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(8/10) Yes, they did it again. After having had quite some success and fun with re-arranging "Last Patrol" Dave Wyndorf and his gang took the next album. The guys went back in time and re-worked the "Mastermind" record from 2010. "Cobras and Fire (The...

(8/10) Clutch are Neil Fallon (v), Tim Sult (g), Dan Maines (b) and Jean-Paul Gaster (d). Founded in the early 90's Clutch became a constant factor in the hardrock/metal scene and released ten studio record with number eleven being ready to be shipped....

(*/10) You might wonder if the header is a typing error. No, it's not. This album is an LP only. "Transience" is a double album, yinyl only, that comes with 13 songs from the master of progressive soundscapes. As Steven Wilson states in the label info...

(8/10) Australia's Deth Enemy started as a cover band and decided in 2011 to round off this era. The Caiulo brothers, Al and Frank, took the decision to write own songs, inspired by their idols like Led Zeppelin and Whitesnake. "Unmovable" is the debut...

(5/10) New stuff from Trivium. Wow. Cool. Let's press 'start' and see what "Silence In The Snow" can do for us. The first sonic signals are named "Snowfall" which is a cineastic intro into the album. OK. The title track is the first real song and it becomes...

(7/10) Harlott could be from the Bay Area, but they aren't. The four-piece is based in Melbourne, Australia but their songs have quite some parallels with the Bay Area sound. Thrash metal from Down Under was mostly overshadowed by hardrock bands. Mortal...

(7/10) Honestly, I'm not the best friend of blown-up bombastic highspeed power metal. Bands like Dragonforce never made a real impression on me. Therefore my excitement when I received the new Gloryhammer wasn't sky high. The Scotish guys have released...

(7/10) If the world needs another AC/DC clone is a question you need to answer for yourself. Anyhow, 42 Decibel (the name is based on a line in AC/DC's "Let There be Rock") is more than inspired by the Australian hardrock dinosaur and even though you...

(8/10) Swedish Beagle-Boys Märvel comes with in in-between EP called "The Hills Have Eyes". One and a half years after "Hadal Zone Express" the trio releses 6 new songs that have been produced by Fred Estby in the Gutterview Recorders studio. The mini...

(9/10) Creativity demands freedom and freedom is based on independency. All this comes back on the new solo album of Rolling Stones guitar legend Keith Richards. This guy has an untouchable status when it comes to rock music and "Crosseyed Heart" is his...

(7/10) Latest since Lacuna Coil female-fronted modern metal became a subgenre that is well established. It it has been bands like the Italian five-piece that influenced quite some other groups during the last 20 years. New Years Day, that started in 2005...

(7/10) After having been started as an EBM band Die Krupps fom Germany became interesting for metalheads in the beginning of the 90's when they released their interpretation of Metallica songs. Under the banner of "A Tribute to Metallica" Jürgen Engler...

(10/10) Already one year after the fantastic debut, Gamma Ray released their second full-length longplayer. Could the new founded band live up to the high expectations they set with "Heading for tomorrow"? Already the first songs made very clear, that...

(8/10) It took Blackie Lawless six years to come with a new studio album from W.A.S.P.. "Babylon" which got pretty good feedback at that time, was published in 2009 and now it's time for some new 'lawless' stuff. The lonplayer comes with nine new songs...