April 2014 – http://hardrockhaven.net/online

Jaron Gulino of MACH22

April 30, 2014 Publisher 1

by John Kindred – Publisher — MACH22 is here to rock! hailed as “Zeppelin meets Kravitz,” the bands sound is steeped in classic rock influences and captures that classic feel with a modern rock edge. […]

Picture | Diamond Dreamer/Picture 1

April 30, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) scene may have gotten most of the attention from fans and the press (and rightly so) back in the […]

Twilight Messenger | The World Below

April 30, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — The World Below is the debut album from Twilight Messenger, a new traditional/power metal project put together by vocalist Juan “The Beast” Rodriguez and guitarist/bassist Andy “CloudRunner” […]

Gloryful | Ocean Blade

April 30, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Jenn Carbaugh – Columnist — Gloryful was formed in the summer of 2010, and merely 10 months after the strong release of their first album, The Warrior’s Code, they are at it again with […]

Edgedown | Statues Fall

April 29, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Jenn Carbaugh – Columnist — Making their debut from Southern Bavaria from Massacre Records is EDGEDOWN. Statues Fall is an album that delivers galloping metal with a vocal range that could have a slight […]

Blade Killer | Blade Killer

April 29, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Los Angeles-based traditional heavy metal band Blade Killer made their debut earlier this year with this 4-song, self-titled EP on the Stormspell label. The band is one […]

Uriah Heep | Outsider

April 28, 2014 Publisher 5

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — There is no doubt Uriah Heep has already secured themselves a place among the “classic” or “legendary” bands a rock fan enumerates in a single breath – with their […]

Wolf Hoffman of Accept

April 28, 2014 Publisher 4

by Steve Patrick – Senior Columnist — German hard rock legends Accept have completed the follow-up to 2012’s Stalingrad record and will be releasing their new album Blind Rage on July 18 via Nuclear Blast. […]

Alien | Eternity

April 28, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Years before such hybrid genre-related terms as New Wave Of Swedish Sleaze Metal were coined, Scandinavia was a very fruitful land for a different genre to flourish. And no […]

Chris Green of Rubicon Cross

April 27, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — There is a new band on the horizon getting ready to invade the music industry. Rubicon Cross, comprised of Firehouse singer C.J. Snare, guitarist Chris Green (Pride/Furyon) bassist […]

Michael Sweet | I’m Not Your Suicide

April 25, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by John Kindred – Publisher — Michael Sweet, front-man for the Christian rock band Stryper, is set to release his latest solo album; I’m Not Your Suicide, May 6 on Big3 Records. Sweet also will […]

My Chemical Romance | May Death Never Stop You – The Greatest Hits 2001-2013)

April 25, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — One year after announcing their breakup to the world, American rock band My Chemical Romance has delivered their own proper eulogy in the form of May Death […]

Nigel Bailey of Three Lions

April 25, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Three Lions are a band which all AOR/Melodic Rock fans should definitely keep on their radar. The English power-trio (featuring members of Dare and Ten) has just released a […]

Helstar | This Wicked Nest

April 25, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — Helstar is gearing up for the release of This Wicked Nest on April 29 via AFM Records. The speed metal band that hails from Texas return to their […]

LIVE! | Saliva and 3 Years Hollow

April 24, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — April 19th, 2014 at the Las Vegas Country Saloon in Las Vegas, NV. — Easter weekend and the heart of downtown Vegas on Fremont Street was alive with […]

Carmen Elise Espenaes of SAVN

April 24, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Craig Newman – Columnist — Norwegian symphonic rock group SAVN have just released a new, eleven-track self-titled studio album. The band was founded by The Sins Of Thy Beloved members Stig Johansen and Anders […]

Kjetil By | Better Days

April 24, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Norwegian guitarist Kjetil By, with the help of some very well respected friends, has just released his fourth solo album entitled Better Days. Fans of commercial rock will […]

Scream Maker | Livin’ In The Past

April 24, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — After having the audience introduced to their classic heavy metal sound with their EP We Are Not The Same, this year Scream Maker returns with the full length album […]

SAVN | SAVN

April 24, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Craig Newman – Columnist — Norwegian symphonic rock group SAVN have just released a new, eleven-track album of fresh music and this album rocks! It has the right blend of hard and soft energy […]

Beasto Blanco | Live Fast Die Loud

April 23, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Much hubbub abounds about the fact that Johnny Depp blessed this album with his stamp of approval. Problem is, Depp also claimed The Lone Ranger was a good […]

Moonshine | Moonshine

April 23, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Do you feel like having a trip down the U.S. South, cruising from one smoky joint to another, where the whiskey flows and the rich bluesy tones fill the […]

Babylon A.D. | Lost Sessions/Fresno, CA 93 [EP]

