Having followed AXEL RUDI PELL since the release of 2004's Kings And Queens, I knew exactly what to expect on the German guitarist's 22nd studio album Risen Symbol...
Review: AXEL RUDI PELL – Risen Symbol (2024)
Review: MEANSTREAK – Blood Moon EP (2024)
For those out of the loop, MEANSTREAK was an all-female Thrash Metal band out of Rockland, NY, that formed in 1985. Their 1988 debut album Roadkill is considered by many to be one of the best in its genre. Due to the album's success, the band scored opening slots for such Metal heavyweights as OVERKILL, MANOWAR, ANTHRAX, and MOTORHEAD. Despite their initial accomplishments...
Review: LIONHEART – The Grace Of A Dragonfly (2024)
Drummer Clive Edwards (ex-UFO), bassist Rocky Newton (MSG), guitarist Dennis Stratton (ex-IRON MAIDEN), guitarist Steve Mann (MSG) and vocalist Lee Small (ex-SHY) have been the nexus of U.K. Melodic Rock act LIONHEART since their 2017 release Second Nature...
Review: KMFDM – Let Go (2024)
German Industrial act KMFDM is celebrating 40 years in 2024. Led by founder and multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, KMFDM has amassed a rather large catalog of music from studio albums, collaborations, EPs, live releases, rarities and more. To celebrate their four decades of Electro-Metal dominance...
Review: WINGERÂ – Volume One: Atlantic Years 1988-1993Â Box Set (2023)
In honor of the band's 35 anniversary, BMG has packaged up WINGER's first three studio albums, plus a bonus demo collection, and released them as both a CD box set and vinyl box set entitled Volume One: Atlantic Years 1988-1993...
Review: DGMÂ – Life (2023)
ife is the eleventh studio album by the Italian Progressive Metal act DGM. It was written primarily by guitarist and producer Simone Mularoni over the course of two years. Life was released on November 17, 2023 through Frontiers Music...
Review: SOLEDRIVERÂ – Return Me To Light (2023)
OLEDRIVER is the latest project by STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet and EDGE OF FOREVER mastermind Alessandro Del Vecchio. While the two have collaborated on prior Frontiers Music projects ICONIC and SUNBOMB, this is their first collaboration that features the duo exclusively...
Review: SEVENDUSTÂ – Seven of Sevendust (2023)
BMG recently released an extensive box set by Heavy Metal mainstays SEVENDUST. Seven of Sevendust comes in two configurations; a 7-CD set and a 9-LP set. This collection covers the band's studio work from 2005-2015...
Review: ALICE COOPERÂ – Road (2023)
Road is the latest album by legendary rocker ALICE COOPER. It is his 29th studio album overall, and the first album written and recorded with his current live band; guitarist Ryan Roxie, bassist Chuck Garric, guitarist Nita Strauss, drummer Glen Sobel, and guitarist Tommy Henriksen. Road was produced by longtime Alice Cooper collaborator Bob Ezrin...
Review: U.D.O. – Touchdown (2023)
Touchdown is the eighteenth studio album by German Heavy Metal mainstays U.D.O. Vocalist Udo Dirkschneider is flanked by his son Sven Dirkschnider on drums, Andrey Smirnov & Fabian Dee Dammers on guitar, and ex-ACCEPT bandmate Peter Baltes on bass. Baltes has worked with Dirkschneider in the past in different capacities, but his membership in U.D.O. is now official...
