January 2016
After having extended their name from simply New Keepers to New Keepers of the Water Towers back in 2009, these four hard working Swedes have released two full-length albums. And now, only three months into […]
28th December 2015
Less then a year since the release of Hand.Cannot.Erase., album that topped our Top 10 of 2015 list, Steven Wilson is ready with a new release entitled 4 ½, indicating that this release is meant […]
25th December 2015
With the widespread reach of the internet, it has become a lot easier to collaborate, work together and other fancy words of that nature regardles of borders and distance as a whole. A great example […]
22nd December 2015
Bastardogs – a moniker that fits these Genova (Italy) natives very well. The band is one of many Italian bands who represent a revival or a new wave of glam rock. No Pain No Gain […]
21st December 2015
Ascendant is a relatively new formation from Aarhus, Denmark. Actually, the band was founded during 2006 under their original name of Amorém. Serenity is their second release so far (in 2012 their released their debut […]
17th December 2015
For a decade or two ago Italy was mainly known for its power and symphonic metal scene. Since then, times have changed, and bands from this country are mainly playing melodic hard rock and glam/sleaze […]
15th December 2015
raunijaR is the eight full-length album from the Norwegian Black Metal quartet Helheim. And, as soem of the more observant of you might have gleaned, yes, they draw a lot of inspiration, both lyrically and […]
11th December 2015
Latvian Folk Metal quartet Varang Nord released their second full-length album less than a week ago. And I must admit that, despite not having even heard about them prior to spinning this record, I quickly […]
10th December 2015
For thirteen years the German trio Valborg have been refining, honing and other big, fancy words for developing their own style of Doom Metal (which can best be described as a bit Progressive – Although […]
8th December 2015
It has been a while since I got my hands on a decent Gothic Metal album. Not that I am complaining, Zoka is far better versed within this genre, and is by far better both […]
4th December 2015
Founded in 2005 Against The Plagues is a five-piece extreme metal band from Chicago, Illinois. They started under the moniker Against, but after only few months they changed their name to Against The Plagues. Purified […]
3rd December 2015
Party Animals is the moniker for this Sleaze Rock band from Udine (Italy). Party Animals is one of these bands that play digestible and listenable party rock ‘n’ roll that is suprisingly fresh and entertaining. […]
30th November 2015
This Italian band has been around for a while now, but I only discovered them eight year ago when they release their seventh album Blackday. Since then the band had some less productive years, but […]
30th November 2015
Vanity Blvd is a Swedish female-fronted sleaze/glam/hard-rock quartet, formed in the city of Avesta in 2005. The band released its debut CD in 2008 entitled Rock ‘n’ Roll Overdose. Wicked Temptation is band’s long-awaited and […]
4th September 2019
Founded in 1985, but broke up in 1996 (with over 500,000 sold records worldwide!), that’s a very short history of the British veteran thrashers Xentrix. One of the most underrated bands in the history of […]
30th August 2019
The previous Tool album came out 13 years ago and while that fact shouldn’t have any effect on expectations for the new album, it’s worth mentioning that that’s before the world knew of smartphones. Chew […]
28th August 2019
Horrorgraphy is a Symphonic Doom Metal band, hailing from Greece. The band came into being two years ago and have so far produced and released a single Fulll-lenght release: Namely, the titular Season of Grief, […]
28th August 2019
Asian death metal is not something that we hear about very often on these latitudes, but now it’s time for a change! The Ungodly Lamentations is a relatively new album by a death metal combo […]
21st August 2019
With a delay of 5 months I’m listening to the new album by Waylander. Ériú’s Wheel arrives seven years after its predecessor Kindred Spirits. In their a quarter-century long career they’ve only released five albums […]
12th August 2019
Ordinul Negru is a Romanian Black Metal quartet with, so far, five years of experience playing together as a band but considerably more if one considers the numerous bands that the four musicians have also […]
11th August 2019
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com It has been quiet when it comes to new music from King Diamond and not just the band, but King Diamond the man himself. But now there seems to be […]
7th August 2019
Legendary string wrangler Yngwie Malmsteen needs no further introduction to any metal and rock fan. To call this man a maestro or guitar virtuoso is to state the obvious. This man is an undoubted pioneer, […]
2nd August 2019
Back in 2005 Volbeat released a debut album that was not only a unique piece of work, but also carried all the trademarks of a young hungry band who were acing to unleash their creativity […]
29th July 2019
Zaum is a Canadian trio, one that has existed for the last six years. In that time, they have released three Full-length albums and a single Split, all of which have seen somewhat commercial acclaim, […]