April 23, 2014 Publisher 1

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Senior Columnist — Nostalgic trips down memory lane (or organizing one’s old memorabilia) can turn out to be surprisingly fruitful sometimes. Especially if you’re a singer of a once successful ‘80s […]

LIVE! | Vigilant Playground

April 22, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — April 18th, 2014 at Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, CA. — Eccentric and passionate band Vigilant Playground played at the Whisky a Go Go on Friday, […]

LIVE! | The Dreaming

April 22, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — April 18th, 2014 at Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, CA. — One of the best known L.A. based bands, The Dreaming, stole the night at the […]

LIVE! | BlackBox13

April 22, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — April 18th, 2014 at Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, CA. — BlackBox13 is a hard rock band that hails from Las Vegas, Nevada. Opening for The […]

LIVE! | GOTTHARD in Belgium

April 22, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Elsie Roymans – Photojournalist — April 9th, 2014 at Biebob in Vosselaar, Belgium — Promoting their upcoming studio album Bang!, Gotthard performed at Biebob in Vosselaar, Belgium. Enjoy the photos captured by Hardrock Haven […]

Tobias Sammet of Edguy

April 22, 2014 Publisher 1

by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet checked in with Hardrock Haven to discuss their new album, Space Police: Defenders of the Crown; exactly what their Baba Yaga song is all […]

Edguy | Space Police: Defenders of the Crown

April 22, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — Who else but Edguy could write a song about Baba Yaga, cover a Falco hit and make it flow with the other songs on the album, or turn […]

LIVE! | Halestorm in Belgium

April 21, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Elsie Roymans – Photojournalist — April 12th, 2014 at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium — Halestorm is currently out on the road on their European tour in support of their most recent studio album The […]

Ricky Warwick of Black Star Riders

April 21, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Steve Patrick – Senior Columnist — When the members of Thin Lizzy decided in late 2012 to not record a new album under the Lizzy name, Black Star Riders were born. May of 2013 […]

Brainstorm | Firesoul

April 21, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — For the so-called European power metal, the motherland traditionally was nowhere else but Germany – think Helloween, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian and other “pioneer fathers” of the genre (influenced […]

Captain Black Beard | Before Plastic

April 21, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Captain Black Beard seems to “have it all,” a fancy band name, a team of solid musicians, the renowned producers to work with, a critically acclaimed debut album … […]

Mak | Not For Everybody

April 21, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — If a regular member of a currently existing band goes solo, there are two possible explanations to such a move. As it often happens, there are some personal tensions […]

LIVE! | Foreigner in Belgium

April 20, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Elsie Roymans – Photojournalist — April 17th, 2014 at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium — FOREIGNER, one of the biggest rock bands of all time, are internationally renowned for creating some of the most iconic […]

Nic Maeder of Gotthard

April 19, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Two years after the album Firebirth marked the start of a new chapter in Gotthard’s history after the tragic death of the band’s lead singer Steve Lee in 2010, […]

Teramaze | Esoteric Symbolism

April 19, 2014 Publisher 2

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Gone are the thrashier days of Teramaze? Yes and no. The Australian act, labeled not-so-precisely as “melodic thrash,” returns with their new release Esoteric Symbolism. Two years after their […]

Steel Panther | All You can Eat

April 19, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — L.A. rock band Steel Panther return to the mix with their latest release All You Can Eat. The ‘80s were a time of excessive partying and groupies. Steel […]

LIVE! | Sevendust

April 19, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — April 12th, 2014 at Vinyl in Las Vegas, NV. — Sevendust made a special Las Vegas appearance at Vinyl on April 12th. The band is currently on an […]

Cereus | Light Under The Blue Wave (EP)

April 18, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — One of the best things about contemporary rock/metal music is the astounding number of its sub-genres, variety and complexity of which prove the genre’s ongoing evolution. More and more […]

AOR | The Secrets Of LA

April 18, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Think catchy melodies, fine songwriting, polished production, big hooks, massive keyboard sound and power-chord-heavy guitar riffs. Call it AOR, AOR/Westcoast, Melodic Rock or lite metal — whatever the name […]

Alex Crescioni of Diminished 7

April 18, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Anabel DFlux – Senior Photojournalist — HRH photojournalist Anabel DFlux chatted with Diminished 7 frontman Alex Crescioni in his studio the other day, picking his brain about their upcoming album The Regal Chapters, the […]

LIVE! | Mindless Self Indulgence

April 17, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — April 15th, 2014 at House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA. — One of the most original and energetic bands to hit the House of Blues stage was […]

Chandler Mogel of Outloud

April 17, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Five years ago they promised they’ll rock us to hell and back again – and as it seems, the Greek/American band Outloud doesn’t waste their breath! One of the […]

Outloud | Let’s Get Serious

April 17, 2014 Publisher 3

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — For the majority of bands, raw and inexperienced at first, it takes much longer than just a few years and two albums to carve out their trademark sound. And […]

