German HM veterans Grave Digger are once more back with their latest effort Healed by Metal. I have to admit that I was expecting much more from their latest effort, since their 17th full-length Return of the Reaper was quite a good release. Needless to say that I am a true fan of their previous…
The rumours are true! MOONSPELL is ready to release their next album this year. The band is currently on pre-production with John Phipps (orchestralmetal.com) at their home studios (Inferno) in Portugal and has recently posted online some pictures of videos of their daily work at the studio. The album title will be 1755 and it’s…
CARACH ANGREN are now unveiling the first stunning track of their forthcoming new album. The Dutch masters of horror metal have entitled their new haunting ‘Dance and Laugh amongst the Rotten’ and the release date has been slated for June 16th. CARACH ANGREN are now unveiling the first stunning track of their forthcoming new album. The Dutch masters of…
I guess that for the most of our readers Greek based power metal band Paladine is still very unknown name, but I can assure you, that they are much better comparing to their older colleagues. Finding Solace is their debut record and the potential and quality is more than obvious. Not to speak that they…
Holy Martyr has returned! After six years of silence they are come back to rock the very foundation of earth. I don’t know what many people out there think that Holy Martyr plays classic power metal since their style is much different more based on doom and traditional heavy metal influences, but never the less,…
One of the best festivals in 2016 and the final one for ’16 season. It was indeed great so see some bands at one place like for example Iced Earth, Hell or Blind Guardian. But, also there were more acts like old school ones (Saxon), or pagan ones (Ensiferum). At the end I have to…
Morning Dwell’s second issue The Guardians of Time is perhaps one of the most important release in 2016 when it comes to power metal genre. As a matter of fact the band comes from Sweden and The Guardians of Time is their second full-length. Their music could be described as a sort of classic or…
It has been really quiet in the camp of Swedish death metal powerhouse Evocation last few years; ever since their 2013’s EP Excised and Anatomised we have not heard something new from them apart from the line up changes so it seems that the band’s future was uncertain. Luckily that was not the case as…
Here we have one of the most hotly anticipated debut in underground metal field for this year, and I can say at the very beginning that it has met the vast expectations of people all around the metal globe! I must admit at the very beginning that I have heard the name Eternal Champion through…
Steel Aggressor’s Rival of the Fittest is one of the strongest power metal records that was released during 2016. There’s no doubt that this record could stand hand in hand with the latest efforts released from the leading power metal bands. I guess that, if Rival of the Fittest was released during 90s,it would be definitely…
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