Author: roppongirocks

Bottlekopf serves up a hearty Polish meat-and-potatoes death metal dish with a twist.

Norwegian progressive hard rock band Northwind’s new album is a whirlwind journey across a mythical Nordic landscape.

At 74, Graham Bonnet still delivers like it’s nobody’s business. Graham Bonnet Band’s third studio album offers up some excellent classic rock.

Ex-Tad Morose and Torch guitarist Kenneth Jonsson returns with his own band stuffed full of veteran Swedish rock musicians.

Portuguese slamming deathcore band punches us in the face with a splendidly brutal debut album with a symphonic twist.

The pressure is on but Swedish black metal band Watain delivers. This band is still very much sworn to the dark.

Canadian metal force Anvil shows us how it’s done on the band’s 19th album.

Modern metal band Lysis from Sweden shows great potential on its new single. Lysis, founded in Falun, Sweden, debuted with the EP “All in Your Hands” in 2019. They have

A new German black metal duo arrives on the scene with a five-track EP focused on war history.

Former Shotgun Messiah and Easy Action frontman Zinny Zan is back with a new band and an excellent and varied rock album.

Blackened death metal band Wachenfeldt from Hellsingland, Sweden knocks its listeners out with a brilliantly dark album with deep local roots.