Album review: Frantic Amber “Bellatrix”
Swedish heavy metal band Frantic Amber returns with a smashing new studio album filled with aggressive vocals and plenty of speedy guitar riffs.
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Record Reviews
Album review: Opeth “In Cauda Venenum”
Sweden’s Opeth returns with the new studio album “In Cauda Venenum”, a progressive rock masterpiece.
Read MoreAlbum review: The Dead Daisies “Locked and Loaded – The Covers Album”
New album of classic rock covers by The Dead Daisies.
Read MoreAlbum review: Riot “Live in Japan 2018”
American metal band Riot’s love story with Japan continues with a new live release and upcoming Japan shows.
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Album review: Attentat “Punkhjärta”
Swedish punk rock veterans Attentat are back with a great new album. “Punkhjärta” continues a proud Swedish tradition of power pop-infused shout-along punk rock.
Read MoreAlbum review: Destruction “Born to Perish”
German thrash metal band Destruction is once again a quartet. 35 years after their first demo cassette they are as good as ever. “Born to Perish” is world-class thrash metal.
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Album review: HammerFall “Dominion”
Swedish heavy metal band HammerFall is back with “Dominion”, its eleventh studio album. This band is still all about good-fun and bombastic shout-along melodic heavy metal.
Read MoreAlbum review: Hellsingland Underground “A Hundred Years Is Nothing”
Sweden’s Hellsingland Underground is back with the band’s fifth studio album. This time with a more mature and bigger soundscape with lots and lots of keyboards and piano mixed in with the guitars and Charlie Granberg’s terrific storytelling. The end result is magic.
Read MoreAlbum review: Neuroticos “Kill for God”
Brazilian-Japanese death metal band Neuroticos is finally releasing its debut full-length studio album some 15 years after forming. The wait has been worth it. This is one crushing metal album without compromises.
Read MoreEP review: The Babes “It Ain’t Easy”
Aussie rock band The Babes has a great EP out and will tour Japan this month.
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Single review: Dambusters “All the Way to Your Heart”
With pedigree from Cactus, Quiet Riot, Dee Snider and Noisy Mama, American band Dambusters play straightforward, but groovy, rock’n’roll. Their first single is out today.
Read MoreAlbum review: Xentrix “Bury the Pain”
British band Xentrix is back with a new line-up and a terrific album of excellent thrash metal.
Read MoreAlbum review: The Rods “Brotherhood of Metal”
American band The Rods, fronted by former Elf guitarist David “Rock” Feinstein, is back with a new studio album filled with classic metal.
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