L.R.S. | Down To The Core

April 17, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Frontiers Records melodic rock explosion continues! And so does, it seems, the present tendency for super-groups to spring up — in recent months several more appeared, one of them […]

Raziel Quiroz (aka Raziel Dead)

April 17, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Christophe Pauly – Senior Photojournalist — Raziel Quiroz (aka Raziel Dead) is a tattoo artist in Mexico City. He is best known for his artwork done within the hard rock and metal community which […]

David J. Caron | 9 Singles

April 15, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Multi-instrumentalist and singer David J. Caron is back. After dropping a 28-track debut release in 2012, he has release a package called 9 Singles, consisting of four new […]

Derek Davis of Babylon A.D.

April 13, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — It’s time to dig deep into your record collection and broaden it a little bit – there’s a new album to put next to the late ‘80s-era classics Babylon […]

Iron Savior | Rise of the Hero

April 11, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Long-running German power metal band Iron Savior is back after a three-year absence with Rise of the Hero, their eighth full-length album. The band released what may […]

Six Days Til’ Sunday

April 11, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — Anabel DFlux got to have dinner with these rockers over at the infamous Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset Boulevard to chat about their band: Six Days […]

Keith Slack of Mother Road

April 10, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Mother Road, an international band founded by the German guitarist Chris Lyne and the American singer Keith Slack (“with a little help of their friends” – Alessandro Del Vecchio, […]

Three Lions | Three Lions

April 10, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Take a three-piece band, consisting of two-thirds of the musicians whose legendary status has already been deservedly attained in the melodic rock scene. Add some classic rock inspirations and […]

Humbucker | King Of The World

April 9, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — What would have happened if ‘70s era-KISS jammed with AC/DC at Motörhead’s headquarters? And what if to add a modern-day production and sound mastering to this explosive mixture? If […]

Darkyra Black | Dragon Tears

April 9, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Darkyra Black is a Gothic-symphonic metal singer & songwriter hailing from Down Under. Despite being an Aussie, her music is heavenly influenced by all things Asian – and […]

Jens Rüttgeroth of Positive Touch

April 9, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Nikiforos Skoumas – Columnist — The band Positive Touch seems to come out of nowhere and released an album that rivals the best of Work of Art, White Widdow and Houston. Keyboardist and songwriter […]

LIVE! | Goatwhore

April 9, 2014 Publisher 1

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — April 5th, 2014 at House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA. — Metal band Goatwhore made the crowd go nuts with an insatiable energy and desire to rock! […]

LIVE! | Black Crown Initiate

April 9, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — April 5th, 2014 at House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA. — Black Crown Initiate is a metal band from Reading, Pennsylvania, who definitely held their own on […]

LIVE! | Queensryche

April 8, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — April 4th, 2014 at the Hosue of Blues in Las Vegas, NV. — Back by popular demand, Queensryche featuring Geoff Tate returned to Las Vegas to perform at […]

Mother Road | Drive

April 8, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — The “older” generation of hard rock fans do it out of nostalgia, the “younger” out of longing for what they’ve never had a chance to experience themselves. And yet, […]

Ann Boleyn of Hellion

April 8, 2014 Publisher 1

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — Hellion is back with a new line-up and album. Singer Ann Boleyn has a great rock and roll resume. She was one of the first women to appear […]

Neuronspoiler | Emergence

April 7, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by John Kindred – Publisher — The U.K. seems to have harnessed the power of resurrection as traditional heavy metal has become a dominant force and created the rejuvenated acronym NWOTHM which follows in the […]

Björn Lodin of Baltimoore

April 5, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Back with their newest album Back For More, the Swedish Baltimoore are not to look back over their shoulder anymore. In spite of their Scandi AOR origin, now the […]

Morgan Rose of Sevendust

April 3, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — Sevendust is kicking off their acoustic tour “An Evening With Sevendust” on April 1 in Athens, Georgia. The band will make a special stop in Las Vegas at […]

LIVE! | Lacuna Coil

April 3, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — April 1st, 2014 at The Roxy Theater in Hollywood, CA. — One of the best recognized names in symphonic metal, Italian superstars Lacuna Coil played a very intimate […]

Maxx Explosion | Forever

April 2, 2014 Publisher 1

by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Here’s another debut release on the Kivel Records roster that slipped by us last year. Forever is the first album by Maxx Explosion, a U.S.-based melodic hard […]

Michael Bormann | Love Is Magic

April 2, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue …” How accurate this couplet is in reference to the “best of” or catalog albums, being released in dozens each year […]

Danny Vaughn of Tyketto

April 2, 2014 Publisher Comments Off

by Marija Brettle – Columnist — With their debut album, Don’t Come Easy, the American melodic rockers Tyketto took everybody by surprise in 1991. After that two more albums followed, but with the onset of […]