power metal

(9/10) To introduce Blind Guardian is like carrying sand to the beach. The German four-piece band is well known all over the world with extremely successful songs and longplayers. Ten studio albums are part of the band’s track record and also live albums...

(8/10) Not only that the summer period is the time of the year that’s filled with festivals and open airs, it also feels like quite some bands releasing live albums as we speak. Swabian power outfit Kissin’ Dynamite is one of them, having their first...

Legendary Jag Panzer has a new longplayer in the starting blocks. "The Deviant Chord" is the name of this upcoming longplayer that will be released on September 28th, via SPV/Steamhammer. This means that six years waiting period comes to an end. Jag Panzer...

(8/10) Some consistency is very welcome in this fast changing time and some bands provide this well known to their fans. Manilla Road belongs to this group that brings back a warm feeling of epic metal from the early 80’s. If you also appreciate the described...

(8/10) Kai Hansen and Wacken share a longtime common history. It was back in 1994 when Hansen played the Wacken open ait festival with Gamma Ray. At that time the festival was far away from being as big as it is these days - it was a smaller event in...

(8/10) Interested in some real heavy metal from the underground? Yes? In this case you shouldn’t miss Stallion’s sophomore release “From the Dead”. The guys from Baden-Wuerttemberg published their debut in 2014. “Rise and Ride” was a first wake-up call...

(8/10) Atlantean Kodex belongs to the group of younger bands that brought epic metal back to peoples attentions. Together with While Heaven Swept, Sorcerer and other, it's the Bavarian five -piece that blows some new life into a genre that had a first...

(8/10) Following the advancement of a band from their early days up to date is nice thing. For me, Danish Volbeat is belongs to this group of bands and Iced Earth is another one. It was at the end of the 80's when I received a demo called "Enter the Realm",...

(8/10) German power metal outfit Primal Fear belongs to the Champions League of European metal. It was in the beginning of 12016 when the quintet released their latest strike "Rulebreaker" which was followed by an extensive tour through Europe before...

Power metal pioneers Metal Church are swinging a hot bat at the moment. The latest album “XI” showed that the band is back with full speed after having re-connected the legendary Mike Howe into the bands line-up. The live shows, promoting the new record,...

(8/10) There isn’t that many bands from the Canadian West coast with a more global level of awareness. Unleash The Archers is such a band, hailing from British Columbia, metal fans from not only Canada are familiar with. The roots of the power metal outfit...

(8/10) Four albums in 32 aren’t a lot and sounds like world record. Destructor hailing from Cleveland, Ohio is the owner of this unofficial record. The band that started in 1983 released their debut in 1985 but had to suffer of the 90's grunge era. Combined...

(7/10) The album is named “SIX” and guess what, it’s Dream Evils’ sixth longplayer. Actually the album title could have been ‘seven’ as well, thinking about the seven long years of waiting between the last longplayer and the new strike of Fredrik Nordström...

As posted earlier, German guitar wizard Kai Hansen will release a live CD/DVD, capturing the Wacken show from 2016. Here comes the first video. "Fire &Ice" is newly posted and acts as an appetizer for the upcoming release. Street date is June 23rd and...