German Power Metal legends HELLOWEEN are celebrating 40 years of existence with the release of their 17th studio album Giants & Monsters. As is the case with most bands whose career spans decades, the Heavy Metal titans have seen their share of highs and lows…
Review: PRIMAL FEAR – Domination (2025)
Domination is the fifteenth studio album by German Power Metal stalwarts PRIMAL FEAR. Guitarist Magnus Karlsson makes his return to the group as a performer with the departure of Alex Beyrodt for this release. Karlsson alongside band founders…
Review: A-Z – A2Z2 (2025)
2022 saw the self-titled debut of the Mark Zonder lead project A-Z. Although Zonder doesn’t like the term ‘project’, A-Z was almost a one-off for the current WARLORD drummer…
Review: VARIOUS ARTISTS – Magic Power: All-Star Tribute to TRIUMPH (2025)
Sometime back in the late '90s, there was a batch of "all-star" tribute albums produced and released by Deadline Music (Cleopatra Records). Those releases featured members of the bands I grew up listening to in the '80s. Some of the releases were solid, others not so much...
Review: ALL SINNERS – We Are The…Acoustic (2025)
Massachusetts-based hard rockers ALL SINNERS self-released their debut 4-track EP in 2022. Since then they have gone on to share stages across New England with ACE FREHLEY, DANGEROUS TOYS, WARRIOR SOUL and SLAUGHTER. They even made a trek out to LA in 2023 to open for QUIET RIOT, FASTER PUSSYCAT, and L.A. GUNS at the infamous Whisky A Go-Go...
Review: DARK CHAPEL – Spirit In The Glass (2025)
DARK CHAPEL was formed by BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Dario Lorina. Their debut album Spirit In The Glass was released on February 28, 2025. Zakk Wylde's right-hand axman has been tearing up fretboards well before his professional debut as a member of Jani Lane's (WARRANT) backing band at the ripe old age of 16...
Review: RICKY WARWICK – Blood Ties (2025)
BLOOD TIES is the latest solo album by BLACK STAR RIDERS, THIN LIZZY and THE ALMIGHTY frontman RICKY WARWICK. It follows his impressive 2021 album WHEN LIFE WAS HARD & FAST ...
Review: THE DARKNESS – Dreams on Toast (2025)
It's been 22 years since Permission to Land, the debut album by the UK Glam Rock outfit THE DARKNESS. Back then, some passed them off as the next coming of QUEEN, while others compared them to SPINAL TAP…
Review: THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – Give Us The Moon (2025)
You would never know by listening to THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA that their founders were originally known for their work with Melodic Death Metal acts SOILWORK and ARCH ENEMY...
Review: HIM – When Love & Death Embrace: Best Of 1997-2003 (2024)
Has it really been 24 years since Finnish act H.I.M. introduced us to their brand of "Love Metal"? Yes it has. Didn't the band break up 11 years ago? Yes they did. Haven't they already released a greatest hits package? Two actually...