Twenty years have passed since happy metallers Freedom Call have stepped on then bludgeoning power metal scene with their classic debut album Stairway to Fairyland and many things have changed since then, but Chris Bay and his cohort haven’t moved one iota from their initial belief. This year marks the nice jubilee since that mentioned…
We all know the role of Sweden in metal world, of course. For this time we will concentrate on HM2 pedal driven sound of death metal and era when Sunlight studio was the law and bands such as early Entombed, Grave and Dismember dominated the worldwide death metal scene. Albums such as Left Hand Path,…
Swedish heavy metal overlords Ram show no signs of stopping their well-oiled killing machine (pun absolutely intended, as I will explain further): this year marks the 20th anniversary of the band, and there is no better way to celebrate it than to release the new album which shows that the band is in great shape.…
First thing that I have to mention that this was my 5th time at Summer Breeze and SB has become my favorite festival! The main stage turned out to be the best one not only with the great bands, but also with the massive and perfect sound. Also, we spent this year much more time…
German based band Lunar Shadow has just issued their send offering ”The Smokeless Fires” and it seems that the album is already well received in various media or by the fans. There are already lots of very postive reviews and comments concerning their latest issue. Of course, we took the chance to have one interview…
I’ve not heard any new stuff from Skelator since their ”Agents of Power” and I really like the cover artwork of this supreme record (of course its obvious fantasy pure art, Elric there stand facing the eternal chaos). That was the last time that we had an interview and now its the time to present…
During the latest visit to Belgrade Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian) and Jon (Iced Earth) have filed the first video for the forthcoming third record of Demons and Wizards. So, I took the chance and had one nice chat with Hansi mostly about non-musical topics. So, if you would like to learn what Hansi thinks about…
Smoulder’s debut album “Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring” is one of the most promising debut offerings from any band in 2019. The band comes from Canada and they have variation of different traditional HM style well-crafted in their own musical structure. And since we are taking any chance to present some old school…
We are proud to present you one more band Protector (Germany) on Metal Sound pages. Of course, as always expect some traditional heavy metal stuff. And although Protector are veterans they still have very aggressive sound and devoted style! Although that protector is one veteran band please could you get us some info about the…
Here we have the second full length of Deutsch speed metal lunatics Vulture entitled Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves, and I must say at the very beginning that I am happy to see this band on Metal Blade who picked up this hot name to give them recognition they rightfully deserve. Vulture is relatively new…
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