Fernando’s 2019 release is a sequel to the album before last, ‘Out To Sea’, with the artwork also being very similar indeed. There are fifteen studio songs, where for the majority Fernando provides all the music […]

Like most metalheads, I’ve always had a warm spot for Flotsam and Jetsam, and I would expect most to have a copy of their debut ‘Doomsday For The Deceiver’ in their collection (grief, it is more than 30 years […]

If ever there was a jazz musician who needs no introduction, it surely must be Ernest Gilmore Evans (1912 –1988), who as well as being an acclaimed musician in his own right, will always be remembered first and f […]

Back in 1997, Lugano-based rock band Gotthard released their fourth album, ‘D Frosted’, which not only was their first live album but was also acoustic. Within three months it had reached double-platinum sta […]

When HammerFall released their second album in 1998 they were following up from the incredible success of their debut, and cemented it with ‘Legacy Of Kings’ which charted in multiple territories including Top 20 […]

Having cut his teeth with Ripping Corpse and Morbid Angel, Erik Rutan formed Hate Eternal in 1997, since when he has been pursuing his own brand of Florida-style death metal which is both technical and brutal. […]

One day I will start keeping better notes, but until then I will continue at times to come across a CD which I am reviewing that I have no recollection of where it came from. It is particularly annoying these days […]

Johnny Gioeli first came to prominence as the singer with Hardline, later returning to the scene to sing with Axel Rudi Pell (where he has been now for the last 20+ years), and he also combines those roles with […]

Anyone who has been following my scribbles over the years will now that my normal listening practice is to play albums without any pre-conceived ideas and only read the press release when it is time to actually […]

I had a quick check of the dictionary to confirm my thoughts about what the album title means, and it is indeed a verb meaning “(of organic matter) become liquid, typically during decomposition.” Maestus eme […]

“Doomed Love” is the third EP by Russian Progressive Melodic Thrash/Death Metal band Druknroll. On the threshold of their sixth full-length album, Druknroll present this new EP, consisting of three […]

Launched from the mountain town of Kimberly, Canada, PHAETON released their debut self-titled album this past December. In support of the release, the band has launched a playthrough video for their track […]

Aldi Dallo Spazio, short for Awesome Lysergic Dream Innovation from Space, is a project that was born in 2015 that combines the different musical influences of 5 young musicians from Ravenna (Italy), aiming to […]

It is with great pleasure that German Retro-Proggers Mouth announce a new EP.

With their debut album Vortex (2017, released by BluNoise Records under the direction of Guido Lucas) German band Mouth have already […]

One band to rule them all! On Saturday, May 25th in Calgary, AB at Dickens, Canada’s top four unsigned bands from across the country shared the stage for the 2019 national final of Wacken Metal Battle C […]