by Trevor Portz Staff Writer — After a four-year wait between Solens Rötter and Jordpuls, the members of Vintersorg—Andreas Hedlund and Mattias Marklund—have returned to a regular, annual album release schedule. Orkan, Swedish for “hurricane,” […]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — The contrast of two sui generis voices – Chuck Billy’s fire-eating roar and Steve Souza’s gelastic snarl continue to stamp Dublin Death Patrol’s releases with an instantly recognisable sound. […]
by Craig Newman Guest Writer — June 22, 2012 at the Staples Center at Los Angeles, CA For four decades the Scorpions have given us quality rock music with love, relationships, party and politics in […]
by Deb Rao Staff Writer — Former Rude Girl members Leather Leone and Sandy Sledge are finishing what they started with their new band Sledge Leather. The band has just released a new CD entitled […]
by Ron Higgins Staff Writer — Riot Avenue is the third release from the impressive Swedish outfit Crazy Lixx. It’s their second release on Frontiers Records, following their sophomore album New Religion in 2010 (their […]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — When none other than Blackie Lawless calls a band “kick ass” but then follows it up by calling them crazy, you can guarantee you’re not listening to music that […]
by John Kindred Publisher — While Tapestry of Souls is Chris Bickley’s first solo release he has been carving out an existence as a musician for several years now. He currently handles guitar duties in […]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer Second album from this Christian metalcore act finds a new singer handling the microphone and also finds the band still refining their sound. To Speak of Wolves seem a little […]
by Derric Miller Managing Editor “She’s cocaine pleasure but she’s all pain.” For most of society–at least the ones self-aware enough to understand the soul-sapping dynamics of “relationships”–that one simple lyric culminates in an eerie […]
by Craig Newman Guest Writer — March 23, 2012 at the Canyon Club at Agoura Hills, CA Supporting MSG’s latest album Temple Of Rock brought about the reunion of Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley (McAuley […]
by John Kindred Staff Writer — Reverence, metal’s latest band to emerge from the Motor City, Detroit that is, have released their debut album When Darkness Calls on Razor Ice Records. The group was founded […]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — U.K. premiere Report: June 16, 2012, Sheffield, UK Few of us can imagine what it was like to be Jason Becker back in 1989 – a 20 year-old internationally […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — It has been two years since the release of Days of Defiance and Greek-based melodic-power metallers Firewind are back with their seventh studio offering entitled Few Against Many. A […]
by John Kindred Staff Writer — Chrysalis Records continues to revisit the past recorded works of UFO; this time around looking back to the “post-Schenker” albums. These five studio albums, along with live recordings, rare […]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Italian power metal band Clairvoyants may have started out as an Iron Maiden cover band, but with their 2009 debut Word to the Wise they proved to the metal […]
by Craig Newman Guest Writer — April 20, 2012 at the Canyon Club, Agoura Hills, CA. San Francisco area based hard rock band Y&T rocked Southern California Friday night at the Canyon Club. Dave Meniketti […]
by Craig Newman Guest Writer — New French Metal band Lilith to Kill Talks with HRH Hardrock Haven: What age did you start singing? Lilith: I always wanted to sing and make music! For me […]
by Craig Newman Guest Writer — My first meeting with Terry was during 1990 through a friend who I was working with at a music artist management company. After meeting Terry my friend went on […]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Norwegian super-vocalist Jorn Lande and company are back with a new album, titled Bring Heavy Rock to the Land. It’s Jorn’s first original studio album since 2009’s Spirit Black, […]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer — Sweden’s One Without is releasing a 4 track EP entitled Numbers both as a follow up to their dynamic 2011 release Sweet Release and as a teaser to keep […]
by Chris A. Staff Writer — He’s more than just one of the guitarists in Buckcherry. Stevie D. is also a serious photographer who’s been chronicling his travels and life on the road. It’s not […]
by Sara McCarthy Staff Writer — May 20, 2012 at The Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, NY On a recent Sunday night, Syracuse was treated to a night of the adventurous and unique music offerings of […]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — From ‘94 to ‘04, Jaded Heart, fronted by the golden voice of Michael Bormann, was a melodic hard rock band, and a great one at that. Then Bormann got […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Finnish modern melodic rock group Carmen Gray are back with their third studio album Gates of Loneliness. Carmen Gray have been a household name of the Finnish scene for […]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — Somewhere between endearing nostalgia and eerily sterile earnestness, the self-titled debut by Swedish quintet Gin Lady offers an accurate, yet somewhat stultified impression from the 70s hard rock template. […]
by Marija Brettle Staff Writer — The Quireboys first emerged during the late 1980’s with the classic singles ‘There She Goes Again’ and ‘Hey You’, incorporating elements of blues, as well as rock ’n’ roll. […]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — Emerging at the tail end of the NWOBHM scene, Brighton-based band Deathwish, along with bands like Onslaught and Xentrix, was part of the UK’s answer to the emerging Bay […]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — Post-industrial meets hard rock meets sleaze-metal in an expectations-exceeding mash-up on this debut from rock ‘n’ roll insurgent Davey Suicide. The press release refers to him as “a rebel […]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer — Since the release of their debut- Double Eclipse – in 1992 it took a good decade for the world to see a second Hardline album (II) and another seven […]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer — 2012 is a very interesting time for Swedish power metal band Sabaton. At a time when the band is arguably on top of the world – impressive sales numbers […]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — When the press release proclaims “the metal world will never be the same” with the release of your new record, the pressure is on to provide evidence. Which Jeff […]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — There is a song on Money, Sex & Power called “Sleaze Deluxe” and that title could also serve as a perfect two-word encapsulation of this album. For their third […]
by Alissa Ordabai Staff Writer — The new EP release by George Lynch is an instantly gratifying guitar fest comprised of 4 rousing instrumentals – all about the shred-meister’s technical brilliance, but also his sharply […]
by Derric Miller Managing Editor — Bombay Black’s Ty, Erik and Justin checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about their brand new studio release, Bullets and Booze; if they got back to basics on […]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer — Modern Day Escape’s latest shot at leaving a mark on the modern metal market is Under the Gun, a serviceably rote release in the Escape the Fate or Black […]
by John Kindred Publisher — Shredguy Records’ latest guitar prodigy, Chris Bickley, has stepped forth from the shadows and has released his debut solo CD titled Tapestry of Souls. Bickley hasn’t actually been hidden from […]
Copyright © 2001 - 2024 HardrockHaven.net | All Rights Reserved