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Merry-go-round Helion Prime return for the first time since 2018’s Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster. The lead singer merry-go-round has once again been in operation as the band returns to a female vocalist with Mary Zimmer. In my opinion, the sound very much suits a female singer and Zimmer fits the bill perfectly. Captain […]
Thunder To say Swedish hard rockers Thundermother have had a bit of a makeover would be somewhat of an understatement. Founded in 2010 by guitarist Filippa Nassil, and after the release of two quality albums, 2017 proved to be a watershed time. All the band members decided to leave (did they fall or were they […]
Ego Hot on the heels of his killer solo debut album Egomania, Hank von Hell is back in the saddle with the jauntily titled Dead. Best known as the lead singer of Norwegian death-punk outfit Turbonegro, Hank von Hell and the band put things on ice in 2010 after the frontman spent a period in […]
Hard Work High Spirits’ creator Chris Black has got to be up there as one of the hardest working people in rock or metal. He seems to have boundless energy and a talent to match. As the only person involved in the whole recording project he plays all the instruments, sings, produces, engineers and everything […]
Blueprint To bastardize a classic Slade track, “Pleeze me, Sleeze Me” is to describe perfectly what The Midnight Devils have laid out before us. The self-released Something Bigger follows the classic blueprint of the sleaze rock genre. The Midnight Devils are from Omaha, NE and comprise of Sniper on lead guitar, Sam Spade on bass […]
New Wave TOLEDO STEEL play traditional metal in a traditional style with great results. Whilst the band themselves describe their music as New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal there is more than a whiff of New Wave of British Heavy Metal and in particular the influence of Iron Maiden. Hailing from that well-known hotbed of […]
T-shirt Tokyo Blade have been there, done that, and bought many a t-shirt in the 40-odd years they’ve been in existence. In true metal style, they’ve been through band members like a dose of salts but in recent times the line-up has become settled with members returning who were there in the early 80s and […]
Blaster 1980 was an absolute blaster of a year for the release of classic rock albums. We had AC/DC’s Back in Black, Ace of Spades by Motorhead, Rush’s Permanent Waves and British Steel by Judas Priest to name but a few. It is, then, a testament to Black Sabbath that their own Heaven and Hell […]
Super-Quick In 2017 Finnish metallers OZ produced their first album of all-new songs in 31 years with the excellent Transition State. I reviewed it at the time for Decibel Geek so head over there if you need a refresher. Now, in relatively super-quick fashion, they are back with Forced Commandments, due out May 22 on […]
First Impressions Opening proceedings at midday on day two of a metal festival is an unenviable task but Skyryder stood up to the task incredibly well at BroFest #6. They had a room full of hungover metal fans rocking out in Newcastle, UK, in February and that is where I first encountered the band. Read […]
