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HRH Metal Festival 2018: Day 2

February 26, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Arta Gailuma — Photojournalist — February 18, 2018 at O2 Academy in Birmingham, U.K. — The first HRH festival of 2018 took place at O2 Academy Birmingham on the 17th and 18th 0f February […]

HRH Metal Festival 2018: Day 1

February 26, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Arta Gailuma — Photojournalist — February 17, 2018 at O2 Academy in Birmingham, U.K. — The first HRH festival of 2018 took place at O2 Academy Birmingham on the 17th and 18th 0f February […]

In Concert: Therion

February 19, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Arta Gailuma — Photojournalist — February 14, 2018 at O2 Institute in Birmingham, U.K. — Midnight Eternal, a Symphonic Metal band from the USA, was a very solid start to the evening. Some impressive […]

DOYLE Announces AS WE DIE WORLD ABOMINATION TOUR 2018

February 18, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

DOYLE to Play 20th ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FEST! Legendary Misfits Guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein will be launching the As We Die World Abomination Tour 2018 this Spring. Beginning February 21st in […]

In Concert: VUUR

February 18, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Arta Gailuma — Photojournalist — February 10, 2018 at The Asylum in Birmingham, U.K. — A great little venue for Brum’s alternative crowd The Asylum was hosting tonight the wonderful VUUR, the Dutch Progressive […]

Magnum | Lost On The Road To Eternity

February 18, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska — Sr. Columnist — It would have been quite a shock if a band renowned for their sound and style and considered a classic had suddenly decided to switch genres during the […]

Dizzy Reed of Guns ‘N Roses, Goes Solo

February 18, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska — Sr. Columnist — Rock ‘n roll ain’t easy, says Dizzy Reed – not only the second longest-standing member of Guns N’ Roses who joined the band in 1990 and remained with […]

Rock Hard Festival Returns In May at the Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen in Germany

February 14, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

When the short, dark winter days will be behind us and spring in full force will be time to begin the open air season (don’t forget to start planning it now though while the tickets […]

Shredguy Records is kicking off 2018 with their 33rd release, Archives of Magick Volume 3!

February 14, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

Archives of Magick Volume 3, is a collection of rare and unreleased tracks from guitarist Toby Knapp. 14 total tracks. Spanning 30 years of recording from this virtuoso guitar player, including the 2018 track Cold […]

David Reece of Sainted Sinners

February 11, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska — Sr. Columnist — Back With A Vengeance is a title of a new album recorded by David Reece alongside Bonfire guitarist Frank Pané and Purpendicular members Malte Frederik Burkert and Berci […]

LIVE! | While She Sleeps & Friends

February 11, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Arta Gailuma — Photojournalist — February 6, 2018 at the O2 Academy Institute in Birmingham, U.K. — While She Sleeps+ Counterfeit+ Blood Youth, February 6th, 2018 O2 Institute Birmingham, UK On this cold February […]

Closet Monster 96 | What’s Inside Trixie’s Closet?

February 10, 2018 Managing Editor Comments Off

by Derric Miller — Managing Editor— The Sioux Falls, S.D. music scene doesn’t have the same poetic resonance as “The Seattle Scene,” but when it’s consistently one of the best cities to raise a family […]

Saxon | Thunderbolt

February 7, 2018 Publisher 1

by Erik Tweedy — Columnist — Is it possible for a band that has put out more than 20 albums to have anything left to record that hasn’t already been done? YES! On its 22nd […]

Blackmore Night: The Lost Interview

February 5, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Chris Willow — Guest Columnist — The lost exclusive never published interview with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night about their first CD Shadow Of The Moon recorded together under the name of ‘Blackmore’s Night’ […]

Norway’s Karmøygeddon Metal Festival Returns in May

February 4, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

What started as a local one-day music event in 2004 in a small Norwegian town of Kopervik, has grown today into a reputable 3-day festival featuring loads of international bands of various genres of metal. […]

In Concert: Highly Suspect

February 4, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Arta Gailuma — Photojournalist — February 2, 2018 at the O2 Academy in Birmingham, U.K. — Hailing from Massachusetts town Cape Cod, Highly Suspect is a family affair: twin brothers Rich and Ryan on […]

In Concert: The Damned

February 4, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Arta Gailuma — Photojournalist — January 2, 2018 at the O2 Academy in Birmingham, U.K. — The Damned, a band that is recognized for its influence on the original Punk movement, now over four […]

Sainted Sinners | Back With A Vengeance

February 4, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Alexandra Mrozowska — Sr. Columnist — Think about the Hard Rock singers with an impressively lengthy resume and David Reece will surely be one of the first names that come to your mind. Accept, […]

Frozen Crown | The Fallen King

February 4, 2018 Publisher Comments Off

by Joe Mis — Sr. Columnist — It is good to know that Power Metal is not a fading genre – a fact proven by the debut release from Italy’s Frozen Crown, entitled The Fallen […]