by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer German guitar hero Herman Frank is both an underground legend and a protagonist of the current metal scene. Having played guitar on the iconic album Balls to the Wall, he has rejoined the reunited Accept. Through the ’80s and ’90s Frank’s main musical [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Ordo ab Chao is the debut album by Canadian modern melodic, progressive rock group Android Meme. The sound of Android Meme is built on thick rhythm guitars, melodic keyboards, harmonious vocals, progressive drumming, all complemented by layers of keyboard and synth [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Issued by Eonian Records, TNA, is the self titled album of the Memphis Tennessee sleaze metal act. Those familiar with Eonian Records, have probably come to realize that the firm is the market leader in the niche they have shaped; that is recovering and releasing [...]
by Joe Mis Staff Writer From the hotbed of power metal otherwise known as Queens, New York comes The Last Alliance – four young and talented musicians that may make this opening sentence a truism in the near future. Delivering old-school power metal in the tradition of Blind Guardian and Iced [...]
by Cynthia Jo Staff Writer With participation in bands such as Repugnant, Dismember General Surgery, Insision, and Bombstrike; Swedish death metal band Iron Lamb’s new LP The Original Sin, sure brings the right amount of punk rock metal and leaving out anything death metal. Although, The Original [...]
by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer Dirty Passion is a newcomer Swedish melodic hard rock band and Different Tomorrow is their debut album. Dirty Passion has managed, in a sense, to differentiate themselves from most other youthful acts of the melodic/poser genres coming out of Scandinavia. In terms [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The fourth entry in Heaven & Hell’s Lost Relics reissue series, Strike While the Iron’s Hot is a comprehensive anthology of early recordings by New York heavy metal band Blacksmith. One of the best of the “cult” bands in the American metal scene, [...]
by Mark Allen Staff Writer Fans of Swedish singer-guitarist Andreas Novak have exhibited Job-like patience as they awaited this second solo effort from the ex-Mind’s Eye vocalist and current House of Shakira frontman, but those fans will probably proclaim the wait well worth it once they hear [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Guardian at the Gate is album number three from New Jersey-based heavy metal outfit Arctic Flame, another of the traditional metal revivalists on the Pure Steel label. Like most bands in the so-called New Wave of Traditional metal, Arctic Flame cites Judas Priest and [...]
by Justin Gaines Staff Writer Philadelphia-based traditional metal band Pharaoh’s eagerly anticipated fourth studio album may still be on the horizon, but the band has served up an “odds and ends” EP to keep fans satisfied in the meantime. The new EP, titled Ten Years, contains four studio [...]
