April 18, 2022
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – Wilde Kinder (Album Review)
Germany is home to a very globally dominating music scene...
Power Metal Tag
April 4, 2022
Sabaton – The War To End All Wars (Album Review)
It has been three years since fans last heard new music from Swedish Power Metal force Sabaton. Last offering fans the World War I concept album The Great War back in 2019, it was another chart topping record for the band, and truthfully, a pretty hard...
February 22, 2022
Sonata Arctica – Acoustic Adventures – Volume One (Album Review)
When you think of the top tier of European Power Metal bands Nightwish (Finland), HammerFall (Sweden), and Helloween (Germany) are probably some which immediately come to mind. Well, right there with them, just as consistent and relevant over the last two plus decades are none...
August 10, 2021
Interview – Michael Weikath of Helloween
Having formed back in 1981, Hamburg, Germany's beloved and accomplished veterans Helloween not only established itself as a Heavy Metal institution, the band arguably invented that special combination of Speed and Power Metal unique to themselves and a handful of other bands in the then...
June 18, 2021
Helloween – Helloween (Album Review)
Sometimes dreams do come true. For long-running German Metal institution Helloween, three separate vocalists representing each segment of the band’s storied career have manned the microphone, and each one occupies a place in the hearts of their legions of fans. To get all three of...
August 18, 2020
Unleash The Archers – Abyss (Album Review)
Out of the Great White North, the Power Metal quartet known as Unleash The Archers formed in Victoria, British Columbia way back in 2007. Lead by the awe inspiring four octave mezzo-soprano of Vocalist Brittney Slayes, Unleash The Archers put together a well oiled mix...
July 22, 2020
Primal Fear – Metal Commando (Album Review)
Twenty-two years and counting, the Power Metal veterans known as Primal Fear have been tearing up the globe since the late 1990s with a daunting array of piercing vocals and powerful melodies that can almost literally shake a concrete foundation. Even after all these years,...
July 3, 2020
Poltergeist – Feather Of Truth (Album Review)
It is hard for a band to reinvent themselves while still maintaining their signature sound. Usually, something has to give in order for that organic change to happen. Fortunately for fans of Swiss Thrash Metal band, Poltergeist, they not only have reinvented themselves, while keeping...
June 18, 2020
Beyond the Black – Hørizøns (Album Review)
German masters of Melodic Heavy Metal, Beyond the Black are back with their brand new album Hørizøns, set for release Friday, June 19th through Napalm Records. Hørizøns marks the band's fourth overall LP and second following 2016's Heart of the Hurricane after Lead Vocalist Jennifer Haben...
June 1, 2020
Interview – Marko Hietala of Nightwish
Like any band, Nightwish has a story to tell. Full of ups, downs, frustrations, and triumphs, in reality, few can tell a tale quite like these Fins. Coming at a crossroad at the peak of their success, they made a bold decision, yet landed on...
