Númenor has just finished a brand album and unveiled the track list for the upcoming 3rd record entitled Chronicles From the Realms Beyond. A brand new record will feature the cover version of Valhalla (Blind Guardian). Moreover, Sandra Plamentas (ex-Therion) has contributed as quest vocalist in two songs (Moria and Beyond the Doors of the…
This was my 5th time at Wacken so it was kind of jubilium or anniversaty. The festival itself went indeed great and awesome altrough you need to put much effort to catch and see lots of bands, or meet with the people from musical industry since Wacken stands as a sort of the greater gathering.…
It was a tricky question… How would Swedish duo Vintersorg continue after 2014’s intriguing album “Naturbål”? Shunning repetition, vocalist and mastermind Andreas „Vintersorg“ Hedlund did the unthinkable and composed a sequel to his groundbreaking 1998 album “Till Fjälls”, which is considered to be one of the most important albums in the genre of black/folk metal!…
Paladine is a newcomer act that comes from Greece. In fact, they have just released their debut record Finding Solace for No Remorse Records, a label that stands as a keeper for classic HM bands. Paladine’s style could be placed somewhere between bands like Blind Guardian, Grave Digger and Gamma Ray. So, there’s a lot…
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…
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