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Frontiers/BAM BLACK ´N BLUE var riktigt stora i USA mellan 1984 och 1997. ”S/T”, ”Without Love”, ”Nasty Nasty” och ”In Heat”, varav de senaste producerades av Gene Simmons (KISS), gick hem hos både fans och kritiker. Härhemma visste man vilka de var, men de stora succéerna uteblev. Men utomlands turnerade de friskt, med bl.a. AEROSMITH…

Napalm/Sound Pollution VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has more than ten years/four albums under their belts. This quite international band has played with a.o. EPICA and NIGHTWISH, they have a lot of airtime with Viva and MTV, and they have also changed a number of vocalists. Now the band consists of Greek vocalist Maxi Nil and her…

I Hate/Sound Pollution I Hate kör vidare med sina återutgåvor av gammal och dammig öststatsmetall. Inte är den då glömd inte, för bandet återförenas för en spelning på Muskelrock i sommar. .. Denna recension gäller endast den tjeckiska originalvarianten, men i handeln kommer både den varianten, och den Europaanpassade engelska exportplattan att finnas på en…

Frontiers/BAM 1970 debuterade URIAH HEEP med klassikern “Very ´Eavy, Very ´Umble”. Succé och inte mindre än 30 miljoner sålda album är facit på de fyrtio åren. Men det har också funnits tider av sämre mottagna skivor, avhopp (David Byron, Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslake) och andra motgångar. Föregående skiva ”Wake the Sleeper” har jag hört blandade…

Quam Libet Records/www.cdbaby.com Swiss band PYLON releases their fourth full-length album on their Quam Libet Records. New on drums is technical new addition Andrea Tinner, and we are promised some double bass drums! Apart from that they claim to be both faster and slower, as well as ready to offer us a cover of CANDLEMASS`…

Frontiers/BAM 1984, det var startåret för KING KOBRA. Gruppen bildades av (redan då) erfarne trummisen Carmine Appice (VANILLA FUDGE, ROD STEWART, OZZY OSBOURNE), som samlade ihop ett ganska okänt gäng. Gitarristerna David Michael-Philips (senare i LIZZY BORDEN), och Mick Sveda (senare i BULLET BOYS), basisten Johnny Rod (senare i WASP) och sångaren Mark Free (senare…

Napalm/Sound Pollution German band SERENITY plays symphonic metal, and has done so for a decade. They now release their third album, with a lot of symphony, enforced by guests like Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN), Ailyn (SIRENIA) and Amanda Somerville. This is an album about historic persons like Christopher Columbus, Casanova, and Sir Francis Drake. Is that…

Soulseller/Sound Pollution Åtvidaberg´s finest, MAIM , skips all varieties and go for old fashioned death, influenced by the likes of; AUTOPSY, NIHILIST and MOTÖRHEAD. They debuted on Soulseller in 2009 with From the Womb to the Tomb”. Here is number two, and their third outing is obviously finished already!? Krille and Scott, guitars, Richard, bass…

Frontiers/BAM Fyra skivor, en live CD/DVD, stora gigs, som både support och headliners, samt en hel del PR via bidrag till melodifestivalen och olympiska spelen. Det är THE POODLES facit sedan de officiellt bildades 2005. Inte illa, men så är medlemmarna inga nybörjare; sångaren Jakob Samuel har en gång i tiden varit trummis i TALISMAN,…

Massacre/Sound Pollution Third album from Finish/Norwegian epic Gothic combo IMPERIA has hit the streets. Containing bombastic, operatic vocals, trigged drums and speedy power metal guitars perhaps? This is not the most varied genre. “Touch of Your Hand” does not stray very much from my guess. Helena Iren Michaelsen has a fine voice and a lot…

Nightmare Records/Border Modern prog/power metal characterized by technical ability, a fervency for volume and a passion for power. That´s what the info sheet states about Canadian band CONFLICTED. The band consists of four-octave vocalist Jason Orton, the neoclassical inclined guitarist Mark Owen, the symphonic keyboardist Ron DeCoste, metal bass man John Kolodziej and experienced drummer…