Tag Heavy Metal
The third release to feature Mark Tornillo sees this German metal institution making their music sound a lot more polished. Coupled with this is the raw metal energy that fills the air with tunes like the raging opener ‘Stampede’, whilst… Continue Reading →
Canadian band Striker return with their third full length effort, they have a party in mind too. As quoted by the singer Dan Cleary “If you’re having a party at your house, then put our CD into the player and drink some beer. This music is made exactly for such moments”. True to form,… Continue Reading →
Despite the title of this Swedish retro band’s first release, this is not a live album performed in space. It would be cool…but no, it’s not even Live. Though the album’s basic sound IS from a time when having landed… Continue Reading →
A very good album title, as The English Dogs are very much a band with two heads, with two different versions of them out there. Forming as a punk band in the early 80’s and playing with the likes of… Continue Reading →
“Born from Blues, raised on rock and forged in steel” are the nine words which open the press bio of The Dagger, a four piece Stockholm based hard rock band who generously take from both the blues and classic heavy… Continue Reading →
Hopefully you have not just heard of the books about fictional metal band Eviscerated Panda by now but have grabbed and devoured them. If not, well they are about a metal act based in Reading England who have over three… Continue Reading →
To be honest, I really wasn’t expecting much from this album. I listened to a couple songs they had uploaded to YouTube while waiting for the CD to arrive. Thankfully I’ve been pleasantly surprised, as it is so much better… Continue Reading →
If you’re a long term fan of Heavy Metal, there’s a good chance that the Cloven Hoof name is one that you will remember harking back to the late seventies, early eighties surge of fresh young bands from the UK… Continue Reading →
Three years have passed since Die Apokalyptischen Reiter released their excellent ‘Moral & Wahnsinn’, and to make up for the three year gap they have returned with a double album, ‘Tief. Tiefer’, which translates as ‘Deep. Deeper’, not in… Continue Reading →
I have waited a very long time for this album to come out, it seems like a long time anyway, once I heard this Swedish bands demo tape via a major distribution website then I was completely hooked. In their… Continue Reading →
Sweden have a knack for turning out bands which excel in metal and hard rock. Whether this is to do with something in the air or water which I mentioned previously with regards to the Scandinavian metal scene or whether… Continue Reading →
Sweden’s Portrait have been a consistent force in cool heavy metal music over the past few years, no matter what you think of the music or the vocal style in particular, this is great stuff. Their latest release ‘Crossroads’ is… Continue Reading →