When Orson Welles recorded with Manowar
Several legendary actors have provided narration for rock and metal bands. Sir Christopher Lee had a particularly close collaboration with Italian symphonic metal band Rhapsody […]
Hard Rock/Metal
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Echoes In the Dark» by Uriah Heep
Echoes in the Dark is a song by the classic British hard rock band Uriah Heep, originally released on their fifth studio album The Magician’s […]
AYREON – «Transitus» (2020)
Ayreon is the band project and alter ego of Dutchman Arjen Anthony Lucassen. He has many of those – there’s also Star One, The Gentle […]
When Ace Frehley of KISS got electrocuted on stage
In the 1970s, KISS emerged with one of the biggest and most spectacular rock’n’roll shows on the planet. It included extravagant stage designs, a larger-than-life […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Over the Hills And Far Away» by Gary Moore
Gary Moore got an international hit with the strongly Celtic-themed hard rocker Over the Hills And Far Away (hereafter shortened OTHAFA) released on 8 December […]
When Deep Purple and It’s A Beautiful Day swapped song ideas
Deep Purple In Rock is one of the all-time classic albums of its genre. Released in 1970, it firmly put Deep Purple on the map […]
VANDENBERG – «2020» (2020)
The first incarnation of Vandenberg were active in the early-to-mid 1980s, releasing three albums between 1982 and 1985. Like so many other heavy metal bands […]
AC/DC – «Power Up» (2020)
There are three things we can take for granted in this life: death, taxes, and the fact that a new AC/DC album will sound like […]
MAGNUM – «The Serpent Rings» (2020)
Magnum is an institution in British melodic pomp rock. Somewhat progressive, somewhat hard rocking, but always with a catchy chorus and with earworms aplenty. The […]
TUPLE – «Wooden Box» (2020)
Tuple is the nickname of Finnish musician Tommi Salmela. He is best known as the co-vocalist (alongside Marko Hietala) of Finnish heavy metal legends Tarot, […]
OZZY OSBOURNE – «Ordinary Man» (2020)
How many people expected Ozzy to start releasing albums again at this point? It almost seemed like he was done after his previous album Scream […]
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS – «Abyss» (2020)
Unleash The Archers were formed in 2007 in Vancouver. Fronted by the woman with the powerful banshee voice Brittney Slayes, the band combines highly technical […]
ACE FREHLEY – «Origins Vol. 2» (2020)
I can enjoy cover songs done by artists I like – or when someone else covers artists I like. When artists I like covers other […]
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – «Aeromantic» (2020)
The Night Flight Orchestra released their fifth album Aeromantic in 2020. They have an interesting background, releasing their first album in 2012 as a side-project […]
DEEP PURPLE – «Whoosh!» (2020)
Deep Purple has been on an incredible form in their later years. The release of Now What?! in 2013 was a notable step up in […]