Tag Savatage
I honestly did not believe that this was going to ever happen. The rumours of a new album have been around for a long time. Mainstay and bassist Lord Pyre has seemingly pulled off the impossible and got a stable… Continue Reading →
Athenian heavy metal outfit Darklon were initially founded in 2017 and centred around a brand of classic heavy metal which has seen them put out one full length album in 2019 (Rise From Death) and got them enough attention to… Continue Reading →
It’s been five years since Canadian Metal band Gatekeeper hit the ground running with their impressive debut “East Of The Sun”, gaining much positive attention from all over the globe. They occupy that blurry Metal territory that some might call… Continue Reading →
This is the debut release from melodic metal band Infinity Dream. A band that features two Widow (North Carolina) members, namely Chris Bennett and John Wooten, an ex-Widow member in drummer Marc Antony and vocalist Dina Altum. This time around,… Continue Reading →
I have been following this Portland, Oregon band’s path on an online music platform. Following a few raw releases ‘The Exterminating Angel’ is in my mind a warped doom vision! Perplexing reality with hints of thunderous doom riffs right out… Continue Reading →
This album is the fourth in five years for bassist Jeanine Grob, guitarist Romana Kalkuh and drummer Lala Frischknecht, while second for vocalist Laura Guldemond, as they debut new guitarist Larissa Ernst, following on less than a year since the… Continue Reading →
For 22 years Primal Fear have been one of the driving forces in Euro Power Metal, standing alongside fellow countrymen Rage, Accept, Helloween, Blind Guardian etc… Basically, they’re one of a long list of bands who know how to blend… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it – it had to happen! I’m just amazed it took so long. From the moment I heard the orchestral version of ‘Theatre Of Pain’ as a bonus track on Blind Guardian’s fantastic “Somewhere Far Beyond” album way… Continue Reading →
My first experience of this Australian band was their two track demo tape ‘Ignition’, this jumped out of the review list so I went for it. As expected, they’ve stuck to their traditional metal influences and laid them bare. For… Continue Reading →
Like a ruthless assassin pursuing it’s royal folly (it’s a relevant analogy, you’ll see…), Viktor Smolski’s Almanac release “Kingslayer” just one year after 2016’s highly regarded debut “Tsar”. Last year’s album was a good tsarting point (it just had to… Continue Reading →
Although this is Burning Ground’s debut full length album, they’ve been enriching the Metal scene in their native Italy since 2002. A few line-up changes have ensued, as they always do, but the longevity in the band’s history shines through… Continue Reading →
Hamerex are a group I have covered many times, with each release the song writing improves and they tend, more often than not, to throw a few curveballs into the mix just to make it interesting. The one thing that… Continue Reading →