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Steve Bentley of Ancient Creation

by Derric Miller Staff Writer Ancient Creation singer Steve Bentley checked in with Hardrock Haven to talk about their recent release Moonight Monument; the band’s background and what their music is all about; specific tracks like “Moonlight Monument,” “Black [...]

Jeremy Golden of Heaven and Hell Records

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer We’ve all heard the dire predictions. “The music industry is in freefall!” “The CD format is dead!” “Everyone is downloading now!” And yet, there’s probably never been a better time to be a collector of out of print or previously unreleased melodic rock [...]

Core Device What I’ve Become

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer What I’ve Become is the second full-length album from New Jersey-based metal band Core Device. Now signed to Heaven and Hell Records, the band, which has been active since the late ‘90s, has a powerful sound that draws influence from bands like Nevermore and Iced [...]

HellRazor Soothsayer

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer North Carolina-based power/thrash band HellRazor is back with Soothsayer, the eagerly-anticipated (if all too brief) follow-up to their 2008 debut In the Wild. HellRazor’s sound is a vicious blend of thrash metal speed and intensity with the spirit and melodic [...]

Ritual The Ancient Tome

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The first in Heaven & Hell’s Lost Relics reissue series, The Ancient Tome, is a collection of rare recordings by New Jersey hard rockers Ritual. Once hailed by VH1 “That Metal Show” host Eddie Trunk as “one of the most promising bands to come out of New [...]

Overlord Back Into the Dragon’s Lair

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The second in Heaven & Hell’s Lost Relics reissue series, Back into the Dragon’s Lair, is a collection of rare recordings by Canadian heavy metal band Overlord. It’s not easy to describe Overlord’s sound. Over the course of a decade, Overlord developed a [...]

Branko Zugaj of Overlord

by Derric Miller Staff Writer Overlord bassist Branko Zugaj checked in with Hardrock Haven to discuss the release of the brand new album Back Into the Dragon’s Lair; the band’s history since 1983 including multiple lineup changes and being on the cusp of success but fate intervening [...]

Demontuary Of the Fallen Years

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer The third in Heaven & Hell’s Lost Relics reissue series, Of the Fallen Years, is a collection of rare early material by the American black metal band now known as Demontuary. Before a series of lineup changes prompted the name change, Demontuary, which features [...]

Seventh Calling Epidemic

by Justin Gaines Staff Writer After the excellent, but all too brief Prelude to Madness EP, Seventh Calling is back with their second full-length album Epidemic. The Vegas (by way of Minneapolis) band has a sound that’s tough to pin down, drawing from traditional, power and thrash metal. [...]