power metal

(7/10) In the meantime there are a lot female-fornted metal bands out there that are dedicated to symphonic metal. If I would made my life easy I would say that Divine Ascension is one of them. And in one or another way it would be true. But what I think...

(8/10) The eagle is on the road again. Next to the Saxon tour, taking place right now, the metal icons also released a CD/DVD package called "Warriors on the road". It is the continuation of "Chronicles" from 2001 and the focus is more on 'old and new'....

(7/10) With "The heart of the matter" Norwegian Triosphere released their news prog metal album, which their fourth one. The band from Trondheim, Norway was founded in 2004 by singer Ida Haukland, who is also plays the bass, Marius Silver Bergesen on...

The masters of black romance - Stormwitch - revealed on Facebook the cover of their new upcoming album called "Season of the witch". Source: Facebook It was a special night in Giengen, Germany on October 5. Stormwitch invited to a tribute show to honour...

(8/10) And again Finland. This time with real heavy metal from Mausoleum Gate. The first thing that hits your eyes is the cover. I think if there is a competition for the worst cover this year Mausoleum Gate will end up in the top 5 - at least. Fortunatley...

(9/10) Riot is and mainly was one of the most underestimated bands in metal history. They delivered metal milestones as "Thundersteel" and "Fire down under", they have received a lot of appreciation from the underground, but they never got rid of being...

(7/10) "Soulbender II" is not a really new album. It is actually the bands debut album with additional four new tracks. "Soulbender" was the first disc of the band with the same name. The record was release ten years ago and the reason why Soulbender...

(8/10) Unbelievable. Mob Rules is already around since 20 years. Time is flying if you fun. It was in 1994 when the band was founded by vocalist Klaus Dirks and six-stringer Matthias Mineur. It took five years for the band to release their debut called...

(9/10) When Nevermore decided to stop, there was a glimpse of hope that Warrel Dane re-activate his old band Sanctuary. It was in 2010 when the first signs of life appeared. Sanctuary reunited and played some festivals in Europe and North America. But...

(8/10) Progressive power metal news from Sweden. It is Evergrey from Gothenmburg, who is back with a new album called "Hymns for the broken". The band, that is active already since 1995 has released so far eight albums with number nine waiting to be released....

(9/10) For me Threshold are one of those bands that are respected by almost everybody. I don't think that there are a lot of bad words about the band. This has to do with two facts. One is, that their music is on a quite high level - when it comes to...

(8/10) In his real life Michael LePond is bass guitarist of progressive metal institution Symphony X that released already great records and belong to the top bands of the genre. The guy from Newark, New Jersey was hit by a stroke of fate in 2006 when...

Have you ever been interested about the story behind some of the most influencial heavy metal records? Here is your answer. Ramon Martos collected those stories and put everything together into one book called "...and justice for art". Now her started...

(8/10) It was three years ago when Hammerfall from Sweden released their latest album "Infected", a record which still reflected some of Hammerfall's trademarks, but sounded a bit darker than expected. "(r)Evolution" is the name of their newest output...