The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2022
Here we are again! Another year, another batch of released music box sets. 2022 did not disappoint, even if we saw more of a normalized […]
Hard Rock/Metal
STAR ONE – «Revel In Time» (2022)
Star One is a Dutch progressive metal outfit, probably most correctly referred to as a side-project for Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame. Some of […]
Hällas – «Isle of Wisdom» (2022)
Set the controls for the heart of the sun! The adventures continue as the retro-progtastic Swedes in Hällas are back with yet another helping of […]
Ghost – «Impera» (2022)
Please be seated. You are about to receive the fifth sermon from our honourable Swedish clergymen Ghost. For they have returned, and this time Papa […]
SAXON – «Carpe Diem» (2022)
Saxon is probably the biggest remaining torchbearer for bands still associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement which sprung forth in […]
When Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins road-tripped across America to visit Pantera’s strip club
In 1998, the music festival Ozzfest was arranged in England at the Milton Keynes. The band Korn had been booked to play, but circumstances forced […]
BATTLE BEAST – «Circus of Doom» (2022)
Battle Beast is a Finnish power metal band established in Helsinki in 2008. Their big breakthrough came by participating in the international Wacken Metal Battle […]
SCORPIONS – «Rock Believer» (2022)
The very first Scorpions album was released in 1972. It is only apt that 50 years later, they mark the occasion by releasing an anniversary […]
GRAHAM BONNET BAND – «Day Out In Nowhere» (2022)
Graham Bonnet is one of the classic voices of heavy metal, having sung with bands such as Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, and Alcatrazz to name […]
LANA LANE – «Neptune Blue» (2022)
I first became aware of Lana Lane when she provided vocals on the Ayreon album Into the Electric Castle in 1998. This wasn’t too many […]
RONNIE ROMERO – «Raised On Radio» (2022)
Ronnie Romero is a busy gentleman. After forming and finding some success with Lords of Black in 2014, he got his international break-through when Ritchie […]
MAGNUM – «the Monster Roars» (2022)
Magnum keeps up their prolific pace of new releases with The Monster Roars, their 22nd studio album. They have released a new studio album every […]
THE VINTAGE CARAVAN – «Monuments» (2021)
It is probably about time that I stop thinking of the guys in The Vintage Caravan as “those kids from Iceland.” While they’re still very […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Shout At the Devil» by Mötley Crüe
As the saying goes: controversy creates cash. This has been proven time and time again. Given that, Mötley Crüe should probably have been rich from […]
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – «Immortal» (2021)
Good old MSG – or Michael Schenker Group, if you will. I had not expected them to return with such a gem of an album […]