Power metal is certainly a niche amongst niches. It’s there for those partial to the most potent of selections on metal’s cheeseboard – complete with a complimentary set of chainmail and some stupendously named weapon – but it rarely breaks out beyond those accustomed to the smell. Yet the opening stages of 2022 alone have…
The pandemic brought the world’s global music scene both to a halt and to its knees. But, with Covid’s colossal weight stacked on its shoulders, the music industry was forced to forge a new path where the trodden one was no longer an option. With creativity and a will to keep music alive, we saw…
When Alien Weaponry burst onto the scene with their debut album Tu in 2018, the world sat up and rightly took notice. Three young men from New Zealand, singing partly in English and partly in M?ori, who had created something fresh and very special. Praise followed from all corners of the metal world, and brought…
If necessity is the mother of all creation, then the need to protect their stainless reputation is what birthed Jinjer’s fifth full-length leviathan; Wallflowers. Nine years on from debut Inhale, Do Not Breathe the Ukrainian quartet’s meteoric rise to one of modern metal’s A-listers is simply astounding – with legions of rabid fans and a…
Over the last seventeen years, Myles Kennedy has gone from being a relative unknown, chosen by three quarters of Creed to head up their new band Alter Bridge to being one of rock’s most revered frontmen and singers. Three Years on from his debut solo album, Year Of The Tiger, world circumstances afforded him the…
As frontman of both arena-rock heavyweights Alter Bridge and the rather lengthily-named Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, it should come as no surprise to anybody by now that Myles Kennedy more than knows his way around penning a hugely memorable chorus or two. What came perhaps as more of a surprise was when…
Thrash is one of the most adversity ridden sub genres in all of metal. You’d be hard pressed to find a band out there that hasn’t fought themselves back from the brink at least once. Evile are an example of this, having had their fair share of ups and downs. Having gone through a hiatus…
Tetrarch are a band the metal world is keeping a keen eye on. Having formed in 2007, they have spent the last decade plus grafting and building a buzz around themselves. Despite their tenure as a band they are still being touted by many as rising stars and ones to watch, with some publications going…
News from Myles Kennedy always brightens our day, and this is no exception! The Alter Bridge / Slash frontman has just dropped details of his upcoming second solo album. The album is called The Ides Of March, and lands via Napalm Records on May 14th 2021. The first single from Myles’ second album, called In…
God Is An Astronaut have been bringing wonderful doses of post-rock to the world for almost twenty years now. With their big two decade anniversary firmly on the horizon, the time has come for the release of their tenth studio album, the aptly named Ghost Tapes #10. The Irish quartet have long been one of…
For close to two decades Devildriver have been one of the standard bearers in modern metal. Their first four albums are all stone cold classics, and even with personnel and label changes they have remained a consistent and reliable force throughout. Dealing With Demons I is their 8th studio albums and follows on from their…
For those not familiar with Kamelot, the US / Euro power metal stalwarts are among the biggest names in their particular niche of metal. Outside of the arena thrilling skills of Sabaton and the wizardry (pun intended) of veterans Blind Guardian, Kamelot are about as big as it gets in power metal, with a huge…
