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 […]
Hard Rock/Metal
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 […]
KK’s PRIEST – «Sermons of the Sinner» (2021)
When guitarist K.K. Downing left Judas Priest in 2011, he initially announced it as a retirement. At the time it wasn’t clear whether he was […]
IRON MAIDEN – «Senjutsu» (2021)
Iron Maiden’s seventeenth studio album Senjutsu arrived six years after their previous one (2015’s The Book of Souls) on 3 September 2021. For the second […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)» by Fleetwood Mac
The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) (often simply called The Green Manalishi) is a song written by Peter Green and recorded by his […]
GRETA VAN FLEET – «The Battle At Garden’s Gate» (2021)
Greta Van Fleet’s second album was highly anticipated when it arrived on 16 April 2021. The band had seen an incredible success trajectory since their […]